G um A rabic .
I n d i a n m a t e r
i a m e d i c a .
highways, on their way to feek in vain for food; the recital is
too horrible; let thofe who delight in fuch doleful hiftory,
apply to the 402nd page of vol. xli. of the Gentlemans Magazine,
or the more labored account given by the Abbe Raynal,
in the 2d volume o f his entertaining hiftory.
Mr. Ives, p. 44, mentions three fpecies o f trees which pro—
duce the gum arabic. I fuppofe, by his defcription, he means
the Mimofte. Linnaus enumerates feveral; poflibly the Senegal
and Arabian may extend to India; but the black phyficians procure
their gum from Arabia. This reminds me o f the materia
medico o f thefe fwarthy fons of JEfculapius, which I infert
from Mr. Ives as a curiolity.
Bezoar from - - - - - - - - - - Orangabad.
Gum Arabic - - - - - - - ■ - ■ Arabia.
Olibanum - - - - - - - - - - - Arabia.
Gambog. - - - - - - - - - - - Succotra.
Rad. Salop - - - - - - - - - - - Perjia.
Piper long. - - - - - - - - - - Calicut-
Ol. Cinnamon - - - - - - - - - Cochin.
Cort. de P a l a - - Tellicherry.
Ol. Caryophyl. - - - - - Callicut and Tellicherry.
Sem. Cardamom. - - - - Callicut and I ’ellu'.bcrry.
Rad. Rhubarb, ift fort - - - - - - - Bengal.
Rad. Rhubarb, 2d fort - - - - - - -
Opium - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fol. Sennse - - - - - - - - - - Mocha.
Myrrh - - - - - ............................ - - Arabia.
Thus
*
Thus - - - - - - - - - - - - Arabia.
Aflafcetida - - - - - - - - - - - Perjia.
Rad. Zinzib. - - - - - - - all over India.
Coloquintid. - - - - - - - - - - Goa.
Gum Benzoin - - - - - - - - - - Bengal.
Rad. Rhubarb, 3d fort - - - - - - - Bengal.
Sal Nitri - - - - - - - - - - - Bengal.
Fol. Rofar Rub. - - - - - - - - Perfta.
Cantharides is a moft plentiful article in their magazine o f C antharides,
drugs. The falacious Mahometans make great ufe o f them,
and give a great price for the dangerous provocative. This
infetft, the Meloe vejrcatoria, is not noted as a native o f Hin-
doojlan, either in Linnaus’s Monograph on that infeft, nor in
his Syjlema Natura, nor in our Faunula, yet it certainly is a
native o f the country, being enumerated among the articles
imported from India into England. Lieutenant Moor, p. 408,
believes it to be the very fame with the Cantharides of Spain.
I leave this in doubt. The following is the fum o f drugs for
which we are indebted to India, and the ifles remote or
near, for the prefervation o f that bleffing health in our dtf-
tant clime. Thefe only we admit at prefent into our materia
medica.
Ferula aflafcetida. Laurus Cinnamomum.
Styrax Benzoe. Caryophyllus aromaticus.
Acorus Calamus. Myriftica Mofchata.
Laurus Camphora. * Piper longum.
H h a Piper