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quantity of curds, is said to be a valuable remedy in dysen- 
tery” (Dymock.) 
“The resin is terebinthinate-stimulant, its action being chiefly 
directed to the mucous surface of the genito-urinary organs 
and of the large and small intestines ; and the bark is tonic and 
demulcent. 
“ The resin, particularly its first or soft variety, possesses a 
great control over acute dysentery and diarrhoea. In gonorrhoea, 
gleet, chronic bronchitis and cystitis also it proves very useful 
and exercises a distinct beneficial influence. As a tonic, the 
bark resembles calumba and quassia, and like them it is ad- 
ministered with the preparations of iron, since it contains no 
tannin and is devoid of astringency. 
“ Remarks . — There are three varieties of the resin of A. 
malabarica, which, for the sake of convenience, may be called 
the first or soft, the second or flat, and the third or hard. The 
resin of the first variety is collected in bamboo-joints, one of 
which I have received from the Annamullay forests in the 
Coimbatore district. This variety is never found in the bazaars 
of Madras or any other place, as far as my knowledge extends, 
but is occasionally supplied by special request to exhibitions 
and to medical men requiring to examine or use it, by the 
Forest Department. When new, the resin in this variety is 
grey, very soft, viscid, plastic, opaque, and bears a great resem- 
blance in its appearance to the birdlime prepared from the 
milky juice of Ficus glomerala. It retains its grey color in- 
ternally for a long time, but every part of it which comes in 
contact with the atmosphere becomes reddish-brown in a few 
hours and then deep-brown. The resin has an agreeable aro- 
matic or balsamic odour, and though it is not soluble in saliva, 
it produces a terebinthinate taste in the mouth when chewed. 
The resin is neither soluble nor miscible in cold or hot water. 
It is, however, miscible with the aid of rubbing and grinding 
in alcohol, ether and many fixed and essential oils, as cocoanut, 
olive, turpentine, cajuput, anise, &c. After the lapse of some, 
months, the resin, if exposed to .the air, becomes much harder 
and feels as tough as wax ; and after a few months more, it is 
