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Name: Description: Galbanum Gum resin from Ferula family. Used as a carminative. Gallarum pulveris Powdered 'galls'; an excrescence produced on trees, especially the oak, by the action of insects, most commonly wasps. Gamboge A gum resin obtained from various trees of the genus Garcinia. Acts as a purgative. gargle Use of a gargle (i.e. rinsing the throat with a fluid supposedly having soothing or antiseptic properties). Garlic Topical application of garlic was believed to help with a variety of disorders including earache. Gentian Bitter tonic extracted from the roots of the Gentian plant. Gin Infusion of Juniper united with spirit by distillation and diluted with water. Taken as a diuretic. Ginger A flowering plant (Zingiber officinale) whose roots were taken medicinally. In the case notes primarily taken as a stimulant and aromatic. Glauber's Salts First artificially made by alchemist/chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber in 1656. Godbold's Vegetable Balsam An English patent medicine concocted by Nathaniel Godbold in 1785, and produced by Godbold and later his sons.
Nathaniel Godbold (1730-1799) was originally a baker in Suffolk. Godbold’s Vegetable Balsam was a popular patent medicine that was used mostly to treat respiratory illnesses. It was produced into the 19th century - carried on by Godbold’s sons. Godbold published ‘A treatise on the nature and cure of consumptions. To which are added, certificates and accounts of many extraordinary cures performed by Godbold's vegetable balsam’ in 1785.Goulard’s Extract of Saturn Subacetate of lead, first devised by Thomas Goulard. Guiaicum Resinous gum from trees of the species Lignum Vitae. Used to treat rheumatism and arthritis. Gum Ammoniacum A gum-resin of an umbelliferous plant (Dorema ammoniacum), of peculiar smell, and bitterish taste, found wild from North Africa to India. Named lac ammoniacum when it partially dissolves in water to produces a milky fluid. Gum Arabic Hardened sap of two species of the acacia tree; Senegalia (Acacia) senegal and Vachellia (Acacia) seyal. Gum Kino Gum extracted from coccoloba uvifera, a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family polygonaceae, native to the coastal fringes of tropical America and the Caribbean. Also known as Jamaica extract. Gum Pill General term for pills largely composed of one or more medicinal gum. Gummosae Composite medicine, typically containing gum ammoniacum, asafoetida, galbanum and myrrh, sometimes alongside other ingredients.
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- Galbanum
Gum resin from Ferula family. Used as a carminative.
- Gallarum pulveris
Powdered 'galls'; an excrescence produced on trees, especially the oak, by the action of insects, most commonly wasps.
- Gamboge
A gum resin obtained from various trees of the genus Garcinia. Acts as a purgative.
- gargle
Use of a gargle (i.e. rinsing the throat with a fluid supposedly having soothing or antiseptic properties).
- Garlic
Topical application of garlic was believed to help with a variety of disorders including earache.
- Gentian
Bitter tonic extracted from the roots of the Gentian plant.
- Gin
Infusion of Juniper united with spirit by distillation and diluted with water. Taken as a diuretic.
- Ginger
A flowering plant (Zingiber officinale) whose roots were taken medicinally. In the case notes primarily taken as a stimulant and aromatic.
- Glauber's Salts
First artificially made by alchemist/chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber in 1656.
- Godbold's Vegetable Balsam
An English patent medicine concocted by Nathaniel Godbold in 1785, and produced by Godbold and later his sons.
Nathaniel Godbold (1730-1799) was originally a baker in Suffolk. Godbold’s Vegetable Balsam was a popular patent medicine that was used mostly to treat respiratory illnesses. It was produced into the 19th century - carried on by Godbold’s sons. Godbold published ‘A treatise on the nature and cure of consumptions. To which are added, certificates and accounts of many extraordinary cures performed by Godbold's vegetable balsam’ in 1785.
- Goulard’s Extract of Saturn
Subacetate of lead, first devised by Thomas Goulard.
- Guiaicum
Resinous gum from trees of the species Lignum Vitae. Used to treat rheumatism and arthritis.
- Gum Ammoniacum
A gum-resin of an umbelliferous plant (Dorema ammoniacum), of peculiar smell, and bitterish taste, found wild from North Africa to India. Named lac ammoniacum when it partially dissolves in water to produces a milky fluid.
- Gum Arabic
Hardened sap of two species of the acacia tree; Senegalia (Acacia) senegal and Vachellia (Acacia) seyal.
- Gum Kino
Gum extracted from coccoloba uvifera, a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family polygonaceae, native to the coastal fringes of tropical America and the Caribbean. Also known as Jamaica extract.
- Gum Pill
General term for pills largely composed of one or more medicinal gum.
- Gummosae
Composite medicine, typically containing gum ammoniacum, asafoetida, galbanum and myrrh, sometimes alongside other ingredients.
- Galbanum
