220 NOTES ON CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA. 



1860-62. Chlh-sWi-che Pare Kaolin 



Magnlskiiand Silica 42'93 .... 46'5 



Aluminous Alumina . . . 36'53 .... 39'6 



Substances. 



Oxides of Iron and Manganese ) . ~~ 

 (mostly Manganese) j 



Magnesia and Lime '94 .... 



Water 1475 .... 13'9 



100-0 100-0 



The CJM-sMh-che contains also a trace of fluorine, which was 

 calculated with the oxides of iron and manganese. 



S H; Pth~fan ; A\urn.Pun-tsaou, Fig. 86. 



ARSENICAL SUBSTANCES. 



Arsenical Sub- fe /fa Sin-sh%h; Arsenious acid, also called PUi-sin and 

 2es ' Hung-pe. Of the specimens which I have received, some are 

 apparently a natural mineral, constituting a translucent, crystal- 

 line mass, varying in colour from pure white to a yellowish 

 brown or grey. Other specimens have the aspect of the ordi- 

 nary massive white arsenic of European commerce. 



ijfc/A & 

 Native Orpi- *>HE JH Tsze-lnvang ; Yellow Sulphuret of Arsenic ; Native 



Orpiment; Pun-tsaou, Fig. 26. It occurs in the province of 

 Yunnan ; probably also in Burmah, as it has been shipped in 

 considerable quantity from Moulmein. Ainslie states that it is 

 exported from China to India. 1 



Orpiment is resorted to by the Chinese in cases of ague, but 

 compounded in a manner so absurd as to render the dose 

 extremely uncertain or even a nonentity. 

 ~hu* t-i * 

 *<J |qf Heung-hwang ; Native Ked Sulphuret of Arsenic ; 



Realgar. Realgar : Hidm hodm, Cleyer, Med. $tmp., No. 176. It is found 

 in the province of Yunnan, 2 in the south of China, and has been 

 exported in small quantity to London from Canton. Kealgar is 

 also sometimes imported into England from Bombay. 



1 Mat. Med. of Hindostan, p. 53. 



2 Du Halde says that it is brought from the province of Chensi.Descript. 

 de la Chine, t. i. p. 207. 





