336 Treatise on 
Parts. He moreover experienced the refinous Sub- 
ftance of Aloes to be poffiefted of an extraordinary 1 
balfamick Virtue, and to be very efficacious applied 
externally to Wounds. Hence it follows that the 
Plepatick Aloes ought to be preferred to the Socco- 
trine, both for external and internal Ufe : Which 
fome Authors have before ventured to maintain, in 
Oppofition to the vulgar Notion, as Jubera^ a Spa- 
nijh Apothecary, in Zacuius Lujitanus , and others in 
Roljincius , p, 36. De pur ganiibus. 
In a chymical Analyfis , two Pounds of hepatick 
Aloes yielded four Drachms and thirty fix Grains 
of limpid Phlegm, void of Tafte and Smell ; five 
Drachms and twenty fix Grains of limpid, fub- 
aftringent Liquor, which yet gave Marks of a vo- 
latile Alkali •, ten Ounces, four Drachms, and eigh- 
teen Grains of Liquor, both acid and urinous, at 
firft limpid, and of a bituminous Smell, afterwards 
reddiffi and empyreumatick •, one Ounce, feven 
Drachms, and forty fix Grains of thick Oil, of the 
Confidence of Syrup, of an acrid, pungent Tafte, 
without Bitternefs, and heavier than Water. The 
black Mafs remaining in the Retort, of a rare Tex- 
ture, light, and void of Tafte, weighed fifteen 
Ounces and two Drachms : Which being calcined 
for fome Hours left two Ounces, five Drachms, and 
forty two Grains of Allies ; from which were drawn 
three Drachms and thirty three Grains of fixt neutral 
Salt. The Lofs of Parts in Diftillation was three 
Ounces and feventeen Grains *, and in Calcination 
twelve Ounces, four Drachms, and thirty Grains. 
From this Andyfis it follows, that Aloes confifts 
of a copious thick Sulphur, a confiderable Portion 
of ammoniacal Salt, and a fmall Quantity of Tartar, 
joined with a large Proportion of Earth. Whence 
arifes a faiino-gummous and refinous Compound. 
Aloes, 
