...under the fallen trunk to receive the milky sap that immediately exudes upon every fresh incision. The sap is collected in bamboos, taken to their houses,...to market, could not have contained much less than Jth of impurities; and even in the purest specimens I could obtain for surgical purposes, one pound...

...chips of bark that fall into the sap in the act of making the incisions, and which \ield their color to it. Besides these accidental chips there is a great...to market, could not have contained much less than jlh of impurities ; and even in the purest specimens I could obtain for surgical purposes, one pound...

...chips ol bark that fall into the sap in the act of making the incisions, and which yield their color to it. Besides these accidental chips there is a great...to market, could not have contained much less than £lh of impurities ; arid even in the purest specimens I could obtain f«r surgical purposes, one pound...

...! into the sap in the act of making the incisions, | and which yield their colour to it. Besides i these accidental chips, there is a great deal of '...adulteration by sawdust and other , materials. Some specimens that have been obtained were found to possess very little j short of one-fourth of impurities; and...

...minutes, and have all the appearance of the prepared article. When it is quite pure, the colour и of « greyish white ; but, as brought to market, it is more...I could obtain for surgical purposes, one pound of thesubstanceyif Medf on being cleansed, one ounce of impurities« Fortunately, it is neither difficult...

...fall into the sap in the act of making the inci.-ions. and which yield their colour to it. Betides these accidental chips, there is a great deal of intentional...specimens I could obtain for surgical purposes, one pound uf thesubstance yielded, on being cleansed, one ounce of impurities. Fortunately, it is neither difficult...

...the aet of making the ineisions, and whieh yield their eolour to it. Besides these aeeidental ehips, there is a great deal of intentional adulteration by sawdust and other materials. Fortunately, it is neither diffieult to deteet nor elean the gutta of foreign matter, it being only...

...fail into the sap in the act of making the incisions, and which yield their colour to it. Besidr« these accidental chips there is a great deal of intentional adulteration by sawdust aad other materials. Some specimens brought to market do not contain much less than ^ Ib. of impurities...

...the gutta is collected in large quantities, if a tree be freshly wounded, a small quantity allowed tu exude, and it be collected and moulded in the hand,...adulteration by sawdust and other materials. Some specimens brought to market do not contain much less than :} Ib. of impurities: and even in the purest specimens,...

...of making the incisions, and which yield their colour lo it. Besides these accidental chips, thore is a great deal of intentional adulteration by sawdust and other materials, fortunately, it is neither difficult to detect or clean the gutta of foreign matter, it being only...