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quantity of curds, is said to be a valuable remedy in dysen- 

 tery" (Dymock.) 



"The resin is terebinthinate-stirnulant, its action being chiefly 

 directed to the mucous surface of the genito-urinary organs 

 and of the large and small intestines ; and the bark is tonic and 

 demulcent. 



11 The resin, particularly its first or soft variety, possesses a 

 great control over acute dysentery and diarrhoea. In gonorrhoea, 

 gleet, chronic bronchitis and cystitis also it proves very useful 

 and exercises a distinct beneficial influence. As a tonic, the 

 bark resembles calumba and quassia, and like them it is ad- 

 ministered with the preparations of iron, since it contains no 

 tannin and is devoid of astringency. 



" Remarks. — : There are three varieties of the resin of .A. 

 malabarica, which, for the sake of convenience, may be called 

 the first or soft, the second or flat, and the third or hard. The 

 resin of the first variety is collected in bamboo-joints, one of 

 which I have received from the Annamullay forests in the 

 Coimbatore district. This variety is never found in the bazaars 

 of Madras or any other place, as far as my knowledge extends, 

 but is occasionally supplied by special request to exhibitions 

 and to medical men requiring to examine or use it, by the 

 Forest Department. When new, the resin in this variety is 

 grey, very soft, viscid, plastic, opaque, and bears a great resem- 

 blance in its appearance to the birdlime prepared from the 

 milky juice of Fieus glomerata. It retains its grey color in- 

 ternally for a long time, but every part of it which comes in 

 contact with the atmosphere becomes reddish-brown in a few 

 hours and then deep-brown. The resin has an agreeable aro- 

 matic or balsamic odour, and though it is not soluble in saliva, 

 it produces a terebinthinate taste in the mouth when chewed. 

 The resin is neither soluble nor miscible in cold or hot water. 

 It is, however, miscible with the aid of rubbing and grinding 

 in alcohol, ether and many fixed and essential oils, as cocoanut, 

 olive, turpentine, cajuput, anise, &c. After the lapse of some, 

 months, the resin, if exposed to the air, becomes much harder 

 and feels as tough as wax ; and after a few months more, it is 



