Ceylon moss, for the cure of consumption, asthma, catarrh, affections of the trachea, diseases of the mucous membranes, and disorders of the stomach : communications read to the Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London and published with its permission / by George G. Sigmond.

  • George Gabriel Sigmond
Date:
1841
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Credit: Ceylon moss, for the cure of consumption, asthma, catarrh, affections of the trachea, diseases of the mucous membranes, and disorders of the stomach : communications read to the Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London and published with its permission / by George G. Sigmond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    two inches from the ciliary processes corresponding to the root, to the extreme of its ramifications, which were not very numerous or regular. I could not discover any organs of fructification, perhaps owing to the season of the year when the fucus was col- lected. As it is, however, my chief object at pre- sent to contribute to the chemical history of the substance in question, I shall not enter into its description more minutely, but I shall venture, for mere convenience of reference, to apply to it the provisional term of Fucus amylaceus, from its remark- able and important peculiarity of containing a large proportion of true starch. “ I proceed to describe the results of the analysis, and I shall subsequently offer a few very brief remarks on the relations the Fucus cimylaceus bears to other edible congenerous vegetables; and I shall then point out the mode in which its alimentary ingredients may be made most available in culinary preparations.
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