13 GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 



dred and fifty Genera: Sapors into ten series and as many genen 

 %t least. 



12. The GRATEFUL Odors or Smells indicate wholttsome 



properties, the three Series are 



1. Fbagranp, indication of stimulants and sudorifics, 8tc# 



2. Aromatic — of stomachics, warm stimulants, &c. 



3. Sweet — of Pectorals, Demulcents, &c. 



13. The UNPIXASANT Odors indicate active properties, 

 their three Series are 



1. Fetii>, indication of noxiows planls, emetics, &.C. 



2. GuATEot-E^sT — of powerful medical plants- 



3. INSIPID — of EmolVients, inert plants, &c- 



U. GRATEFUL SAPORS or Tastes, belong to pbnts of miW 



properties. Their five Series are 



1. Flavored, belonging to palatable substances- 



2. Spicy — ^to stimvdants, sudorifics, stomacbicsj &c, 



3. Acid — toRefrigersnts, Diluents, &c. 



4. Sweet— to Nutrients, Demulcents, 8cc. 



5. Sapie or Saltish — to Antiscorbutics, &c. 



15. UNPLEASANT SAPORS belong to plants of active pro- 

 perties. Their five Series are 



1. NAXJSEors, belonging to Narcotics, Emetics, Cathartics, 

 Antispasmodics, &c. 



2. AcTiiD — to Salivatories, Stimulants, Epispastics, Anthcl- 

 ininthic«, Emenagogues, See. 



3. BiTTEn — to Tonics, Corroborants, See. 



4. Acerb — to Astringents, Diuretics, &c# 



5. I:ssiyiD— to Emollients, Demulcents, Diluents, &c, 



16. The sense of feeling is susceptible of ascertaining at le*jrt 



five qualities in substances. 



1< Coozxess, belonging' to Refrigerants. 

 2. Heat — ^to Stimulants and Rubefacients. 

 3- Stiisoisg— to external stimulants. 



4. Vesicatio:^ — toEpispatics, &c. 



5. CoBROSioiff — to E.scharotics, and Caustics. 



17. These difTerent qualities variously combined and modified 

 by each other, form all the immense variety perceptible in plantJ. 



18. Medical Properties of a corpcsnnnr!in«- not.,*^ u^XtMr c-.o- 



