That phosphorus. exhibited in this f 11 
and becomes simply a stimulant and res e—T 
caution is necessary in the exhibition of this r ‘sade it should 
therefore be confined to judicious hands—That it should 
ven in small doses in the quantity increased ac- 
cri ig to circumstances, and. rage gradually. lng Ph 
es 
Aa 
— 
a 
Op plexy, fainting aiceiains conv 
dach, gutta ee 
d es in cases of loss ofb ) mee 
Soda is obtained as well as potash, by burning vegetables. It is, 
__ however, only sea plants, or those that grow by the sea shore, 
that. afford it: it has therefore been supposed that. these plants may 
a sea salt, or muriate of soda, and that it is from the secequpe: 
a of this oat that soda is doeitads a 
= _. Carbonate of soda—Sal zratus. - This j is an Satine ] ali,-2 
abe. used for all the abel Seles ‘ein preferable pt 
iis a. fatty matter, Sieaet kien the head of a parsider 
dar species of whale above mentioned. _ It is purified by melting ; and 
boiling with an alkaline solution. It is then in white flakes is) 
aoe unctuous and. friable, and has neither taste nor smelJ.. Its chemical 
- properties are the same as those of the expressed oils and ccept — 
ik it does not easily unite with the alkalies. - : oe ed 
_its medicinal virtues are those of. amild dermulcent, pret fa 
given in ecatarrh and | gonorrhea, mixed with sugar, or diffused in 
gies bate pedliae-of mae sacle aa 
ris a very. Ww g ;0ur 
for ene crop time, the negroes. in tl : , hotw 
ing their increased labors, always grow fat... It heoduona! no part 
ar gifect as a saat a except t inet ihe coarser and impu 
