GUM ALOES, a preparation of aloes, as set down in the London Dispensatory.
It is made thus: Take of succotrine aloes, four ounces; of water, a quart: boil the aloes till it is dissolved as much as may be; and set all by for a night: the resin will be precipitated to the bottom of the vessel; the liquor poured off and strained, being evaporated, will have the gum. The intention of this separation of the resin, is to procure in the gum, a medicine less purgative, but more agreeable to the stomach, than the crude aloes.