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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 645 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KAMALA , a red See also:

powder formerly used in See also:medicine as an See also:ant helmintic and employed in See also:India as a yellow dye. It is obtained from Mallotus philippinensis, See also:Mull., a small euphorbiaceous See also:tree from 20 to 45 ft. in height, distributed from See also:southern See also:Arabia in the See also:west to See also:north See also:Australia and the Philippines in the See also:east. In India kamala has several See also:ancient See also:Sanskrit names, one of which, kapila, signifies dusky or tawny red. Under the name of See also:wars, kanbil, or qinbil, kamala appears to have been known to the Arabian physicians as a remedy for tapeworm and skin diseases as See also:early as the loth See also:century, and indeed is mentioned by See also:Paulus IEgineta still earlier. The See also:drug was formerly in the See also:British See also:Pharmacopoeia, but is inferior to many other anthelmintics and is not now employed.

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