Wikipedia: History of Aloe

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Africa, especially Cape Colony, and in the mountains of tropical

Africa, especially [Cape Colony]?, and in the mountains of tropical

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aloes, reddened by ordinary nitric acid only when warmed, or

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as well as the rate of flow of the bile. It hardly affects
the small intestine, but markedly stimulates the muscular
coat of the large intestine, causing purging in about fifteen

as well as the rate of flow of the bile?. It hardly affects
the [small intestine]?, but markedly stimulates the muscular
coat of the [large intestine]?, causing purging in about fifteen

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dose. Its combined action on the bowel and the uterus is of

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The word is used in the Bible (Numb. xxiv. 6), but as the trees

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Syria, it has been suggested that the LXX. reading in which

Syria, it has been suggested that the Septuagint reading in which

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corruption of the Lat. lignum-aloe, a wood, not a resin.
Dioscorides refers to it as agallochon, a wood brought from
Arabia or India, which was odoriferous but with an astringent
and bitter taste. This may be Aquilaria agallochum, a
native of East India and China, which supplies the so-called

corruption of the Lat. lignum-aloe, a wood, not a resin.
Dioscorides? refers to it as agallochon, a wood brought from
Arabia? or India, which was odoriferous but with an astringent
and bitter taste. This may be Aquilaria agallochum, a
native of East India and China, which supplies the so-called

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Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia -- Please update as needed

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