s*» 
periments of Tachen 
this oil 
_ . - of 
The fmell of 
d Hoffman, afforded fcarcely half an 
a&ly refembles that of 
__c b t. rr. n- .. 
rofes, and is 
therefore much ufed as a perfume. It poffefles very little pungency 
and has been highly recommended for its cordial ar 
9 
d 
qu 
Thefe flowers alfo contain a bitterifh fubft 
extracted by 
g with the od 
principl 
and 
analeptic 
which is 
remains 
the decoction after the latter has been feparated by diftillation 
. i.' d nm • ■ i* i r • i . . r.i . i »/-n 
p oration 
Th 
fixed fapid matter of the petals manifefts 
purgative quality, and it is on this account that the flowers are re- 
ceived in the Materia Medica. '"'-'' 
The pharmacopoeias direct a fyrup to be prepared of this rofe, 
which in dofes of a fpoonful is found to be pleafant and ufeful as a 
laxative for children, or to obviate coftivenefs in adults. The fimple 
diftilled rofc-watcr feems to have nothing but its fragrance to recom- 
mend it. 
f Lewisy M. M. p. 541. 
The procefs for making Attar, or EfTential Oil of Rofes, {o much efteemed 
fume, is related in the Afiatic Refearches by Colonel Polier, and is as follow* 
pounds of rofes, with their calyces, are put into a ftill with 6ofe of water. 
The 
Forty- 
fire is out under the ft 
and 
the cap and pipe are properly fixed and luted. When the impregnated 
fire 
by 
thirty pounds of water are come over, which is generally done in about four or fiv 
h 
fro 
This water is to be poured upon 40 Jfc of frelh rofes; and thence are to b 
ft 
(tilled 
into, pans of earthen ware, 
It is then poured 
and left expofed to the frefh air for the 
night* The attar or effence will be found in the morning, congealed and 
the top of 
c 'F. Hoffmany Obf. phyf. chem* p. 21 

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