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GARG

Galbani Gi'mmi IIesini. L. E. D. P. Galbanum, or Gum Galbanum.Is procured "from the Bubon galbanum, a native of the Cape. It isfcetid, bitter, and acrid.Adulterated, like most of tlie gum resins, with various cheap substances.The genuine ought to be in form of tears, or masses of a reddish oryellowish-brown colour, specific gravity 1-212, and should dissolvewholly in a mixture of two parts of rectified spirits and one part ofwater.Medicinally it is like assafeetida, antispasmodic and expectorant indoses of gr. x to ^ss in form of pill or emulsion ; but is seldom pre-scribed except externally in the form of plaster, being discutient andsuppurative./''.liters into Emplast. Assafeetida. D. Emp. Gummosum. E. Emp.Galbani. D. Emp. Galbani Comp. L. Pil. Assafcetidse Comp. E.Pil. Galbani Comp. L. Pil. Myrrhoe Comp. D. Tinct. Galbani. D.Galega. P. Goat's Rue. A mucilaginous and feebly aromatic bitter,

little used.Gaulm. L. E. D. P. Galls. Produced from the Querent infecloria, bythe grub of the Diploplesis galla;, or Ci/uips qucreifolia. The bestgalls arc from Aleppo and Smyrna. Galls have no smell, but astrong astringent and austere taste.Incompatible with the sulphate and other salts of iron, the acetate oflead, sulphates of copper and zinc, nitrates of silver and mercury,oxymuriate of mercury, tartarized antimony, subcarbonate of potass,lime water, infusion of Peruvian bark, and solution of isinglass andanimal jellies, and with the mineral acids.Good Galls are small, heavy, and bluish-grey, or olive colour. Theinferior sorts are larger, light, incline to white or red, and if examinednarrowly, it will be found that the grub has eaten its way out, by aminute perforation, which always deteriorates their quality, andrenders them hollow and powdery when broken.Medicinally galls are powerfully astringent and tonic in doses of gr. xto 3j twice, or oftener, in the day, for internal haemorrhage anddiarrhoea; or externally in gargles, injections, or ointments, such asthat applied for piles.Gallic Acid is procured by clarifying with whites of eggs the infusionof galls, and evaporating it, when crystals of the acid will form,white, light, and acicular, of an astringent taste.Soluble in water and easily volatilized by heat.Gambogia. Gamboge. See Cajibogia. L.Gakgarisma. Gargle. A preparation used for rinsing the fauces and

throat, in various disorders of these parts.GABGARISMA Acidi Muriatici. Muriatic Acid gargle. Take 20