248 



fe\ 



C4. 



1 (la) 



to 



ffed 



fmiihed in a few h 



or by ufmg a very g 



'> c 



heat they may be 



Salep, confidered as an article of diet, is accounted 



nutritious, 

 fmall bulk 



d h 



it h 



g 



b 



quantity of farinaceou 



extremely 



the 

 For 



thought fit 



matter 



pr 



conftitute a part of 



of every ihip's company to prevent a famin 



IS obferved by Dr. Perciv 



th 



fea 



this powder and the dried 



gelatinous part of flefli, or portable foup, difToIved in boilino- water 

 form a rich thick jelly, capable of fupporting life for a confiderabl' 



gth of time 



of boiling water, will be fuffi 



An ounce of each of thefe articles, with two quarts 



fubfiftence for one man a day 



d 



Dr. Percival not only recommends the ufe of Salep as other authors have 

 done in diarrhoea, dyfentery, dyfury, and calculous'complaints • but 



thinks " in the fymtomatic fever, which arifes from the abforption of 



pus 



J 



J 



from ulcers in the lungs. 



om wounds 



fro 



amputatio 



Salep ufed plentifully is an admirable demulcent, and well adapted 

 refift that diilolution of the crafis of the blood which is fo evident in 

 thefe cafes." ^ 



The fuppofed aphrodifiac qualities of this root, which have been 



d ever fmce the time of Diofcorides, feem to be founded on 



the fanciful dodrine of fignatures. 



Th 





is ready to fall, becaufe the new bulb, of which the Salep 



the feed Is formed, and the (1 



fh 



top of it, which is the germ of the orchis of the fucceeding year. Percival °L c. 



fi 



Percival 

 Salep e 



S 



Lind's Appendix to his EiTay on theDifeafe 



r 



folvi fe nafTum eft 



radicem^m 6o-plo aq.ua.^ folvendo, ut per pannum linteum non p 



affand 



1 



iTet 



Salep Pe 



P^ 245 



Perfic 



Murray 



quo auxiiio mucilago ifta denfitate 



lanfit vero refidui ex ifto 

 Fet: Acad. HandL 1764. 



OrchI 



V 



_ 4 



Tefliculus, habet radices inftar tell 



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