See also:

• GAMBOGE (from Camboja, a name of the district whence it is obtained)

GAMBOGE (from Camboja, a name of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district whence it is obtained)  , 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 procured from Garcinia Hanburii, a dioecious See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree with leathery, See also:

• LAUREL

laurel-like leaves, small yellow See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, and usually square-shaped and four-seeded See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, a member of the 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 Guttiferae, and indigenous to See also:

• CAMBODIA

Cambodia and parts of See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam and of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• COCHIN
• COCHIN, DENYS MARIE PIERRE AUGUSTIN (1851L'Evolution de la vie (1895); Le Monde exterieur (1845); Contre les barbares (1899)

Cochin See also:

• CHINA

China, formerly comprised in Cambojan territory . The juice, which when hardened constitutes See also:

• GAMBOGE (from Camboja, a name of the district whence it is obtained)

gamboge, is contained in the bark of the tree, chiefly in numerous ducts in its See also:

• MIDDLE

middle layer, and from this it is procured by making incisions, See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo See also:

• JOINTS

joints being placed to receive it as it exudes . Gamboge occurs in See also:

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

commerce in cylindrical pieces, known as See also:

• PIPE

pipe or See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll gamboge, and also, usually of inferior quality, in cakes or amorphous masses . It is of a dirty See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange externally; is hard and brittle, breaks with a conchoidal and reddish-yellow, glistening fracture, and affords a brilliant yellow See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder; is odourless, and has a See also:

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

taste at first slight, but subsequently acrid; forms with See also:

• WATER

water an emulsion; and consists of from 20 to 25% of gum soluble in water, and from 70 to 75% of a resin . Its commonest adulterants are See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice-See also:

• FLOUR

flour and pulverized bark . Gamboge (Cambogia) is a drastic hydragogue cathartic, causing much griping and irritation of the See also:

• INTESTINE (Lat. intestinus, internal, usually in neuter plural intestina. from intus, within)

intestine . A small quantity is absorbed, adding a yellow ingredient to the urine and acting as a mild diuretic . Its irritant See also:

• ACTION

action on the skin may cause the formation of pustules . It is less active only than croton oil and See also:

• ELATERIUM

elaterium, and may be given in doses of See also:

• HALF

half to two grains, combined with some sedative such as hyoscyamus, in See also:

• APOPLEXY (Gr. arov n i.a, from aroaMvvew, to strike down, to stun)

apoplexy and in extreme cases of See also:

• DROPSY (contracted from the old word hydropisy, derived from the Gr. 154w¢; i Swp, water, and appearance)

dropsy . Gamboge is used as a pigment, and as a colouring See also:

• MATTER

matter for varnishes . It appears to have been first brought into See also:

• EUROPE

Europe by merchants from the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century .