- Oxrve On, on Syeer On. The oil of the fruit of the olive tree. 
. "The olive tree is a native of the south rts pales te 
>. = nries which produ an stil of fod by i 
ed un w uce it; it is hurtful, i mature re- 
Medicinally coméilmed, cliet oil he lately: been Staairate aa. 
ling preventive ae regs ee ‘when rubbed over the whole body, im- 
mediately after the contagion is supposed to have been taken- ~The 
oil, when properly applied, and followed by a considerable degree of 
friction, occasioned a copious sweat over the whole ody; by which 
jt is said the patients were immediately cured. =~ 
Olive oil has also been employed with suecess as an antidote 
the rat poison occasioned by the bite of serpents, especially that of 
rattlesnake. In pexeral. cases apparentl ane when 
‘of oil had t oe ik “_ 
ye quantities to mitigate 
‘stomach. Externally, it is used in frictions, gar- 
of 
rs; but its principal use is for the composition 
Orance. Citrus Aurantium. The fruit. 
"The juice of oranges is a grateful acid liquor, of considerable use 
jn febrile and inflammatory distempers, for allaying heat, 
- thirst, and promoting the salutary excretions. The sweet orange is 
to be preferred, as being more mild, and less acid ; and it is - 
ed in its most simple form with great, advantage, both as a cooling 
medicine and as an useful antiseptic in fevers of "the worst kind.— 
es The. outer yellow rind has a grateful aromatic flavor, and has-been 
: estore the tone of the stomach ; it is avery. common 
Serer. 
"Pia Orn. 
“This oil is ued from the kernet of the fruit, of the palm tree, 
Siitivased | in the West Indies. It is of an orange color, of the consis- 
‘tence of ointment, emitting a strong,agreeable odor, and very little. 
as bath of which it lone rs aly, > , when it is unfit f F use. 
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