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On Carrageen. Chondrus crispus 



be a specific for bronchial and other pulmonary complaints. In invalid 

 cookery carrageen has been used in the making of jellies, but in ordinary 

 domestic cookery it has hitherto been rarely used except in places where 



Fig. 2. Chondrus crispus. Narrow form from pools on open coast or roughish 

 water which is well aerated. (Nat. size.) 



it naturally occurs 1 . In pharmacy it is employed as an emulsifying 

 agent for oils, and it is also employed for fining beer, more especially in 

 America; in the arts it is further used as a substitute for size in the 



1 Mrs O'Connell of Clifden, Connemara, informs us that only the better class folk in 

 the west of Ireland use it as a substitute for gelatine while the peasantry do not even 

 know of its value. The statement found in the literature that Irish moss is extensively 

 used in Ireland as a food for human beings is therefore not borne out by this information; 

 on the other hand, according to Mrs O'Connell, carrageen jelly and slum milk yields 

 excellent results in the dietary of calves. See also Harvey, Phycoloyia Britannica, vol. in, 

 London, 1846-51. 



