. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . Ovis Musimon. Ovis Ammon. The immense number of races of this animal in cultivation are well known ;and it is now difficult, perhaps impossible, to determine its native zoologists, however, ascribe our domesticated sheep to the Ovis Ammon,called the Argali of Siberia, or to Ovis Musimon, termed the Mouflon or Muflonof Sardinia. Hai>.—Domesticated every where. Description.—Mutton suet {sevum ; sevum ovillum ; adeps ovillus) is the fatfrom the neighbourhood of the kidneys of the animals. It is prepared {sevumprapa

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. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . Ovis Musimon. Ovis Ammon. The immense number of races of this animal in cultivation are well known ;and it is now difficult, perhaps impossible, to determine its native zoologists, however, ascribe our domesticated sheep to the Ovis Ammon,called the Argali of Siberia, or to Ovis Musimon, termed the Mouflon or Muflonof Sardinia. Hai>.—Domesticated every where. Description.—Mutton suet {sevum ; sevum ovillum ; adeps ovillus) is the fatfrom the neighbourhood of the kidneys of the animals. It is prepared {sevumpraparatum) by melting it over a slow fire, and straining through linen or flan-nel in order to separate the membranous portions. Composition.—The ultimate analysis of mutton suet has been made by Che-vreul and Berard (Gmelin, Handb. d. Chem. ii. 439). The first of these chemistsalso ascertained its proximate composition. Ultimate Analyses. Chcvreul, Berard. Carbon 78996 65-0 Hydrogen 11700 215 Oxygen 9304 135 Proximate Analysis. Stearine ? ,. Elaine or Ole

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