The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-06


How Drugs Are Imported lrcm pr.
fsrsnt Coansriss To Heal ths Sick.
Barbados aloos ls imported In
gourds O. calabashea. into which ~
septacles the juice Il poured whom In
! semi.huid condition. says he sainr-
lay Evening Post Each eourd when
hlled weighs from ten to thirty pounds
according 70 size. socotrlne aloes
somes u US from Zanzibar sometimes,
IN skins and casks; but now more gen
orally IN kegs containing from seven
ly-hve 10 one hundred pounds; OF
shestS holding itom afty 20 seventy
Eve pounds When a vessel puts into
The island Of socotra and aloos a asked
Tor as the drug Is not kept ready for
sale the leaves Of the plant are forth
With cut and the juice allowed 70 drain
into goatsxln sacks These aro taken
on board and fastened - Tie mast or
elsewhere In such position that they
are constantly exposed 70 tae sun. BY
this means the process Of drying Is
facilitated
The bulk OF medicinal barkg are i'm
ported IN bales and soronA We need.
however. only 10 make mention Of the
chinchonaa The South American
barks are frst Of AL cut Up inln langths
and made into bandles Of nearly equal
welghis These are then sewn ue 10
specially prepared oauvas 81 . coarse
texture and conveyed 70 the depots on
The backs OF donkeyA There they are
further euvolopcd In eoseringsoi frosh
hides. and hy drying kese, hngd com
pact packagoA call.d serons. are
formed varying n weight from 1856 70
iT6 pounds
WTho various howerA such a. arnica
chamomilo paimatian a1d lavender
como from abroad packed In pressed
bales varying in weight up 70 three
hundrcd weight biost Of ihe gums
arc impol - cases; gum-thuA how
ever. come 7arrels. and gum-arabic
s0rts In b.-.aA 1um- benz0ln mostly
consA BY way OF Singapore or Bonn
LAY. though il vas collected in Suma~
ira The sumatra benzoin Is packed
In Ghosts containing about oae and a
hall or Two hundred weight each. and
occurs In squarish blockA on which
the impressions OF mat are visible
! and which are covered with a thin
white cloth made Of cotton. Tho Siam
variety has not tins covering. Gum.
myrrh is produced In Arabia and ths
! northeast coast Of Africa Thence Il
Is shipped - Bombay. and there 70.
shipped IN cases or chests each con.
! tanning about two hundred aud hftl
: pounds Il used to be imported bs
way OF Turkey. and thus gave rise q
lie common title Turkey myrrh
9 Camphor reaches our markets In bar
T RES containing about two hundres
pounds or ia boxes Of one hnndre.
'<elght each.
u Mama comes principally from Pa
lermo and Mcssina In deal boxes
Each ls divides into compartments
= and. not insrequenily. these are line
e with tinplate Nusmegs are dried B.
4 a special process. and then packed !
tight casks which on account ol th
s. liability Of the nutmeg 70 tho ravage
il OF insects are smoked and painted ove
internally with a coating oi fres
y limewash. They are imported iroI
d Banda island and the MaleY archipe
1. ago
There are several varieties Of op
> um. the oflcial ones being the 'Smy
d nan and the 'Constantinople" A
\, though the former variety Is imports
. from Smyrna Il Is collected In As
u Minor. and comes 10 as ther via Tu
nt key (henco called Turkey" opicn
80 or the levent Il Il packed In case
each containing one hundred aud for
Up pounds Il occars IN Irregular
A roundcd fa.lened masses. varying
4. size and seldom exceeding tive poun
a. in weight Each cake IS envelop
ue in poppy leaves and studded with ~
q. dish brown chafy fruit Of certain 81
cies Of rumex or dock
N Constantinople opium occurs
smaller masses and the midrib Of
IL poppy leaf which envelops the cake
placed over the center OF the mass
Aconiia buehu and Soma lea'
ne are imported In balOs. 0ilS such
caraway. anlse. bergAmot lemon q
oajeput are imported in tins coppe
lead tins or bottles OH n roses cor
led In vases holding from GitNen 10 {
-, ounces; Malaga olive oil Ia 0Srrels
liu from forty to sixty gallonA or IN 81
let crooks Of ave gallon capacity.
Tamarinds are shipped In kegs
barrels holding from half 70 three
n. a half hundred weight Vanilla be
are packed in tins Each tin eonts
ghS twenty-tonr bundleT each bur
I'M weighing eight ounces.
- Quicksilver comes In iron ia
''sS some weighing twenty-five OF
saveuty-seven pounds while oaio
is Imported in one-ponnd bottles
ota, which fity are packed in each cf
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