Gum-resins. 155 



EuPHORBiuxi, EuphorbicB gummi-resina. Exuded from incisions 

 made in the Euphorbia officinarum, E. antiquorum, and E. 

 Canariensis; a most violent drastic hydragogue, formerly used, 

 to gr. V or X, corrected with vinegar or lemon juice; externally 

 stimulant, ulcerating. Imported from Barbary in seronsoflOO 

 to 1501b. 



Galbaxcm, Galbani gummi-resina, Buhonis galhani gummi- 

 resina. Exudes spontaneously, but generally from incisions made 

 in Bubon galbanum : imported from Turkey ; emmenagogue 

 and antispasmodic, gr. x to 3j ; externally resolvent. Principal 

 officbuil jircparatimis^ — Pil. galb. comp., L. Tinct. galb., Z). 

 Eniplastr. galb. comp., L, 



Red galbaxum. Analogous to sagapenum; produced from 

 Bubon gummiferum. 



Gummi galda. Greyish ; has the appearance of dark gum 

 hock. 



Ceylon gambooge, Tiast Indian picked gamhooge, Gummi 

 guttcE gamhicE, Gamhogia, Cainhogia, From Stalagmitis cam- 

 bogioides: hydragogue, useful in dropsy, gr. iij or iv, hora 

 quaque tertia, until it operates ; makes an elegant yellow colour. 

 — Gambooge in sorts. From Cambogia gutta. — Siamese gambooijc. 

 In tears ; from Garcinia morella ? — Mexican gamboge. From 

 Vismia guttifera and V. sessiliflora. Officinal preparation, — Pil. 

 cambogiae comp., L. 



Gum ivy, Gummi hederce. Produced by wounding the tree; 

 reddish brown, burning with an aromatic odour, acrid, exulcerat- 

 ing; used dissolved in vinegar as a depilatory and odontalgic; 

 and in substance to rub over baits to render them attractive to 

 fish. 



Gum hock. Some specimens of this gum resemble elemi, 

 others are dark-coloured. 



Peraso Peruvianum, (Coll. of Phys. collection,) luist India 

 kinOf Amboyiut kino. Kino P. L. Yielded by Ptero-carpus 

 erinaccus. Solution in water is rendered clear and of a deep 

 brown colour by potash ; astringent, but uncertain. 



BoTAUY DAY KINO, Brown g^vm of Botany hay. Kino P. E. 

 Obtained from the brown gum tree, Eucalyptus resinifera. Its 

 tincture is not rendered turbid by water. 



Lettuce opium, Lactncarium. Obtained by incision from 

 the flowering stems of the garden lettuce, Lactuca sativa; recom- 

 mended by Dr. Duncan, senior, as a substitute for opium, as 

 )ssessing its anodyne without some of its injurious effects ; it has 



?n used with advantage in allaying the ])ain of chronic rheu- 

 matism and colic ; in checking diarrhcea, and in allaying cough. 



