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to ftrengthen the Fibres of the Stomach and Inteftines, 
&c. then Aloes ought to be made ufe of unwajhed. 
This is alfo confirmed by the Experiments of M. 
Boulduc : And if Aloes wafhed after the Manner 
of the Ancients was lefs purgative, it was perhaps 
owing to the alkaline Particles of the Chalk ob- 
tunding the faline Parts of the Juice, and render- 
ing them inert. We fhail therefore conclude with 
M. Boulduc , that Lotion in Water is an ufelefs Pre- 
paration, fince it rather increafes, than foftens the 
cathartick Quality of the Aloes. 
Nutrition , or, as fome term it, lnfuccation , be- 
ing preferable to the former Method, is often prac- 
tifed in the Shops. They take the pureft Aloes 
reduced to Powder and difiolve it in the Juice of 
Rofes, or Violets, ©V. and then, without (training, 
evaporate the Moifture with the Heat of the Sun, 
or a gentle Fire. They repeat this a fecond or 
third Time, and fo procure what is named in the 
Shops Aloe rofata , or violata , that is Aloes mixed 
and tempered with the Extract of Rofes or Violets. 
This Preparation of Aloes is alfo fometimes called 
Lotion , but improperly. 
Some likewife require Aloes to be prepared by 
burning, in Order that it may ftrengthen the Belly 
more, and flop Fluxes : But this Treatment, in- 
ftead of meliorating the Aloes, deftroys its Sub- 
ftance. 
But to recapitulate what we have faid on the 
Virtues of Aloes. We have then concluded that 
it purges bilious and pituitous Humours, promotes 
the Menfes and Hemorrhoids, opens Obftrudlions 
of the Womb, Liver, and Mefentery, corroborates 
the Stomach and Inteftines, helps the Concodtion of 
Food, raifes the Appetite, kills Worms and expels 
them, and removes Putrefaction. It is proper in 
Diftempers arifing from Weaknefs and Obftrudtion 
