LADANUM. 



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plaster. An inferior sort is in long rolls, coiled up, much harder 

 than the preceding, and not so dark. " 



The late Dr. Landerer of Athens, stated, in a communication to 

 the Pharmaceutical Society (translated by Daniel Hanbury), that 

 " Cyperian Ladanum," which is truly Ladanum e harhcl is met 

 with in two states, namely in sticks {Ladanum Cyprium in hacculis) 

 and in irregular masses (Ladanum Cyprium in massis). 



Ladaxisterion. 



In Crete, the best laudanum is considered to be that which is 

 moulded or contorted into spiral forms {Ladanum in tortis), but 

 Cyprian ladanum is preferred at Constantinople to the best from 

 Crete. This seems very strange, as the substance collected with 

 the leathern thongs must be purer in odour than that collected 



