383 
is moderately auftere, hitterim, and fubfaline; the fp 
ex trad: 
r: 
The flowers of this 
derably ftronger both in aftringency and bitternefs 
of rofe pofTefs neither the fragr 
nor the laxati 
*■ 
po 
f thofe of 
fol 
but 
are 
chiefly 
valued for their ailringent qual 
which are moll confiderabl 
before the petals expand, and therefore in this ftate they are chofe 
for medicinal ufe 
and 
dered by the pharmacopoeias in different 
preparations, as thofe of a conferve, a honey, an infufion, and a fyrup. 
Thefe preparations, efpecially the iiril and fecond, have been highly 
efteemed in phthilical cafes, particularly by the Arabian phyfic 
Avice 
and Mel 
men 
kind which were cured by th 
fom 
rofe 
able 
ft 
of tr 
R 
alfo cites fe 
others 
d the cafe of Kriieer, related in the German ephemerid 
f 
ftill 
more 
— 
has been thoug 
onferve of rofes in phthifis pulmo 
ident proof of the efficacy of tl 
lalis : but as the ufe of the confen 
was conftantly joined with that of milk and farinace 
gether with 
proper exercife in the open air, it has been doubted if thefe 
£ 
uld be wholly imputed to the rof< 
s 
and corroborant virtues certainly contributed much 
gh their mild aftring 
3 ^ 1- fi 
• 
its 
The infufion of rofes is a grateful cooling fubaftringent, and ufeful 
haeoptylis, and fome other hemorrhagic complaints as a gargle \ 
fficacy however depends chiefly on the acid. The fyrup 
derives its ufe merely from 
Lewis, M. M. p. 543 
Poterius, however, relates, that he found a dram of powdered red rofes occafion th 
ftools, and this not in a fewinftanees, but conftantly in 
See Lewis, l.je 
exficcat 
Both the aftringency -and 
colour <of the petals are beft preferved by hafty 
Lib 
Ft 
Tracl, 5 
rp* 5. p. 2JS 
4 
Cape de phtbiji.y 
e Prax, MeL Lib 
Dec 
An 

bf. 9 
7 
S 
* In Tome of the cafes alluded 
in the foace of a month* 
ap. f* p. 348. 
■ 
llen t M. M. vol. it. p> 35 
c 
enty or thirty pounds of the conferve weres tak 
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