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ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.
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[§j. E.] ; Long Pepper, powdered [ground finely, E.], 3 ijss. [5 n .1\Ginger , 3ijss. [not used by the Ed. College] ; Proof Spirit, Oij- [Qb * 1 ] . ef Sxvj. E.\ Macerate for fourteen days, and strain, L. “ This tineis best prepared by the method of percolation, as directed for the cpound tincture of cardamom. But it may also be made in the orm ^way by digestion for seven days, straining and expressing the mland then filtering it,” E.) Cordial and aromatic. Used in the scases as the last. Dose, f3j. to f3ij. . , eS
5. Oleum Cinnamomi, L. E. D. (Imported from Ceylon ; sornp tlU ‘ 0 fredrawn in this country).—The chemical properties and composite 0this oil have been before noticed. It is sometimes employed as a, P g v ' t j, eful stimulant in paralysis of the tongue, in syncope, or in cramp °* r ^ estomach. But its principal use is- as an adjuvant to other medicines-
dose of it is from one to two or three minims.
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Spirit, Cong, j.; Water, Oj. Mix them; then with a slow h re „ .j,gallon distil, L. —Cinnamon , in coarse powder, lb. j.; Proof Spirit Q jMacerate for two days in a covered vessel: add a pint and a hawater; and distil off seven pints, E. —Cinnamon bark, bruised,
Proof Spirit, Cong. j.; Water sufficient to prevent empyreuma. sC ,rate for twenty-four hours, and distil a gallon, D.) Stimulant. "f3j • to f3iv.
Cinnamo'mum Cas'sia, Blume, E. — The Cin'namon Cas'sia.
Cinnamomum aromaticum, Nees ; Lauras Cassia, D.
Sex . Syst. Enneandria, Monogynia. .
(Cassia-bark. Oil of Cassia, E.— Laurus Cassia. Cortex, 2).—Cassia Iignea, and Cassia bud g >
History. —It is highly probable that the bark, now called cassiawas known to the ancient Greeks and Romans; but we cannot P ^tively prove this. The barks termed by the ancients ciniiam 0(Kiwagwgov) and cassia (icamna), as well as the trees yielding thesestances, are too-imperfectly described to enable us to deterrnin eprecision the substances referred to.
Botany. Gen. Char. —Vide Cinnamomum zeylanicum.
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Sr. Char. —Leaves opposite, sometimes alternate, oblong-lanc e< (. ^triple-nerved ; the nerves vanishing at the point of the leaf.and younger branches silky-tomentose. Stem arborescent W*Bijdrag ).
Hab. —China ; Ceylon. Cultivated in Java. .
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Some doubt has been entertained whether the cassia-lignea of commerce be oD j. %■from this species or from some other. Mr. Marshall declares {Ann. of Phil ^1817) that in Ceylon the Laurus Cassia is never decorticated, and thatcinnamon (i. e. cinnamon procured from thick shoots or large branches ot of
Cinnamon ) “ has been imported into England, and sold under the denonitj!“ of
cassia.” It has been erroneously inferred from this statement that the cassia-bM oU ]aEuropean commerce was merely coarse cinnamon; but if this were the case ;Jt vvbi^he somewhat remarkable that cassia-lignea is not imported from Ceylon—a 1® C eil p-I have ascertained by an examination of the bills of entry for the last three J r0 fltThe non-decortication of Laurus Cassia in Ceylon may arise from the greater r^jtattending the decortication of Laurus Cinnamomum. It is not at all improb* ’ e ,jcoarse Ceylon cinnamon may have been sold in the London market as cassia- * e jicVbut this by no means establishes the identity of the two barks. Such an “ cC xp ort e< 'ean now scarcely happen, seeing that all cinnamon (coarse as well as fine) e "