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tthe Alps , the Pyrenean Mountains, and aifo from the 
Hills of Auvergne *. For Ufe we prefer it when 
large, of a dark brown Colour on the outfide, white 
within, not carious, of a fragrant Smell fomething 
like Mufk, and an acrid, aromatick Tafte. 
In a chymical Analyfis, from four Pounds four- 
teen Ounces of the frefh Roots of Angelica, were 
obtained about ten Ounces of urinous Phlegm ; 
three Pounds fix Ounces of acid Phlegm, and one 
Ounce of effential and thicker Oil together. The 
Caput Mortuum weighed fix Ounces and an Half, 
from which were got three Drachms fifty- four Grains 
of lixivial Salt merely alkaline, and fix Drachms 
twelve Grains of infipid Earth. We could obferve 
no Appearance of any volatile concreted Salt, but 
the Leaves of the Plant, being diftilled, afforded 
fome Grains. 
From this Analyfis, as alfo from its acrid, bitter, 
aromatick Tafte, and fragrant Smell, it is evident 
that the Root of Angelica confifts of a Salt ap- 
proaching to Sal Ammoniack mixed with a large 
Proportion of Oil, and a fmall Quantity of Earth : 
But thefe Principles are not fo intimately combined 
as in fome artificial Compounds of the like Nature 5 
as, for Inftance, in a Mixture of the Spiritus vola- 
tile oleofus with the dulcified Spirit of Vitriol or of 
Salt, if a fmall Portion of Earth be added to give 
them Solidity. 
Angelica is accounted ftomachick, cordial, fudo- 
rifick, vulnerary and alexipharmack. It is good 
againft Poifons, in malignant Diftempers and the 
Plague. The Root and Seed are preferred to the 
other Parts of the Plant. As a Prefervative againft: 
the Plague, the Root macerated in Vinegar is held 
to the Noftriis, or under the Tongue and chewed, 
* The belt, and what is generally ufed in England, comes to 
ws from Spain* 
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