_ OFFicrnat. Benzoinu inum, Lond. Styracis officinalis; Bal- 
2 samum, Edin. Benzoe; Resina. Dub. Benzoin—a Bal- 
sam. Styrax Benz vi : Balsamum—the Balsam. U.S. 
A native of Sumatra, and the East Indies. Two sorts Ben- 
zoin in India ; the finer and dearer of which the Tamools 
cal! Malacea Sambranie; it is the head benzoin of com- 
merce ; the other kind they eall Sambranie, which is pool 
=» benzoin, sometimes called Caffre’s beard. Finest kind very 
Ig fragrant; little or no taste—white or yellowish, sometimes 
; translucent and brittle; obtained by wounding the tree near 
the origin of lower branches—the other is an inferior 
sort, a brownish colour, harder, and mixed with impurities. 
+ This balsam is brought to, India from Sumatra; it is also 
‘ age in Siam, Loos, and Java. The inferior kind burnt 
y Malays and Arabs, to perfume temples and houses. 
The Hindoos, particularly the Tamools, use it in doses 
of from 4 to 15 grains, in consumption and asthma. 
Orric. Prev. Acidum Benzoinum. L. E. D. & U. 8. Tine- 
tura Benzoini. L. E. D. . 
ee For pecimens, see Profess 
Cabinet, Jeff. 
Officinal—Succinum of the Colleges. — : , 
_ Orric. Prev. Acidum succinum. E. D. Oleum Succini. L. 
~~ _E.D. Never used in thé U. S. probably because it is so 
dear, and ter Ae be had pure—a factitious oil of 
amber is usually sold and prescribed. I never used either, 
_and know nothing, from experience, on the subject. : 
LPHUR SUBLIMATUM, of the Colleges, 
of Sulphur. 
specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 698. : 
A well known laxative diaphoretic, used in cutaneous affec- 
_. tions ; it renders the patient intolerably offensive. Ionce 
had a gun-boat full of men, at Norfolk, with itch, whom I 
bad separated from the crew of the frigate United States, 
a #” whom I directed the sulphur ointment—the stench 
 Orrre. Pree. ge apc LE. D. Cabinet specimen, 
heir bodies was horrible, 
_ Jeff. Coll. No Sulphur precipitatum. L. Un 
tum Sulphuris. L. EB. D. & U.S. U; ; 
nef. & te D J nguentum Sulphuris 
