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

GALBANUM (Heb. Helben¢h; Gr. xaXfiavrl)  , 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, the product of Ferula galbanitlua, indigenous to See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, and perhapsalso of other umbelliferous See also:

• PLANTS

plants . It occurs usually in hard or soft, irregular, more or less translucent and shining lumps, or occasionally in See also:

• SEPARATE

separate tears, of a See also:

• LIGHT

light-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown, yellowish or greenish-yellow See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and has a disagreeable, See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter See also:

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

taste, a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar, somewhat musky odour, and a specific gravity of 1.212 . It contains about 8% of terpene; about 65% of a resin which contains See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur; about 2o% of gum; and a very small quantity of the colourless crystalline substance umbelliferone, C9H6O3 . See also:

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

Galbanum is one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest of drugs . In See also:

• EXODUS, BOOK OF
• EXODUS, THE

Exodus See also:

• XXX

XXX . 34 it is mentioned as a sweet spice, to be used in the making of a perfume for the See also:

• TABERNACLE
• TABERNACLE (Lat. tabernaculum, a hut, tent)

tabernacle . See also:

• HIPPOCRATES

Hippocrates employed it in See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, and See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny (Nat . Hist. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 13) ascribes to it extra-See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary curative See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, concluding his See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of it with the assertion that " the very See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch of it mixed with oil of spondylium is sufficient to kill a See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent." The See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug is occasionally given in See also:

• MODERN

modern medicine, in doses of from five to fifteen grains . It has the actions See also:

• COMMON

common to substances containing a resin and a volatile oil . Its use in medicine is, however, obsolescent .