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SANDARACH (Fr. sandaraque, Lat. sandaraca, Gr. ravbapbsrl, realgar or red sulphide of arsenic, cf. Pers. sandarus, Skt. sindura, realgar)

SANDARACH (Fr. sandaraque, See also:
LAT
Lat. sandaraca, Gr. ravbapbsrl, See also:
REALGAR
realgar or red sulphide of See also:
ARSENIC (symbol As, atomic weight 75.0)
arsenic, cf. Pers. sandarus, Skt. sindura, realgar) , in See also:

MINERALOGY

mineralogy realgar or native arsenic disulphide, but generally (a use found in Dioscorides) a resinous See also:

BODY

body obtained from the small coniferous See also:

tree Callitris quadrivalvis, native of the See also:

north-See also:

west regions of See also:

Africa, and especially characteristic of the See also:

ATLAS

Atlas mountains. The See also:

RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin, which is procured as a natural exudation on the stems, and also obtained by making incisions in the bark of the trees, comes into See also:

commerce in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of small See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round balls or elongated tears, transparent, and having a delicate yellow tinge. It is a little harder than See also:

MASTIC, or MASTICH (Gr. µao-rixrt, probably connected with µaoavOai, to chew, since mastic is used in the East as a chewing gum)

mastic, for which it is sometimes substituted. It is also used as See also:

INCENSE

incense, and by the See also:

ARABS

Arabs medicinally as a remedy for See also:

DIARRHOEA (from Gr. &Q, through, pfw, flow)

diarrhoea. It has no medicinal advantages over many of the resins employed in See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

THERAPEUTICS (Gr. BepaaeuTLKIi, Sc. TEXVrt, from Beparebsty, to serve)

therapeutics. An analogous resin is procured in See also:

CHINA

China from Callitris sinensis, and in S. See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia, under the name of See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine 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, from C. Reissii.

End of Article: SANDARACH (Fr. sandaraque, Lat. sandaraca, Gr. ravbapbsrl, realgar or red sulphide of arsenic, cf. Pers. sandarus, Skt. sindura, realgar)

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