PINUS SYLVESTRIS
\pˈɪnəs sˈɪlvɪstɹˌɪs], \pˈɪnəs sˈɪlvɪstɹˌɪs], \p_ˈɪ_n_ə_s s_ˈɪ_l_v_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of PINUS SYLVESTRIS
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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This pine, as well as P. maritima (P. Pinaster), and other species of Pinus, affords common turpentine and its oil, resin, tar, and pitch. 1. Common Turpentine of Europe, Terebinthina, T. vulgaris seu communis, Resina pini, Bijon, Horse Turpentine, Bordeaux Turpentine, (F.) Terebinthine de Bordeaux, Terebinthine commune, is obtained by wounding the tree in hot weather. It is used, chiefly, as a dressing for wounds, &c., in horses, and for the distillation of the oil, (see Oleum Terebinthinae.) The white Turpentine, or common Turpentine of America- Terebinthina, Ph. U.S.-is produced chiefly from Pinus palustris, Yellow pine, and P. taeda, Loblolly pine, and perhaps from other species inhabiting the Southern States. When the oil is distilled with water, yellow resin, or Bosin, (Resina, Ph. U. S.)-Resina flava-is left, which is only used in the formation of ointments and plasters. If without the addition of water, the residuum is common resin or Colophony. 2. When the cold begins to check the exudation of the common turpentine, part of it concretes in the wounds. This is called, in France, Gallipot, Barras; and White Rosin, Resina alba, when hardened after long exposure to the air. 3. When the old trees are subjected to distillation, in a coarse manner, Tar is obtained- Hygropissos, Pissa, Pix cedria seu liquida, Resina pini empyreumatica liquida, Terebinthina empyreumatica, Alchitram, Alchitura, Cedria, (F.) Goudron, G. vegetale, Poix liquide, Brai liquide. Tar water, Aqua Picea seu Picis, Infusum Picis liquidae scu Picis empyreumaticae liquidae, Potio piicea, (F.) Eau de Goudron, which is made by mixing two pints of tar with a gallon of water, stirring with a wooden rod for fifteen minutes, and, when the tar has subsided, straining and keeping in well stopped bottles, was, at one time, a fashionable remedy in numerous complaints, and its use has been revived, since its virtues have been presumed to be owing to creasote. It is employed chiefly in pulmonary affections, and the vapour has been recommended in phthisis and other diseases of the lungs. It is used externally as a detergent. A wine or beer of tar, Tarbeer, Jewsbeer, has been employed in Philadelphia in similar cases. It may be made by adding to tar enough beer to saturate it, mixing, and allowing them to macerate for three days, with occasional agitation. The dose is a tablespoonful. 4. Common Pitch, Pix nigra, Black Pitch, Burnea, Burma, Stone Pitch, Pix sicca, P. atra, P. navalis, Zopissa, Palimpissa, P. arida (Ph. L. before 1809), (F.) Poix navale, P. noire, is obtained by inspissating tar. It is used only as a resolvent in plasters.
By Robley Dunglison
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