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A treatise on foreign vegetables. Containing ... such as are now commonly used in the practice of physick ... / Chiefly taken from the Materia medica of S.F. Geoffroy. By R. Thicknesse.
- Étienne François Geoffroy
- Date:
- 1749
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on foreign vegetables. Containing ... such as are now commonly used in the practice of physick ... / Chiefly taken from the Materia medica of S.F. Geoffroy. By R. Thicknesse. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Take of Hypociftis ^j. red Coral, fealed Earth, and Blood-Stone prepared, a pj. Syrup of Ground-Ivy Plantain and Purflain-Water, a §iij. Make a Mixture to be taken by Spoon¬ fuls. Take Hypociftis and German Acacia, a 3]. Conferve of Rofes and of Hips, a 3ij. Syrup of Barberries q. f. Mix them for four Dofes, and give one every fourth Hour, to ftrength- en the Stomach, and to ftop a Loofenefs, af¬ ter due Preparatives. Artic, VII. 0/ Japan Earth. Catechu, and improperly, Terra Japonica, Off. is an indurated, gummo-refinous Juice, externally of a reddifh Colour tending to Black, internally of a brownifti Red. It has an aftringent Tafte, at firft bitterifh, afterwards fomething fweet and agreeable, and is void of Smell, There are two Sorts: The one is more pure, which eafily melts in the Mouth : The other is coarfer and drofly, having often a Mixture of Earth, Gravel, Stones, and other he¬ terogenous Subftances. The firft is more, fcarce, but is accounted better, and ought to be made Choice of when it can be met with. It is brought from Malabar, Surat, Peguy and other Coafts of the Indies. It is improperly called Japan Earth, frnce it is not found in Japan, unlefs brought thi¬ ther from other Countries. The Merchants, deceived by the Drinefs and Friability of this Drug, have believed it to be an Earth : But at this Time no one doubts but that it is a vegetable juice ; fmce it eafily diffolves in Wa¬ ter, and no Earth is feparated from it by Percola¬ tion. It likewife takes Flame, and burns away in the Fire, leaving few Afhes. From the various Accounts](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30529529_0001_0418.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
