Observations on the nutritive properties of acacia-gum : known in commerce under the names of gum-arabic & gum-senegal, and on the uses to which it may be applied in tropical climates / By Richard Pearson.

  • Richard Pearson
Date:
1818
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Credit: Observations on the nutritive properties of acacia-gum : known in commerce under the names of gum-arabic & gum-senegal, and on the uses to which it may be applied in tropical climates / By Richard Pearson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    scarcity of food, has been noticed by Dr. Lind in the work before referred to ; for jelly prepared from salep is similar to that prepared from wheat-starch. But Dr. Lind proposes it to be used in the semi-fluid form, and mixed with decoction of animal sub¬ stances. In this state, even supposing it would keep for a sufficient length of time without spoiling, it is by no means adapted to land expeditions, as it would require to be put into jars, or other vessels, the con¬ veyance of which would be attended with great, if not insurmountable difficulties. It is, however, a species of food well suited to ships’ crews, for whom alone the inge¬ nious author seems to have intended it. In the event of another expedition to explore the interior of Africa, even if the party (as the intelligent editor of Captain Tuckey’s Narrative has suggested) should be furnished with asses and mules for the carriage of themselves and their provisions;
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