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roafted they ripen Tubercles of the Gums ; and 
fpeedily allay Pains of the Hemorrhoids, being ap- 
plied to the Part affe&ed. 
ARTIC. III. Of COLOCYNTH. 
Colocynthis et pulpa Colocynthidos , Off. xoAoxuvOir, 
Diofc. et Gal. armvuvri et pikvooms tnro'yyovy Hippoc. 
Haanthal , Arab. Kandel , Serapion. Fel Terra et nex 
Plantarum quorumd. Colocynth (called alfo Colo- 
quintida, Bitter Apple, or Bitter Gourd) is a Fruit 
of a fpherical Figure about the Bignefs of one’s Fyt 
or an Orange, whereof the outer yellowifh Bark 
being cut away, the dry Pulp or Pith only is brought 
to us ; which is fpongy, or, as it were, full of Cells 
compofed of fmall membranaceous Leaves, of a 
white Colour, very light, and of an extremely bitter 
naufeous Tafte, offending the Jaws by its Acrimo- 
ny, and containing fmall, flattifh, hard, white or 
reddifh Seeds, about the Size of Cucumber Seed, 
but rounder, fuller, and harder. It is brought from 
Aleppo •, and the beft is white, dry, light, fmooth, 
and intenfely bitter. 
The Plant is called Colocynthis fruffu rotundo mi- 
nor , C. B. P. 313. It grows in the Iflands of the 
Archipelago , and upon the Sea-Coafts in the Le- 
vant. 
In a chymical Analyfis, from two Pounds and 
feven Ounces of the Pulp of Colocynth without the 
Seeds, were obtained nine Ounces, feven Drachms 
and a Half of clear, infipid, and inodorous Phlegm, 
yet containing fome Portion of alkaline urinous 
Salt, forafmuch as it made the Solution of corro- 
five Sublimate foul and a little milky. Afterwards 
three Ounces, two Drachms and a Half of reddifh 
empyreumatick Liquor, reckoning both acid, and 
urinous *, with one Ounce, fix Drachms and a Half 
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