GEO 



GEO 



(Umavi ; Marcgr. Bras, 1 2 1 . ) — " Spinous. Leaflets oblonj;, tion or fyrup, three grains of the extrad, or thirty gr.-'ins 



obtufe.'' — Native of Brafil, anil the countr/ about Cartha- of the powder for a dofe. The dofe mull be diminifliod 



gcna, in woods on a fandy foil near the fea. Jacquin de- for younger pcrfons : and children two or three years of 



fcribes it as an inelegant tree, twelve feet high, with a few age, may take a table-fpoonful of the decoftion or fyvup, 



fpines on the trunk and largvr branches, which are awl- one grain of extrad, or ten grains of the powder ; and ch-l- 



(haped, and generally"an inch long. Zmtcj pinnate, about dren of a year old, half the quantity. Cold v,',iter muft tiot 



fcven pair, with an odd one, of oblong, obtufe, fniooth, be drank during the operation of the medicir.c, as it is apt 



entire leaflets, on a ftalk four inches in length. Chijiert to occafion ficknefs, vomiting, fever, and dehrium. In this 



Tiearly as long, axillary, fimple, deiife. f lores on fliort par- cafe the itomach muft be wafhedv/ith warm water, caftor oil 



tial (lalks ; their colour a dirty orange, and their fcent ex- muft be admi-.iiftercd, and lime juice beverage ufed flenti- 



tremely powerful and oflenfivc. /«>«;/ like that of an al- fully for common drink. The hark purges pretty britkly, 



mond in its coat, flightly dovvnv, greenifli -yellow ; the pulp cfpecially in pov.der ; thirty or forty grains v.-orking as v.-ell 



foft, fweet, but of a naufeous i'mcll, yelluwifli, ilaining the as jalap by ilool ; but in this mode of adminiftering it, it 



hands with a rufty hue, very difficult to wafh off. This coat dees not feem to kill vi'orms fo vrell as in decodion. The 



adheres firmly to the nut, whofe kernel is white, mealy and cabbage-bark is a v.aluable remedy when ulcd with proper 



aftringent. Jacquin was juftly furprifed at meeting, for the 

 firft time, with a drupa to a papilionaceous flower, but 

 lie juftly fo named it, in fpite of any preconceived theory. 



2. G. furina>m::ifL'. WiUd. n. 2. Bondt. Monogr. 13, 

 with a figure. — " Without fpines. Leaflets oklong, obtufe, 

 ernarginate." — Native of Surinam. IV'tlldenovJ. 



3. G. inei-mis. Swartz. Prod. 106. Woodv. Med. Bot. 

 t. 112. (Cabbage-bark tree of Jamaica ; Wright in Phil. 

 Tranf. v. 67. 507.1. 10.) — "Without fpines. Leaflets lan- 

 ceolate." — Native of Jamaica and Martinico. A tall tree, 

 whofe wood is white, and fo tough as to be preferred be- 

 yond all others for the ftafts of carriages. The iii?-/: is a ce- 

 lebrated remedy for worms in the inleftines, adminiftered in 



caution ; but fome fatal accidents have attended the im- 

 prudent ufe of it, chiefly frcci overdoling the m.edicine. 

 Phil. Tranf vol Ixvii. p. 597. 



GEOFFREY of Monmouth, in ly/o^rap/.j, an early hif- 

 torian of our own country, wh.o flourilhed ;ibout the middle 

 of the 12th century, was tirft archdeacon of Monmouth, and 

 thenbifliop of St. Afaph. On account of tum.ulta in Wales 

 he quitted his diocefe, and obtained the abbacy of Abing- 

 don in commendam. His clergy applied to him to return, 

 which he refufed, thinkincr he might ftlU keep his abbacy ; 

 in this he was difappointed, and was left without any prefer- 

 ment. As an hiftorian he is known by his " Chronieon 

 five Hiftoria Britonum.'' This work has been cenfured 



a decodion, fyrup, powder, or extract, and given in gradually for its fabidous narrations; the author is, however, entitled 

 increafed dofes, till a naufea is produced. The Z?«i)a conlift to much applaufe as a polite fcholar. His Latin ftyle rifes 

 of five or fix pair, with an odd one, of elliptic lanceolate, greatly above mediocrity. He was author of many other 

 pointed leaflets, about three inches long. Flowers light-red, pieces, among which is a poem on Merlin, which is mucii 

 in very large much-branched, terminal, downy panicles, commended by Leland. The Chronieon is fnppoled to be 

 Fruit the fize of a fmall plum. tranflated from an ancient hiftory in the Welfli language, and 

 GEOFFRyi-'.A, Or Geoffhoya, Inerm'is, calbnge-hark tree, or it contains a pretended genealogy of the kings of Britain, 

 nuorm-bark tree, in the Materia Medlca, is a native of Ja- from the time of Brutus the Trojan, and enumerates up- 

 maica. (See the preceding article.) The bark of this tree, wards of feventy illuftrious monarchs before the invafion of 

 which has a mucilaginous and fweetifli tafte, and a diiagrte- Julius Csfar. This work has been frequently reprinted, 

 able fmell, was fir/I: noticed as a vermifuge by Mr. Peter Dit- Bayle. Moreri. New Annual Reglfter, vol. iv. 

 cruid (Eft. and Obf. Phyfic. and Liter, vol. 2. page 264.) GEOFF1\.OY,Etif.nne FnAXC<)ls,a phyfician, was born 

 But the fullcft information concerning this tree, in refped at Paris on the 13th of February, 1672. His father wa-s 

 to both its medical and botanical charaders, has been com- an apothecary, and had held the offices of (heriffand conful. 

 municatcd by Dr. AVright, who refided a long time in Ja- While the young Geoffrey was purfuinghis ftudies under 

 maica. According to his account, the bark of this tree is his paternal roof, his father held regular feientilic meetings, 

 powerfully medicinal, and its anthelmintic eR"eds have been at «hich Caffini attended witli his planifpheres, Sebailien 

 eftablilhed in Jamaica by long experience. It may be with his machines, and Joblot with his magnets, and at wliich 

 given in difl'erent forms, as in decodion, fyrup, powder, Du Verney performed his dilTedions, and plomberg his clu - 

 and extrad ; and the manner of preparing, and exhibiting mical experiments. After an excellent foundation of general 

 thefe, are parliciilarly ftatcd by Dr. Wright. For the de- fcience was tluis laid, his father feut him, in 1692, to Mont- 

 coSion, take frcfli dried or well-prcferved cabbage-bark, one pellier, to ftudy his own profeliion of pharmacy under an 

 ounce : boil it in a quart of water, over a flow lire, till experienced apothecary. Here he attended the courfes of 

 the water is of an amber colour, or rather of a deep-co- the moft celebrated profeffors of the univerfity, and after- 

 loured Madeira wine ; ftrain it ofi", fweeten it with fugar, and wards travelled through the fouthcrn provinces before lie 

 let it be ufed immediately ; as it docs not keep many days, returned to Paris. Already he had acquired confiderable 



In order to obtain the _/J7u/), add a double portion of fugar 

 to any quantity of the above decodion. This fyrup will 

 retain its virtues for years. The extraB is made by eva- 

 porating the ftrong decodion in balneo marlie to the 



reputation j and, although not yet a phyfician, he was 

 appointed to accompany the duke de Tallard, as his medical 

 attendant, on his embafl'y to England, in 1698. In London 

 he was much efteemed by fir Hans Sloane, and other men 



proper confifl:ence ; it muft be continually ftiiTcd, as of fcience, and was eleded a member of the Royal So- 



otherwife the refinous part rifes to the top, and on this, ciety. From England he went to Holland ; and afterwards 



probably, its efficacy depends. The poivdcr of well dried to Italy in 1700, with the abbe de Louvois. Natural hil. 



bark is eafiiy made, and locks like jalap, though not of torv and the materia m.cdica were among the principal 



equal fpecific gravity. As this anthelmintic has alfo a nar- objects of his enquiries ; for his father intended him ibr 



cotic effed, it is proper to begin with imall do es, which may his fucceflbr in his eftab'ifliment at Paris; but he aimed 



be gradually increafed till a naufea is excited, when the at the higher walk of the profeffion, and with the confent 



dofe for that patient is afcertained. A ftrong healthy grown of his father at length took the degree of batchelor in 



peribn may at firil lake four table-fpoonfuls of the decoc- 1702, and that of dcdor in 1704. His difpofition was 



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