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Title: American journal of pharmacy
Year: 1835 (1830s)
Authors: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Subjects: Pharmacy Pharmacology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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per will be principally confined to its proximate composition and thedifference therein which the several samples may show. According to Dr. Mantegazza, mate is prepared as follows : Theentire trees are cut down, and the small branches and shoots are takenwith the leaves and placed in the tatacua, a plot of earth about six feetsquare, surrounded by a fire, where the plant undergoes its first roast-ing. From thence it is taken to the barbacua, which is a grating sup-ported by a strong arch, underneath which burns a large fire ; here itis submitted to a particular torrefaction, determined by experience,which develops the aromatic principle. Then it is reduced to a coarsepowder in mortars formed of pits dug in the earth and well rammed. 18 274 Mate, or Paraguay Tea. Am. Jour Pharm.June, 1878. It is next put into fresh bullock skins, well pressed, and placed in thesun to dry. Other writers have given accounts of its preparation differ-ing in the minor points, but all agreeing in the main.
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ILEX P A R AGUA YEN SIS, Sc. Hil.Flowering branch and gourd infusion pot. Am. Jour. Pharm.June, 1878. Mate, or Paraguay Tea. 275 The following is a description of the samples and their history sofar as it was possible to ascertain it : No. 1. Exhibited by M. Vera; packed in bag made of wolf skin,weight about 4 kilos, color bright greenish-yellow, odor not as aromaticas some of the other samples, almost entirely free of twigs, and appearsto have been prepared from very young leaves dried with little if anyartificial heat. No. 2. Exhibited by T. B. Appleyard ; size of package and generalappearance and character of this sample very much like No. 1. No. 3. Exhibited by I. Arrillaga ; weight about 8 kilos, packed inthe entire skin of a tapir ; this mate was rather coarse, containing manytwigs, some of which were charred slightly ; color a dull brownish-green, odor very aromatic and balsamic. This sample is believed tohave been prepared by the Guarani Indians of the northern part of theMiss

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