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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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![43 2 C H A R IX. Of Subjlances growing upon Plants. Artic. I. 0/ Agarick. AG ARICUM and Agaricus, Off. ’Ayagmov9 Grcecor. Agaricus five Fungus Laricis, C. B. P. 3 75* Agarick is a fungous Subfiance, formed into roundifh, angular, uneven Lumps, fometimes fmall- er, fometimes greater, being as big as a Man’s Fift or Head, very light, of a white Colour like Snow, crumbling into Powder when rubbed betwixt the Fingers, interwoven with a few Fibres, and covered with a callous, gray, reddifh Bark. [The lower Part of which is pierced fometimes with large and fometimes with fmall Perforations, wherein are found flicking fome extremely minute Seeds.] Its Tafle at firfl is fweetifh, foon after bitter, acrid, and naufeous, with a certain gentle Aflringency. It grows upon the Trunks of Larch-trees, feldom upon their Branches. Herman obferves, that thefe Trees, when Agarick grows upon them, no longer yield Turpentine. It is chofen white, light, and friable. When it is heavy, blackifh, and lefs friable, it is rejected. That is like wife difapproved which grows next the Stump of the Tree, becaufe it contra&s a Blacknefs from the Bark ; and befides is commonly moifter, and confequently lefs friable. The Bark alfo is thrown away as ufelefs or hurtful. Diofcorides and Pliny diflinguifh two Sorts of A- garick, (viz.) the Male and Female. The Male is round and every where fimilar, and according to Pliny more crifped and bitter. The Female has (freight Veins within like the Teeth of Combs, and i making](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30529529_0001_0450.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
