is a concreted vegetable juice, the produce of two trees, both called by the Indians caracalli, and is partly of a gummy, and partly of a resinous nature. It is brought to us either in form of orbicular masses, or of cylindrical rolls of various sizes; and is of a dense, compact, and firm texture, and of a beautiful yellow. It is chiefly brought to us from Cambaja, in the East Indies, called also Cambodja, and Cambogia; and from thence it has obtained its names of cambadium, gambogium, and gambogium.

It is a very rough and strong purge; it operates both by vomit and stool, and both ways with much violence, almost in the instant in which it is swallowed; but yet without griping. It requires caution and judgment in administering it; but those who know how to give it properly, properly, find it an excellent remedy in dropsies, cachexias, jaundice, affusions, catarrhs, and in the worst cutaneous eruptions.