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t incifions made at the bottom of the ftalk of the plant, from 





whence the juice gradually exudes 



and by undergoing fp 



afTumes the appearance under which we have it imported 



from Turkey and the Eaft-Indi 



VIZ. 



fometimes 



m little round 



drops or tears, more commonly in irregular lumps, of a reddifli vellow 



mternally of a paler 



I 



colour, on 



th 



tfid 



with fpecks of wh 



colour, and frequently variegated with large white pieces 



« This gummy-refm has a flrong difagreeable fmell. 

 acrid fomewhat naufeous tafte. 



and a bitter 



milky liq 



refinous matter, and becomes yellowifh 



^ It readily mingles with water, by 

 which on ftanding depofits a portion of 



redified fpirit it yields 



ff/^"''lT,f .^'J"^"'"' ."^^''^ taftes and fmells ftrongly of Opopanax. 

 Water diitilled from it is impregnated with its fmell, but no effential 

 cil is obtained on committing moderate quantities to the operation." ^ 

 Opopanax has been long employed by phyficians, ai 



for 



attenuating, deobftruent 



and 



commonly prefcribed 



aperient 



qua! 



are 



mbination with other med 



indicate it to be a medicin 



no means afcertained, nor do its fenfib 



id efteemed 

 but as it is 



thefe 

 qualities 



of ^much power. Dr. Cullen clafles 



fo than 



with the antifpafmodics 5 it is however lefs fetid than galbanum, though 

 ^^^'^ ^ ^]" ammoniacum, and therefore maybe fuppofed to have 

 lome afiimty to a union of thefe two. It has commonly been given in 

 hypochondriacal affeaions, vifceral obftruftions, menftrual fuppref- 

 iioiis,and afthmas, efpecially when conneded with a phlegmatic habit 

 ot body. It has no place in the Mat. Med. of the Edinburgh Phar- 

 niacopoeia, but, by the London College it is directed in the pillule e 



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