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Show 96 SCOTCH FIR. SCOTCH FIR, process for obtaining Jamp-black literally by means of alamp, andattributes to it astringent properties (especially in ichorous discharges from the eyes) as well as a remarkableefficacy in promoting the growth of hair on the eye-brows. Galenalso adverts to the same remedyin his account of the fuliginous sub. stances prepared from different kinds of resin. Thereis a tinc. turafuliginis retained in the Edinburgh Pharmacopqia; this is exhibited internally as an antihysteric, but rarely trusted to alone, being found most efficacious when combined with assa foetida or other medicines of that class, to all of which it seems to be far inferior. It is directed to be prepared from woodsoot, without anyparticular tree being specified as preferable for this purpose to another. Bark Brean. We are informed by Linneus that the Laplanderseat, during a great part of the winter, and sometimes even during the whole year, a preparation of the inner barkof the pine, whichis called among these people Lark-lroed. This substance is made in the following manner, viz.: After a selection of the tallest andleast ramose trees, (for the dwarf branching ones contain too great a quantity of resinous juice,) the dry and scaly external barkis carefully taken off, and the soft, white, fibrous, and succulent matter collected and dried. ‘The time of the year chosen for this process is when the alburnumis soft and spontaneouslyseparates from the wood by very gentle pulling, otherwise too much labour would be required. When the natives are about to convert it to use, it is slowly baked on the coals, and being thus rendered more porous and hard, is then groundinto powder, which is kneaded with water into cakes and baked in an oven. The Siberian ermine-hunters, when their ferment or yeast whichthey carry with them to make their quass, is spoiled by the cold, digest the inner bark of the pine with water over the fire during an hour, mix it with their rye-meal, bury the dough in the snow, and after twelve hours find the ferment readyprepared in the subsiding feces. THE MUGHO PINE. Liquip Rest. This resin spontaneously exudes from the extremities of the branches, and from other parts of the tree, and may also be 797 obtained, by expression, from the green cones. Its reputat ion as a medicine originated from a manuscript account written by Dr. Christian ab Hortis, of Kiasmark, who extolled its efficacy in the cure of wounds, running ulcers, contusions, rheumatisms palsies, and even of the gout. Various other complai nts ‘aii said to be cured byit; and it afterwards received the commen dations of Fischer, Breynius, and Bruckmann, the first of whom considered it not inferior to the balsam of Mecca. In Germany this balsamstill retains high repute, but there can be no doubt that its medicinal virtues have been much exaggerated, Essenrran Oin. _ Thissis essential essential oiloil is obtained obtai by distillation istillati from the resinous Juce just described. The common oil of turpentine is often substituted shtuted for for it by the he itinerz itinerant druggists ists in i Germany, but the enn sort may be distinguished byits golden colour, agreeable odour, and acrid oiliness of taste. : As 4medicine dicine this this oiloil is is a< popular remedy at Brunswick i for le cure a intermittents. being ure of intermittents, bei ak taken, i the dose of a few drops, in just at the commencement of the cold stage. It is also used in punctures AP r punctures of tendons, : and i by farriers as an application to foul ulcers of cattle, THE STONE PINE. re) c . ¢ » dj 1 i 74 Kervets, kernels have havesa subacid, J These» hie kernels : imi sweet taste, similar to that of Imonds, g ids, and, ike the» latter, lottar ay be i like may used for emulsions as well fo ice 7S ay ’ s “ys ate resins. They possess a nutritive and demulcent x hy : q ality. uty, but, from their oily nature, soon become rancid and untit sate Paseiik . be eaten. : eyein coughs, Dioscorides speaks of theirutility and it is is probable able enough enou ‘ that they actt as expectorants in i some degree ase ay however, eees in the present ey day, they are rarely used, ex‘ept at the table, a8 We ina *s i F . . Siberian stone pine (P. cembra) yields nuts of the same ind as Sthese, these. which which are ; le to the same purtherefore applicab Betetrcontent, when exposed to the air, mani- The pre page Uipposition to acquire rancidity. : portion of oil in the kernels of these nuts is larger, perhaps, than in those of any other tree, one poundof them Yielding : "5 fiy € ounces, whereas 4the same quantity oflinseed prodoo punides and a half. Rhaze speaks of the oil het . ra ency to relieve obstructed kidneys; a circumstance probable, and well deserving of being put to the test of |