N- 



199 



/ 



woody part, we are told that it pofTeffes more fragrance, and Is fup 



to the other kind. Rediiied fpirit, the common menflruum of n 

 readily diffblves the Storax, which may be infpiflated to a folid 

 fiftence, as 

 without fuft 



fms 



(C 



Common S 



i 



i 



4 



( 



c 



i 



i 



i 



i 



i 



4 



gold yell 



dired;ed for the Styracis purificatio in the London Pharm. 



any confiderable lofs of, its fenfible qualities. 



nfufed in water, imparts to the menilruum a 



fmelL and a jQieht balfamic 



"\ 



fome fhare of 



It gives a confiderable impregnation to water by diftill 



tafte. 



and ftrongly diffufes its fragrance when heated, though it fcarcely 



yields any effential oil. The fp 

 off from the filtered reddifh liqiK 



folut 



w 



bring 



gently dift 



e 



d 



th 



very 



of the fragrance of the Storax ; and the remaining refin is more 

 fragrant than the fined Storax in the tear, which I have met with. 



pure refin diftilled without add 



The 



r 



empyreumatic oil, a p 

 flowers of Ben 



of fal 



yields 



mat 



fimil 



g with an 



a 



to the 



I have fometimes alfo extracted from it a 



fubftance of the fame nature by codion 



a 



with fome of the 



Stoi 

 refolv 



afthmas, menllrual obflrudio 

 balfams it was alfo prefcribed in 



,was a 



ter. 

 famil 



5>C 



d particularly ufed in catarrhal compl 



&c 



remedy as a 



ghs 



and from its afiinity to the 



of 



ftates of pulmonary confump 



g 



and 



direded 



p'lluli^ e Jiy 

 in any of the ofl 



which might feem to promife fome efficacy in nervou? deb 

 by modern praditioners it is almofl totally difregarded. 



3n. And our pharmacopoeias formerly 

 but this odoriferous drug has now no 

 compounds ; and though a medicine 



iities, yet 



« Lewis Mat. Med. p. 621. 



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No. 



15 



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3E 



STYRAX BENZOIN. 



