General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . Tapioca is the fecula of the root of Jatropha manihot or Janipharig. 175. manihot; Sex. Syst. Moncecia Monadelphia ; Nat. Ord. Euphorbiacese ; which is indige-nous in Brazil. It is the Cassava plant of theWest Indies. The tuberous root is raspedand pressed, to separate the milky poisonousjuice, which deposits a fecula; this, whenwashed and dried in the air, is exported, andis probably the Brazilian arrowroot of com-merce. When the fecula is dried on hotplates, it acquires a granular character, and isthen term
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . Tapioca is the fecula of the root of Jatropha manihot or Janipharig. 175. manihot; Sex. Syst. Moncecia Monadelphia ; Nat. Ord. Euphorbiacese ; which is indige-nous in Brazil. It is the Cassava plant of theWest Indies. The tuberous root is raspedand pressed, to separate the milky poisonousjuice, which deposits a fecula; this, whenwashed and dried in the air, is exported, andis probably the Brazilian arrowroot of com-merce. When the fecula is dried on hotplates, it acquires a granular character, and isthen termed Tapioca. The compressed pulpis dried in the chimney, exposed to smoke,and afterwards powdered, when it forms Cas-Janipha Manihot. sava powder or flour; and when baked in cakes, Cassava or Cassada bread. Tapioca is met with in the shops either in lumps or granules, or inFig. 176. powder; and is imported from Bahia and Rio Ja- neiro. It is an excellent nutrient and demulcent, and is adapted for the same cases as arrowroot. It makes a firmer jelly with boiling water than most part
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