Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . acquitted himself of the great andpeculiar difiiculties of his task in so creditalile amanner, that his Ilistolre de la Vie de Hiouen-Thsang(Paris, 1853), and his Ilemoires siir les GontreesOccidentales, par Jliouen-Thsang (2 vols. Paris,1857—1858), have not only become indispensable tothe student of Chinese and Sanscrit literature, butwill be a lasting honour to M. Juliens industiyand scholarship. An abstract of both works, by thelate Professor H. H. Wilson, appeared in the 17thvolume of the Journal of the Koyal Asiatic Society,pp
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . acquitted himself of the great andpeculiar difiiculties of his task in so creditalile amanner, that his Ilistolre de la Vie de Hiouen-Thsang(Paris, 1853), and his Ilemoires siir les GontreesOccidentales, par Jliouen-Thsang (2 vols. Paris,1857—1858), have not only become indispensable tothe student of Chinese and Sanscrit literature, butwill be a lasting honour to M. Juliens industiyand scholarship. An abstract of both works, by thelate Professor H. H. Wilson, appeared in the 17thvolume of the Journal of the Koyal Asiatic Society,pp. 106—137. HIP, or HEP, the fruit of the rose. It is almostalways red, and consists of the enlarged fleshy tubeof the calyx filled with hard seed-hke ackcenia,which are surroimded with bristly hairs {setce). Thefleshy covering contains mucilage, sugar, gum, malicand citric acids, tannin, resin, and a number ofsalts. The setre excite itching in the skin. Thefleshy part of hips, beaten to a pulp, and preservedwith sugar, finds a place in the Hip [Rosce Canince) :o, hip opened, shewing position of seeds; b, a seed. under the name of Conserve of Hips (Conserva BosceFructfis, CovfecLio JRosa Canines, &c.). It is slightlyrefrigerant and astringent, and is often used as avehicle or basis for other medicines. Hips eatenentire aie a popidar remedy for ascaridcs, on whichtheir action is purely mechanical, and is owing to
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