See also:

• AMMONIACUM, or GUM AMMONIAC

AMMONIACUM, or See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

GUM AMMONIAC  , a See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum-See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin exuded from the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of a perennial See also:

• HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb (Dorema See also:

• AMMONIACUM, or GUM AMMONIAC

ammoniacum) , natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• UMBELLIFERAE

Umbelliferae . The plant grows to the height of 8 or 9 ft., and its whole stem is pervaded with a milky juice, which oozes out on an incision being made at any See also:

• PART

part . This juice quickly hardens into See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round tears, forming the " See also:

• TEAR

tear ammoniacum " of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce . " Lump ammoniacum," the other See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in which the substance is met with, consists of aggregations of tears, frequently incorporating fragments of the plant itself, as well as other See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign bodies . Ammoniacum has a faintly fetid, unpleasant odour, which becomes more distinct on See also:

• HEATING

heating; externally it possesses a reddish-yellow See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, and when the tears or lumps are freshly fractured they exhibit a waxy lustre . It is chiefly collected in central See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, and comes to the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market by way of Bombay . Ammoniacum is closely related to asafetida and See also:

• GALBANUM (Heb. Helben¢h; Gr. xaXfiavrl)

galbanum (from which, however, it differs in yielding no umbelliferone) both in regard to the plant which yields it and its therapeutical effects . Internally it is used in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with squills in bronchial affections; and in See also:

• ASTHMA (Gr. avBµa, gasping, whence lio-Ogaivw, I gasp for breath)

asthma and chronic colds it is found useful, but it has no advantages over a number of other substances of more See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant and active properties (See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser) . Only the " tear ammoniacum " is See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official . See also:

• AFRICAN

African ammoniacum is the product of a plant said to beI Ferula lingitana, which grows in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa; it is a dark coloured gum-resin, possessed of a very weak odour and a persistent acrid See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste .