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1 See B. xix. c. 22.
2 The Malva silvestris of Linnæus, or wild mallow.
3 The Malva rotundifolia of Linnæus, or round-leaved mallow.
4 From υαλάσσω, to "soften," or "relax."
5 These wild varieties are the same in every respect as the cultivated kinds; their essential characteristics not being changed by cultivation. See further as to the Althæa or marsh mallow, at the latter end of this Chapter.
6 The meaning of this name appears to be unknown. "Pistolochia" is a not uncommon reading.
7 Mallows were commonly used as a vegetable by the ancients; and are so in China and the south of France, at the present day. The mucilaginous principle which they contain renders them emollient and pectoral; they are also slightly laxative.
8 The only benefit resulting from the application of mallows would be the reduction of the inflammation; the plant having no efficacy whatever in neutralizing the venom.
9 Sub-carbonate of lead. The mallow would have little or no effect in such a case.
10 See B. ix. c. 72, and B. xxxii. c. 3.
11 The same was said in the middle ages, of the virtues of sage, and in more recent times of the Panax quinquefolium, the Ginseng of the Chinese.
12 Q. Serenus Sammonicus speaks of the accumulation of dandriff in the hair to such a degree as to form a noxious malady. He also mentions the present remedy for it.
13 Some commentators have supposed this to be the Alcea rosa of Linnæus; but Fée considers this opinion to be quite unfounded.
14 It would be of no use whatever in such cases, Fée says.
15 Without any good results, Fée says.
16 "Permeatus suaves facit." We can only make a vague guess at the meaning; as the passage is, most probably, corrupt.
17 The Althæa officinalis of Linnæus, or marsh-mallow. The medicinal properties are similar to those of the other varieties of the maliow.
18 It is the fact, that water, in which mallows are steeped, owing to the mucilage of the root, assumes the appearance of milk.
19 Fée says that this milky appearance of the water does not depend on the freshness of the root; as it is only the aqueous particles that are dried up, the mucilage preserving its chemical properties in their original integrity.
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