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to the taste, aromatic, and diuretic : about l-8th of extract is 

 obtained. 



Theriaca pauferum, Fj. hncc.junip. contitsarum. The berries 

 are bruised previous to decoction ; is dark brown, thick, sharp 

 tasted, and by no means agreeable; diuretic. 



E. HELLEBORi ALBi. Emctic and purgative. 



CoccoLOBA KINO. From sea-side grape, coccoloba uvifera ; 

 its infusion is precipitated of a blue black by the oxysulphate of 

 iron ; astringent, useful in loosenesses, internal haemorrhages, and 

 the whites, gr. x to 3j : from Jamaica, sold for kino. 



E. OF LILY OF THE VALLEY. Cathartic. 



E. OF MAHOGANY. Prepared by decoction ; sold for kino, and 

 used in tanning. 



Concentrated extract of lettuce. From the outward 

 bark of the stem, and old leaves of garden lettuce, after the 

 flowering, when the leaves begin to grow yellow, by cold infusion, 

 straining without pressing, and evaporation on plates with a very 

 gentle heat ; anodyne, gr. v to 3ss. 



Grouts. Ground malt, 6 or 81b., water 1 gallon and a half, 

 kept covered and warm until in full fermentation, stirring it six 

 times a-day, then evaporated to the consistence of a thick paste ; 

 used in Devonshire to make white ale. 



E. MiLLEFOLii. Astringent and tonic. 



E. OF mimosa bark. Used for tanning leather; one cwt. 

 ^qual to four or five of oak bark ; from New South Wales* 



E. osMUND.E regalis. Uscd in rickets. 



E. papa VERTS, E. capitiim papaveris somniferi. From broken 

 poppy-heads, the seed being taken out,' by decoction and evapor- 

 ation ; anodyne, dose gr. ij to 3j : 28lb. of broken heads yielded 

 51b. and a quarter of extract. 



E. quassle. From the wood ; substituted for hops, in 

 brewing. 



E. OF OAK bark, E, cort. nuercus. From oak bark : astringent, 

 gr. v to 9j, or more ; from Turkey and the Black Sea ; used in 

 tanning : retail, for medicine. 



E. OP PEPPER, E. piperis nir/ri. From the decoction ; much 

 stronger tasted than pepper. Used in agues. 



E. pyrol.e umbellat/E. 



E. OF ratakia. Resembles kino, and is sold for it ; astrin- 

 gent and tonic ; is fusible, produces a reddish sediment in a solu- 

 tion of sugar of lead, and very slowly produces a sediment in a 

 solution of emetic tartar ; from Brazil ; uscd to colour wines red. 



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