. General therapeutics and materia medica: adapted for a medical textbook (Volume 2). A factitious tapioca is met with in the shops,which is in very small, smooth, spherical grains,and is supposed to be prepared from potato-starch. It is sold under the name of pearl tapioca.(Wood and Bache.) Fig. 20. SAGO. Particles of Tapioca asseen by the microscope.(Pereira.) Sago is the prepared fecula of the pith ofSagus RumpJm,— Malay or Rumphiuss sagopalm; Sex. Syst. Moncecia Polyan-dria; Nat. Ord. Palmas; which is in-digenous in Malacca, and the islandseastward of the Bay of Bengal. It isalso obt
. General therapeutics and materia medica: adapted for a medical textbook (Volume 2). A factitious tapioca is met with in the shops,which is in very small, smooth, spherical grains,and is supposed to be prepared from potato-starch. It is sold under the name of pearl tapioca.(Wood and Bache.) Fig. 20. SAGO. Particles of Tapioca asseen by the microscope.(Pereira.) Sago is the prepared fecula of the pith ofSagus RumpJm,— Malay or Rumphiuss sagopalm; Sex. Syst. Moncecia Polyan-dria; Nat. Ord. Palmas; which is in-digenous in Malacca, and the islandseastward of the Bay of Bengal. It isalso obtained from Sagus Icevis, Un-armed sago palm; and Saguerus Rum-phii, Rump)hiuss wine sago palm. Thefarina is procured from the pith in thesame manner as the fecuke alreadyconsidered. When first obtained bysubsidence in cold water, it is calledraw sago meal. The finest portionsof this are mixed with water, so as toform a paste, which is rubbed intosmall grains. Three kinds of sago are met within the shops,—sago meal, common sago,and pearl sago. Sago meal is in the form of a fine amylaceous pow
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