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leffeds which the oil might fometimes produce, by turning ranckl.^ 

 The officinal preparations of Almonds are the expreffed oil and the 

 emulfion; to the latter the_,London College direds the addition of 

 urn arabic, which renders it a ftill more ufeful demulcent in catarrhal 



^ffed 



ilrang 



& 



71 



Bitter Almonds yield a 



g 



quantity of 



obtained from fweet Almonds ; but the matter 

 ixpreffion of the 



perfedly fimil 



affift 



:e flats 

 of he 



(( 



remaining after 



more powerfully bitter than the Almond 

 Great part of the bitter matter diffolves by the 



both in water and in redified 



arifes alfo with both menflrua in diftill 



)Je 



and 



part 



Bitter Almonds have 



been long known to be poifonous to various brute animals/ and fome 



authors have alledged that they are alfo delet 



to the human 



fpecies, but the fads recorded upon this point appear to want further 



proof 



s 



However, as the noxious quality feems to refide in that 



matter which g 



the bitternefs and fi 



It 



that when this is feparated by diftill 



nd 



very probable 

 fufficiently 



d ftate, it may prove a poifon to man,^as is the cafe 

 the common laurel, to which it appears extremely analagous. Thefe 

 Almonds are highly commended for the cure, of hydrophobia by 



Thebefius. wh 



exp 



e 



d their good 



in twelve cafes. In 



k 



which a few (no particular quantity is mentioned) were eaten every 

 morning.' And Bergius tells us, that bitter Almonds, in the form 

 of emulilon, cured obftinate intermittents. after the bark had failed. 



trituration with 

 fe, as camphor. 



X 



« 



Almond 



Several fubftances of themfelves, not mifcible with water, may, by 



it in this form, 



fubftances 



Wepfer de C 



fitt 

 Leivls Mat. Med. p. 53. 



For 



f Particularly wolves, foxes, dogs, cats, and various kind 



cut. aquat. And many other inftances are related In the Ep. Nat. Cur. 



See alfo Danes Epijt. deJmygdaUs et oleo amararum athereo. And Lorry de Venenis^p. !]• 

 Irom the fudden effeds which this poifon produces, and the convulfions and fpafms 

 which follow its exhibition, there can be no doubt of its' aaing direaiy upon the 



nervous energy. 



s Formerly they were eaten to prevent the Intoxicating efFeas of wine, as is 



noticed by Diofcorides, « ^et Plutarchus medicum filii Imneratoris Tiberii producit, qui 



cellere valuit. 



ifat 



n bibendo reliquos omnes 



T . - • • ^p' Med. vol. III. p. 26 



J^orry experienced a fenfe of Inebriation. 



Une droD of thl. Pir.nnoi .:i u:ii„j ^ f^^^jj ^^j^j j^^ -^^ minutes. 



De Venenls^ p, 1 7 



1 



Vide Nov, Aa, Nat. Cur. torn, i, p, 18 



thefe Almonds 

 See barles:, ^- ^' 



Mat. Med. p. 413 



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