Foreign Vegetables. gg 
Medical Effays of Edinburgh of its doing Wonders 
in Gangrenes and Sphacelations, feveral Perfons, 
who were defpaired of, having recovered perfect 
Health by taking it, when other Remedies had 
been tried to no Purpofe. It is prefcribed to gfs. in 
a Bolus or Decodtion, to be taken every fourth 
Hour, the mortified Part being rubbed with Oil 
of Turpentine, or other fuitable Antifepticks. 
A few Years ago another Bark was brought to 
Paris under the Name of Kina Kina fcemina y but 
the Tree to which it belongs is unknown. It was 
thicker than the genuine Bark and redder, being 
much of the fame Colour with Spanijh Snuff, but 
whiter on the outfide. It fometimes cured Fevers *, 
yet as it was vaftly inferior in its Efficacy to the 
true Sort, and becaufe the Merchants had found 
out the Trick of mixing them, the Importation of 
it is now prohibited by Law.] 
A third Species of the Peruvian Bark is called 
Kina Kina aromatica , Cafcarilla 9 Srchacarilla , Cortex 
Peruvianas grifeus , Zagarilla : Cortex Eleuterii> 
Joann . Andrea Stifferi : China China falfa et Cortex 
Eleterii , Bale Pharm. Eleutheria , Lin . Hort. Cliff \ 
48 6. and in Englifh is termed Cafcaril. It is a Bark 
convoluted into Tubes, as broad as one’s Finger 
or Thumb, and two, three, or four Inches long, a 
Line or two thick, outwardly of a whitifh affiy 
Colour, and within like the Ruff of Iron \ of a 
bitter aromatick Tafle, and very fragrant aroma- 
tick Smell, when it is burnt, fomething like the 
Smell of Amber. It comes to us from fome of 
the fouthern Parts of America , particularly from 
Paraguay. 
The firft who made Mention of this Bark was 
J. And. St iff eras , Dodtor of Phyfick and Profeffor 
in the Univerfity of Juliers *, who in his Specimen 
Aft or. labor atorii chymici anno ido . publifhed at 
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