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and generally more acceptable to the stomach; and in cases of — 
diarrhea, dyspepsia, scrophula, and great debility, it has been _ 
found to be an useful remedy. (See Brande, in London Med. 
Journal for 1790. ) . 
Balsamum Peruvianum, Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. 
THE tree which produces this balsam was not botanically 
ascertained till the year 1781, when a specimen of it was sent by 
Mutis, from Terra Firma, to the younger Linnzus, who has 
described it in the Supplementum plantarum under the name of 
Myroxylon peruiferum. ts synonyma are Hoitziloxitl. Hernand. 
Thes. rer. Med. Nov, Hisp. p. 51. cum. fig..and Cabureiba Pis. Ind. 
Hist. Nat. et Med. p. 119. 
It grows in Peru, Brasil, Mexico, and Terra Firma. 
Two kinds of this balsam are imported here; the common or 
black, and the white. The first, which is chiefly used, is about the 
consistence of a syrup, of a dark opake reddish. brown colour, in- 
elining to black, and of an agreeable aromatic smell, and a very 
hot pungent taste. 
' Balsam of Peru is a very warm aromatic medicine, hotter than 
any of the other natural balsams; hence in cold phlegmatic habits, 
it has been given to warm the constitution, strengthen the nervous 
system, and attenuate viscid humours. It has been also used by 
surgeons in certain wounds and ulcers. 
The White Balsam of Peru, or white storax, is brought here in 
gourd shells, and is of a pale yellow colour, thick, and tenacious, 
becoming by age solid and brittle. 
This balsam is less hot than the formen Bae ofa more agreeable 
frearent smell, pABREQICNINS somewhat to. that. of storax, sie: 
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