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Economical uses of the plant, &e, The leaves, deprived of 
their juice after aloes are cbtained, form excellent fuel. 
An aloetic varnish is prepared from Aloes, which is used. ~ 
to preserve dried insects, feathers, and other things, in 
collections of natural history. Vessels are also preseryed 
hy it from the ravages of the famous naval worm. 
Dr. Charles William Po:rner has obtained a beautiful 
brown colour, by the simple immersion of woollen cloth 
in a decoction of Aloes. Jean Fabroni, a distinguished 
man of Florence, has made of Socotorine Aloes, a dye 
_which communicates its hue to silk without the aid of any 
mordant, producing a very persistent violet colour. The 
same juice, made Sn te thick, gives miniature paint- 
ers a beautiful of lon a ey 
Man Aloes are v ‘large and 
Mien Bs age nd with a sweet 
the fermentation of which a delightful hen’ nei 
Cordage is made of the leaves ; and the st Aloe of 
South America furnishes the Mexicans with ost all the 
wants of life—viz, the Agave Americana, or great American 
Aloe. The genus gave closely resembles that of Aloe. 
This furnishes the Mexicans with cordage, for boats and 
other purposes, of an incorruptible nature, with tiles for 
roofs, rafters, paper, hammocks, vinegar, wine, honey, and 
materials for impenetrable hedges; in short, for the nume- 
rous wants of economy. 
Orricinat Prerarations. Puly. aloes comp. L. Pil. Aloes 
cum myrrha. L. E. D. Pil. Aloes comp. Pil. Aloes 
cum assafetida, E. Pil. Aloes cum es age E. 
Pil. Cambogiz ries L. Pil. Rhei comp. E. Pil. Scam- 
Mon. cum Aloe. D. Decoctum Aloes comp. L. Ex- 
_ tractum Aloes purificatum. L. D. Extractum colocyn- 
thidis comp. L. D. Tinct. Aloes. L. E. D. Tinct. Aloes 
comp. L. E. D. Tinct. Aloes ztherea. E. Tinct. Ben- 
zoin, comp. L. E. D. Tinet. Rhei et Aloes. ‘E. Vinum . 
Aloes. L. E, D. 
Formule— meet 
No.1. & Opii pur. gr. i F 
Puly. Aloes cum myrrh, gr.iy 
M. A pill to be taken at bed-time—it obviates 
: the binding effect of opium. — 
No.2. Be Opii gray 
Extract. Aloes spicat. gr. x ug : 
M. Divided into three pills—one at bed-time— —_~ 
has the same effect nearly as No. 1. ee. 
Mo. 3. BR Opii pur. a eee 
; Extract. Aloes spicat. e ii 
Extract. gentian. 
M. Divided: ats two pilla—which ay be taker! . : 
as 2 dose, 
