General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . SEVUM. 391 23. AMYLUM.— Starch is the fecula of the seeds of Triticum vulgare, common wheat;Sex. Syst. Triandria Digynia; Nat. Ord. Graminese; which is saidto be a native of the country of the Baschkirs,but is cultivated in Europe and this country. It Fie-182- is contained, also, in various plants, but is espe-cially abundant in the seeds of the cerealia, ofwhich it forms between sixty and seventy-fiveper cent. Arrowroot, sago, tapioca, tous-les-mois, potato-starch, &c, are varieties of it. It isnever
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . SEVUM. 391 23. AMYLUM.— Starch is the fecula of the seeds of Triticum vulgare, common wheat;Sex. Syst. Triandria Digynia; Nat. Ord. Graminese; which is saidto be a native of the country of the Baschkirs,but is cultivated in Europe and this country. It Fie-182- is contained, also, in various plants, but is espe-cially abundant in the seeds of the cerealia, ofwhich it forms between sixty and seventy-fiveper cent. Arrowroot, sago, tapioca, tous-les-mois, potato-starch, &c, are varieties of it. It isnever prepared by the apothecary. When pure, wheaten starch is of a white colour; Particles of wheat starch,devoid of odour, and almost of taste. It is not soluble in alcohol, ether, or in cold water; buta- A particie^ee^ boiling water forms the Decoctum Amyli or Mucilago Amyli of the British pharmacopoeias, which is made byboiling 4 or 6 drachms of starch in a pint of water for a short time, andis chiefly used as an enema, and an excipient for opium administeredin that manner. It is rarely or neve
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