balsam of tolu
noun
tolu.
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Etymology
Origin of balsam of tolu
First recorded in 1665–75
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Digest for ten days or two weeks, then strain or filter and add four ounces each of wine of ipecac and tincture balsam of tolu and one ounce strong essence of anise.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
For sore teats use an ointment of vaseline 1 ounce, balsam of tolu 5 grains, and sulphate of zinc 5 grains.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Cattle products, and balsam of tolu are purchased mainly in the United States.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
South American tree, also called Myroxylon, which yields the resinous drug called balsam of Tolu.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders
Squill, scilla maritima, garlic, leek, onion, allium, asafœtida, ferula asafœtida, gum ammoniac, benzoin, tar, pix liquida, balsam of Tolu.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
There is a copious growth of the cinchona tree, sarsaparilla, vanilla, copaiba, balsam of Tolu, etc.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden
Ulex has found that balsam of Tolu is frequently adulterated with common resin.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
In this latter way is balsam of Peru procured from the Myroxylon peruiferum, and the balsam of Tolu from the Myroxylon toluiferum.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
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