329 



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The fioT^ers are more aromatic 



d 



fs bitter than the 



the roots difcover an aromatic warmth without any bitternefs 



and 



II 



The I 



g 



out 



i 



both 



aqueous 



d fp 



arly th 



of th 



ft 







from this plant in diftillation : water brin 

 fmell and flavour. Along with 



eir fmell and talle 

 sd fpirit elevates 



efferitlal oil, which fmells ftrongly 



and 



aqueou 

 taftes 



fl 



Worm 



wood, though 



1 



q 



■■J 



lofl: the whole 



d there arifes 



fecufly of the 



a 



» 



ty of oil varies greatly 



according to the foil and feafon in which the herb is produ 



a 



(C 



The watery extrad lofes the diftin 



of the 



but retains its bitternefs 



g fmell and ill f] 



made with redified fp 



moft entire. 



contains, along with the bit 

 whole of the naufeous part;" water carrying off, in th 



th 



which the ofTenfive flavour refid 



An extrad 

 % nearly th( 



evaporation 



very little of 



while 



pure 



This fpecles of Wormwood, which Is thought by Profeffor Murray 



ponticum of Diofcorides 



confidered the principal of the herbaceous bitters 



words of Bergius,, is ant 

 folvens, tonica, ftomachica 



d Pliny,'' may be 

 Its Virtus^ in the 



putredinofa, antacida, anthelminthica, re 

 And although it is now chiefly employed 



^ 



with a view to the two lafl mentioned qualities, yet we are told of 

 Its good effeds in a great variety of difeafes, as intermittent fevers 

 hypochondriafis,^ obftrudions ' of the liver and fpleen, gout,' calcuH. 









J t r jP communiGates a bitter taffe to the flefh and milk of cows and fheep 

 which feed on it. Lin. Fhr. Rn^r. « 735. The milk of a woman, who took the extra6K 



became extremely bitter. Aa. Hafr 



» Ba 



P 



b 



The 



twenty-five pounds of the herb obtained fix to ten drams of the oil. 



r 



J y r n r ^ 



triturated with fait of tartar, emits a volatile odour; and hence 



appears t6 contain fal ammoniacum. 

 cum? Gott. 1769. 



Dijf. An In phnt'ts fal ejfanilale 



1^ 



Lewis, M. M. p 



i (( 



Abfmth 



Tauro 



/. 225 



^at. Med. /). 67 



DM 



r 



Prseftant 



-\ 



cor 



p 



Haller. 



Elem» Chem. Proceffus. 39 



Nor. 1734 



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h 



Lajnge, Brunov. p 



III. 



Haller, 



Bomare, Z>/V7 



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Linnaeus, Am»Aiad, T, 3. />. 160 



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