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ELEMENTS OF MATEKIA MEDICA.

Fig. 155.

It is one of the largestforest trees of Java, be}"*from 60 to 100 feet big 0 'The milky juice is ^lected by incision, atmthen inspissated by y°}ing along «itb the j 111of arum, galanga, <"

The poison.

brought to this coun :Cis found to be a 6”fluid, of a grayish-br 0 ^or fawn colour, andunpleasant odour. B c !, „sists, according to i®tier and Caventou , (■"‘ ■

Chim et Phys • l - ^p. 44) of a peculiar ew* .resin, slightly s ° gllSgummy mutter ana °/-i[erto bassorin, and A , Q imatter soluble in a \?., e xand water. This 1,1 ^

matter is composed

St*}'

colouring matter aoble by charcoal, an u ,jj,termined acid, and art . j earin, the active p rl,lC . ; c b

of the plant, and e

is precipitable by 11 ' lC r. eof galls. Sir B. Bro® 1}(Phil. Trans, (or >° erSsays, the poison re° ^

the heart insensible j.stimulus of the _-, e jj]eAbor toxicaria. Ipo. , Rumph. Antiaristoxicaria, Leschinault. Magendie and v r j n )

(Orfila, Toxicol-

found that, besides acting on the brain and spinal marrow, it proved emetic.ing to Andral, it causes convulsions with alternations of relaxation.

Fig. 156.

Fig. 157.

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ufia

Artocarpus mcisa.

A. integrifolia.

The Artocarpus inci'sa, or Bread-fruit tree , and the A. integrifo'lia or Jflfc.A' 1 * £serve notice on account of their important alimentary uses. Artocarpus incisa 1S A g c theof the islands of the Pacific and of the Moluccas . Its fruit is to the iuliabitan s ^ e gfi'Polynesia what corn is to the people of other parts of the world. Artocarpusfolia is cultivated throughout southern India , and all the warmer parts of As 1