(4*7) 
It is in ufe in the Weft- Indies by the more ordinary 
fort of People in place of all other Spices, being thought 
very good to confume the immoderate humidities of 
the Stomack, help Digeftion, expel Wind, &e. 
It is likewife as well there as in Europe thought a 
very good Remedy againft the Scurvy, and to eleanfe 
and envigorate the Blood, being in London-Dmgp fts 
and Apothecaries Shops ufed for thofe purpotes, under 
the name of- Cortex Winteranus^ which it is not, that be- 
ing different (as may appear from the Qefcriptions) but 
may very well fupply its place : it is in the Weft Indies 
mixed and given with Steel, and other Medicines 5 but 
if the Patient be any way of a hot Conftitution, it does 
more harm than good, being very warm. 
Ruffl^ a vinous Spirit drawn from MoIofTus or bad 
Sugar fermented with Water ? if it be mixed with foma 
of this Bark, lofes in part its loathfome empyreumatick 
Smell. 
This Bark if mixed with Water, and deftilled j^r 
jtcam, yields an aromatick Oil finking to the bottom of 
Water like Oil of Cloves, with fome fmall quantity of 
y which it being mixed has fometimes beenfold for true Oil 
of Cloves. 
The firft Author I find to mention this was Peter 
Martyr in Decad. Ocean ^ under the name of Cortex Cina- 
nufmi faporem, Gingiberis amaritudinem & Caryophylli fua- 
vem odorem prafe ferens. fificolaus Monard.es was the next, 
who defcribes this under the name of Lignum Aromati- 
cum, from whom the Hi ft. Ludg. took the fame, and 
Clujimm his Comment on this Author corre&shirn,giving 
it the name of Lignum feupotius Cortex Arcmaticus, Exot. 
/>. 324. & Johannes Bauhinus. Lignum Aromaticum feu po- 
tius Cortex Monard. Hifi. pi. torn. 1 . p. 460. 
By the Defcription, &c. of another Bark, in Authors 
under the name of White Cinamon Iqueftionnot, it is 
the fame with this^ every thing agreeing. 
This? 
