40 8 
* 
"by the bile prefent, they feem, by fome union with that fluid to acquire 
*i nnrrroriTTA /iiiomcr that mvpc a rMarrrifY^a onrl tVi^» f*n\W* Kn!uh /-I. _ *. 
a purgative quality, that gives a diarrhoea, and the colic 
are ready to accompany the operation of every purgative. 
pains that 
The outer yellow rind of the fruit is a grateful aromatic bitter, and 
is commonly employed as a flomachic, a character in which it 
By the union of its aromatic and bin 
is 
er 
promotes appetite, and gives tone and 
defervedly much eiteem 
qualities it warms the flomach 
ilrength to the vifcera. It contains a confiderable portion of volatile 
aromatic oil, very different from that of any other bitter, except what 
is found in the lemon; and the combination of this oil with the bitter 
of the orange peel, according to Dr. Cullen, gives it peculiar virtues ; 
but the Orange-peel being commonly employed in conjunction with 
other bitters, thefe virtues have not been afcertained, He adds, that 
he has " made feveral obfervations, which juftify the opinion that 
Orange peel may be particularly ufeful in refloring the tone of the 
flomach when it has been much impaired ; but this does not appear 
fo often as it mould, becaufe we employ it almoft only in its dried 
flate, and in too finall a proportion, as we take it dried with a part 
of the white inert fubflance that is alfo in the rind of the Orange." f 
It has been juilly remarked/ that 
u 
Oran 
peel appears to be very 
confiderably warmer than that of lemons, and to abound more with 
eiTential oil : to this circumflance, therefore, due regard ought to be 
had in the ufe of thefe medicines. The flavour of the fifft is like- 
■ 
wife fuppofed to be lefs perifhable than that of the other: hence the 
>-\ 
London College employ Orange-peel in the fpirituous bitter tin&u 
r 
which is defigned for 
e, 
or keeping • whilrl in the bitter watery infuiion, 
lemon-peel is preferred. A fyrup, and diftilled water, are for th 
lame reafon prepared from the rind of Oranges in preference to tha 
of lemons." 
Belides . the ufe of Orange-peel as a ftomachic, it has been much 
e 
celebrated for the cure of intermittent fevers; and in teftimony of its 
efficacy in moil obflinate agues, we find feveral authorities cited by 
Profeffor Murray. h It has likewife been experienced to be a powerful 
d L. 
c. 
1 I. 
c. 
* 
§ See Edinburgh New Difpenfatory 
t 
e Cullen. M. M. vol. it. p.Sy. 
by Dr. Duncan, p. 139. 
h As Dubeus. Medectn despauvres. p. 2S$.fqq. Both he and Nigrifoliiis declare it to 
be equal, if not fuperior in efficacy, to the Peruvian bark. See alfo Mohrinirius Com. Noric. 
1736. p. ao. And Werlhof. Com, Nor. 1735,/). 98. Murray. App. Med^vol Hi. p. 289. 
remedy 
