[102] It yields a terebinthine, and a very diminutive amount of solid resin.
[103] Fée says, that if the same methods are employed, the same products may be obtained, though in general the larch yields the better terebinthine.
[104] Fée thinks that he is speaking of a thick resin, or galipot, as the French call it, of the consistency of honey.
[105] Boiled terebinthine, or turpentine, is still used, Fée says, in medicine; that process disengaging the essential oil.
[106] In B. xvi. c. 22.
[107] Fée thinks that in reality these are terebinthines, and not resins.
[108] It has been generally remarked that aromatic plants grown on mountains have a stronger perfume than those of the plains; Fée queries whether this extends to the resins.
[109] Though of little importance in modern medicine, resins and terebinthines are still employed as the basis of certain plasters and other preparations.
[110] Such a potion as this, Fée says, would but ill agree with a person in robust health even.
[111] There would be no necessity whatever, Fée says, for such a process, a plentiful supply of food being quite sufficient for the purpose. Galen recommends frictions of terebinthine for the improvement of the health.