197 



^ 



his chapter on Aftrlngents,'" notices the diflertation of De Heucher, 



under the title of Calculus per adftringentia pellendus : and though he 

 does not think with this author that aftringents are hthontriptics, yet 

 from his own experience, and that of others, he beheves they often 

 have a pov/erful efFedl in reheving calculous fymptoms; and in proof 

 of this he refers to the exhibition of the Uva Urfi. The leaves 

 may be employed either in powder or decoction ; the former 

 commonly preferred, and 

 two or three times a day. 



is 



given 



mofl 

 in dofes from a fcruple to a dram 



Mat. Med. vol /V. p. 12. & feq 



w 



this plant, fays, " Perhaps,' upon the whole, we fhall find it no better than other vege- 

 table aftringents ; foaie of which have long been ufed by the country people in gravelly 

 complaints, and v/ith very great advantage ^ though hitherto unnoticed by the regular 

 pradlitioners." he. 



STYRAX OFFICINALE. 



OFFICINAL STORAX 



O 



Sty rax, 



Pharm. JLond, ^ Edinb, ab hac arbore effluit. 



f 





t 



STNO NTMA, Styrax folio mali cotonei. Baub, Pin, p, /\.^ 





Styrax arbor. 



Baiih, Hijl, vol. /. 



341 



Gerard. Emac. p. 



IS26. 



^53^ 



Rail Hiji. p. 1680. Styrax arbor vulgaris. Park. TbeaL 

 IJ72. Spec. Plant, p. (i2)S' Miller s Figures^ p. 260. 



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Cdafs Decandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 595 



Eff. Gen. Ch. Cal. inferus. Cor. infundibuliformis. Drupa 2-fperma 



/ ^ 



Sp. ^Ch 



8. fol 



ovatis fubtus 



llofl 



is, race mis 



fimplicibus fol 



brevioribus. Ait. Hort, Keu 



TH E Storax 



ufually rifes above twenty feet In height 



it 



fends off many ftrong branches, v^hich are covered v/ith a roughifli 



bark of a grey 



the leaves are broad 



wh 



ptical, entire, fome 



pointed, on the upper furface fmooth, and of a light 



colour, on the under furface covered with a whitiih down 



^ 



they 



y 



\ 



placed 



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