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also in bloody fluxes, to one drachm or a drachm and a half. Outwardly applied, 

 it makes the skin more beautiful, smoother, and softer, than any one known 

 sort of pomade. 



The leaves of the cinnamon tree yield also an oil, which is of a bitterish 

 taste, resembling oil of cloves mixed with a little good oil of cinnamon. It 

 is an aromatic, and is reckoned an excellent remedy in headachs, pains of the 

 stomach, and other distempers. 



The oil of the root of the cinnamon tree is, properly speaking, an oil of 

 camphor, the roots affording a good quantity of camphor. If this oil be dis- 

 tilled in glass vessels, there comes over along with it, that sort of camphor 

 which the Indians call camphor baros, or camphor of borneo, which shoots in 

 thin transparent crystals, forming a beautiful variety of trees on the recipient, 

 not unlike those which, in very frosty weather, are seen on windows. This 

 sort of camphor is of very great efficacy in physic, and is gathered and kept 

 for the King of Candia's own use, who esteems it an excellent cordial medi- 

 cine. But not only the camphor of baros, but also the oil of camphor, which 

 is drawn out of the roots of the cinnamon tree, is a very great cordial, if taken 

 inwardly; it strengthens the stomach, expels wind, and has been found of great 

 use in arthritic and gouty disorders: it is also a diuretic. The dose is 10 or 12 

 drops on a bit of sugar, or in a proper vehicle. Outwardly it is applied in all 

 arthritic pains from cold and obstructions, being rubbed on the affected part 

 with a warm hand, and it will presently lessen the pain, and by degrees take it off. 



It is also very good in burns. No sooner is a bandage, or compress, dipped 

 into this spirit, applied to the affected part, but it will give instant relief, and 

 so effectually check the inflammation, that it will creep no farther. But the 

 application of it must be continued till the pain is quite gone, and the ulcus, if 

 there has been any, is dried up. If the exulceration is got deeper, and the 

 wound must be kept open, 2 ounces of camphor dissolved in oleo hyperici, 

 mixed with a pound of the common unguentum cerussae, applied according to 

 art, will quickly and effectually heal it, as Mr. Seba has often experienced. 



The Bills of Mortality in several Parts of Europe, for the Years 1724 and 

 \Tlb. Extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia. By Dr. J. G. Scheuchzer. 

 N° 409, P- J 10. 



For the year 1724. At Breslaw, died, married men 23 I ; married women 

 148; widows and widowers 154; bachelors 57; maidens 66; children to 10 

 years of age, boys 417, girls 326; stillborn, boys 36, girls 31. Total 1466. 

 Christened, males 709; females 6l 3. Total 1322. Married 386 pairs. 



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