a ALO—ALO 
"pearance from either of the others—is called Fetid Aloes. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 43. : 
There is another Aloes, besides those above mentioned, 
+ common in the Indian bazaars, of an inferior quality to 
them all, resembling what in Europe is termed Barbadoes 
* Aloes. It is +t from Zemen, in Arabia, to the west- 
ie ern ports of the Peninsula, and is, in all probability, ob- 
tained from the 2. Perfoliata. L. This species, according 
to Ainslie, is common in India, though he did not learn 
_ that any of the drug was prepared from it. There is 9 
_ coarse kind of Aloes, common in the bazaars of India, 
_ which is perhaps prepared from it—called musambrum. 
ees Virey says, the Agave Americana yields a yellow juice, 
s analogous to Maes, whith is sudorific. 
Puorrntizs. Aloes yield a small portion of vegetable mucus, 
resin, anda peculiar extractive matter. Braconnot found - 
_ Aloes to consist chiefly of a peculiar bitter matter, which 
ptinciple he called the resinous bitter principle. The su- 
_ periority of the Socotorine, Cape, and Bombay Aloes, is 
supposed to be owing to their containing a larger propor- 
tion of it, and consequently less resin than Hepatic or 
Barbadoes Aloes. Boiling water dissolves nearly the whole 
of any of the kinds ; but as the solution cools, the resinous 
part is deposited. And by boiling Aloes in water, the ex- 
tractive principle is altered, rendered insoluble in water, 
and approaches in properties the nature of resin. Soco- 
— Aloe, distilled, yields a volatile oil—Hepatic does 
Mevicat Prorertizs axp Uses. All kinds agree in medi- 
a cinal properties—are warm stimulating cathartics, slow of 
ered solution, and thence act on the colon and rectum chiefly- 
Contra-indicated in hemorrhoidal diseases, and plethoric 
catamenial 
that state, use them with i: ity. Dose, from 5 to 20 
ains, chiefly used in s; with Canella Alba, form 
Gliera Piera. In substance, Aloes should be given with 
bowels, i B28 externally, as a liniment or plaister, to 
the surface of the body—applied to caries of bones, they 
do the same. Are the base of numeraus quack pills, and 
various nostrums and compounds of pharmacy. 
Celsus, and other ancient writers, esteemed Aloes less 
burtful to the stomach, than other eathartics, This is the 
_ opinion of the native practitioners of India—by them also 
aor externally round the eye, in chronic ophtbalmia. 
Tamool doctors toast it, and give it for bowel affec- 
