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lancholick and hypochondriack Affetftions, with 
other Difeafes of the like Nature. Therefore, to 
repeat a Caution which we have before inculcated, 
in giving thefe warm Stomachicks, we ought to 
confider well of their Agreeablenefs to the State 
and Conftitution of the Patient and like wife to 
take Care not to perfift too long in ufing them. 
A r t 1 c. II. Of white Can el. 
Canella alba et Cortex Winteranus fpurius^ Off. 
This is the Bark of a Tree rolled up into oblong 
Tubes like Cinnamon, but is thicker, and of a 
whitiih Colour both on the outfide and within, of 
a fragrant Smell, and hot, biting, aromatick Tafte, 
refembling as it were a compound Tafte of Cin- 
namon, Ginger and Cloves. It feems to have been 
unknown before the Difcovery of America , and con- 
fequently was a Stranger to the Greeks and Arabi- 
ans. Some diftinguifh two Sorts of it ; but they 
differ only in the Bulk, Length and Thicknefs of 
the Tubes, both Sorts being the Bark of the fame 
Tree ; one the Bark of the Trunk, and the other of 
the Branches. 
The Tree is called Canella alba quorum dam , J. B. 
Canella Cubana Jonfton : Arbor jucaci JSHeremberg : 
Caffia lignea Jamaicenfis , cor tice acri , can dicant e, 
Plukn. Phyt. Arbor baccifera , laurifolia , aromatic a , 
frufiu viridi calyculato , racemofo , Sloane Philof. Tranf 
No. 192. et Hift. Jamaic. Vol. 2. p. 87. Catefb . Hift . 
natur. Vol. 2. p. 50. Fig. 50. Winzterania , Lin. 
Hort. Cliff. 488. It grows in the moift and woody 
Parts of Jamaica and other American Iffands. The 
Bark is ftripped from the Trunk and Branches, 
and being cleared of the exterior Coat, is put in 
the Shade to dry, and then laid up under the Name 
of Canella alba , or Cortex Winteranus , with which 
it 
