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  1. NLM Digital Collections - The American dispensatory, containing the operations of pharmacy : together with the natural, ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Thomas Dobson ..., William Fry, printer, 1814
    ... burns with an agreeable smell. It is the frankincense of the ancients; and the diffusion of its ... D. b. Resina alba. D. Burgundy-pitch. Common frankincense. PINUS BALSAMEA. Hemlock-fir. Resina. Ed. Balsamum Canadense. ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - The American dispensatory, containing the operations of pharmacy : together with the natural, ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Thomas Dobson and Son ..., William Fry, printer, 1818
    ... burns with an agreeable smell. It is the frankincense of the ancients; and the diffusion of its ... Resina, Pix Burgundica. Resina alba. Burgundy-pitch. Common Frankincense. These different species of fir are all natives ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - The American dispensatory, containing the operations of pharmacy : together with the natural, ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Thomas Dobson ..., Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1810
    ... D. b. Resina alba. D. Burgundy-pitch. Common frankincense. PINUS BALSAMEA. Hemlock-fir. Resina. Ed. Balsamum Canadense. ... alba. D. Scotch fir. Tar. Common turpentine. Common frankincense. These different species of fir are all natives ...
  4. ... April, 1861, p. 283.) W. OLIBANUM. Olibanum, the frankincense of the ancients, was erroneously ascribed by Linnaeus ... olibanum is derived from Plosslea floribunda of Endlicher (Boswellia, Boyle); but thinks it highly probable that it ...
  5. ... Mamma. BOSSE, Hump, Protuberance—b. Nasale, Nasal protuberance. BOSWELLIA SERRATA. See Juniperus lycia. BOTAL FORA'MEN, Fordmen ... almond—c. d'Encens, Confectio de Thure—c. Frankincense, Confectio de Thure—c. of the Orange, Confectio ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - [Gathering frankincense in Arabia] 
    Publication: Paris: Gabriel Buon, 1579
    [Gathering frankincense in Arabia] ... [Gathering frankincense in Arabia] Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, author. Exterior view: several men are gathering a gum resin exudate ...
  7. ... 92. Borax, 114. Borysthenes, 33. Bos bubalus, 102. Boswellia thurifera, 23. Botanic garden, established in Egypt, 153. ... arithmetical, 167. Fragaria vesca, 81. Fragaria Virginiana, 145. Frankincense, 23. Frankincense-wood, 62. Fraxinus excelsior, 42. Fraxinus ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - A dictionary of arts and sciences (Volume 2) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Isaac Peirce ..., 1815-1816
    ... tears constitute the substance called thus, or common frankincense. See Resin and Pinus. Franklanguage, or lingua franca, ... is chiefly collected in Arabia. It is the frankincense ofthe ancients; it is in transparent brittle masses ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Syllabus to lectures on chemistry 
    Publication: Charleston, S.C. : S. Babcock & Co. ; New York : Wiley & Putnam ; New Haven : B & W Noyes, 1841
    ... 144 OLIBANUM.--ALOES.--SCAMMONY. Olibanum. This is the frankincense of the ancients, and comes from several trees ... East. The Indian olibanum is derived from the Boswellia serrata. Taste, aromatic and acrid. When burnt, it ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and ... 
    Publication: New-York : Published by Richard Scott, no. 276 Pearl-Street., 1812
    ... Resins benzoin ———— flower of ——— Burgundy pitch ——— dragon's blood ' frankincense ———— liquid storax ———— white, or rosin ——— scsnmony Roots, birthwort ——— ... Oitttment.—Take of jellow wax, white resin, and frankincense each u quarter of a pound ; melt them ...
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