No.4 425-—Precn. oe 7 
Species—_ 
1, PIPER NIGRU 
< condiment. = 
Cabinet specimen No. 532, is for co with cubebs, 
figure ofthe plant, No. 533. " > 
OIL OF BLACK PEPPER. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No, 53 
Discovered by Pelletier, in his : 
preparation of Piperine, by add 
to an alcoholic solution of pe] 
s poration. It possesses, in a very Se) 
heat and acrimony of the pepper; ‘and — its sens 
properties, will doubtless. prove useful in, practice. Isa 
_ good subject for an ingen thesis, Mr. — ~ 
A ges prepared it. 
“ae PIER LONGUM. Long pepper 4 
Sy 
in purulent op 
oison, with advantage ; 
: day. M, i administered Cube 
tum, in gonorrhea, v with favourable results ; 
this, by his success in using Balsam Copai jis tan. 
ner. A combination of this jatter medicine, with oil of 
Cubebs, has been much used by the mouth, in the same 
disease. According to beso Cubebs contain avola- —- 
tile and almost concrete oil, ‘that of copaiva,a 
resin in small proportion, e , and some saline sub- 
‘stances. Mr. G. W. Carpe’ wena a ae Lo me: fy) ee 
hhave_ obtained a resinous fixed oil, by the means of sul- — 
uric ether, which has been foun, much active: 
‘than that obtained by distillation.” 
VoL. 1l. # x 
Roux, in i produced b 
his dike, 51 Bow 
