GU™ 
‘ The ribs of the 
ger leaves of this plant, in June and July, are covered 
with large tranfparent drops of this gum, and an ounce of it 
may be niga ollected from a fingle plant. 
Tranf. N° 2 
The common n plums and floes in our hedges alfo ator! 
the fame clear and ‘taftelela white gum. If they a 
wounded on purpofe for it, they ufually throw more or 
lefs of it out at the wound; but this is after fome time, 
Philof, 
The co 
parent, whit and ater fs am of no ill effect, though 
ats leaves are poifono t feems, upon the whole, 
that this clear juice is oe Sates to apples, or to two or 
three plants y3 ‘but that a great number, even moft of 
them, -do contain it, if we knew by what means to get it 
from anges 
Gum Arabic. See Ara 
Gow 4 fetid. eo me. rie 
DELLIUM. 
tiie Bal. ae Daf of the Gums. 
Guo C See C 
Gun Elemi. See re 
Gum pain See bs Fak 
“Gum Guaiacum. See Guatacum. 
ge Gutta, or gutta gamba, or ghitta gemous popularly gam- 
Soge. See GAMBOG 
bia Lac. See Tig 
Gum Manna. See Manna, 
Gum Mafiic. See Mastic. 
Gum Myrrh. See Myxen. 
‘Gum Opium. See Opium. 
Gu . See OpopANAX 
UM um. See SAGAPENUM. 
Gum Sandarach. See RANT ART 
amber asin Bass ais &c. 
fhrub | common engnan.? in Africa, and 
and fine 
priv s are made ufe of, 
A proper oad for water-colours in iene may be formed 
ird or fourth part o of the | Se ith 
~ hn ft 
gun Tabic, for the former 
which is fabjee to crack and 
8, on which 
— Eaters 
he gum is brot to us from Sene whence i its name, 
See ma ARABIC. ught i 
Gum Succary, in Botany. See CuonpRiLa. 
_ Gum, Seveet. See 9 sich rae 
Gum Tacamahaca. See TACAMAHACA. 
um eee See TRAGACANTH. 
fe eparate from the cartoon or 
the colour is laid with it, without fome 
The 
from a rsa te: 
GUM 
Gum Water. See W 
Gum, in antes a vegetable difeafe incident to fruit 
trees of the ftone fhed by a morbid ex 
tion of ages ‘Sear from the wounded albu pep or 
inner bar 
b: 
ftalks of the fruit, or od pruning 
the fhoots to fhort ftum 
Bate mn 
parse the gum itfelf nats its so i ce ‘by the bark at 
firft becoming of a brownifh colour, and gradually grow ing 
ae till at laft. the gum begins to ooze out like little 
blifters. As foon as any of theke marks are met with, the 
infeéted part fhould be cut out with a fha 
b rom 
between the wood and bark, and mutt be followed till the 
white clean bark and wood is arrived at. 
de 
ah the difeafe will advance with ws and gay 
Re iekioeet carefu ully, to aa whether 
any bs Se entered the bark and wood, which is known 
by their perforating the bark; and that where there are 
any, they fhould be coretally cut out before the compofition 
is applied to th 
° 
— on under it, 
nel ag in 
e nupbeation of a piece of frefh bark, taken 
tree of inferior value, kept on by the elaftic 
preflure “h a lift rear is alfo fuggefted as worthy of be- 
ing m trial of in the fame i intention, where it can be 
done with aiocuis 
i, Di eases ee The 
Areal eae 
flamed, however, in confequence of decayed. teeth, a colds 
or any other caufe, aig are aflected se extreme ienShittys 
{well in a e degree, and cannot be touc 
prelleds, 3 in the flighteft manner, sa Sing much fuffering io 
ing excited. We fee, in the pratiier f furgery, numerous 
mn i ich parts, almott deftitute of fenfibi- 
lity: in the healthy ftate, become infupportably tender when 
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