AMBRA

(Lat.), n, m., f, andn. A?m(a%m)bra’, Fr., ambre. Sp., ambar. A non-cla ical word of uncertain derivation. 1. Properly, a, flava (q. v.), but also sometimes used to denote a. grise a. 2. The official title in the Ger. Ph. of the a. grise a, 8. Spermaceti. [L, 50.]—A. alba. Fr., ambre blanc. Ger., wei er Amber. 1. Spermaceti. 2. A white or yellow variety of a, grise a formerly obtained from Brazil. [B, 180.|—A. ambrosiaca. See A. grise a.— (Ger.). Pastilles made of ambergris and other sweet smelling substances. [L, 30.]—A. Arabibus, A. arabica, A. Arabum. See A. grise a.—À. atram. See A. nigra.—A’banm (Ger.). See LIQUIDAMBAR.— À. candida. Sce A. alba (2d def.)—A. cine race a, A, cine race us, A. cinerea, A. cineritia. See A. grise a. —A. citrinum. See A. flava.—A’e enz (Ger.). A tincture of ambergris. [L, 80.]—A’fett (Ger.). See AmBrein.—A’fetts i iure (Ger.). See AMBREIC acid.—A. flava. Fr., ambre jaune, succin. Ger., gelber A., Bernstein, It., a. gialla, succi no. Sp., ambar, sucino. Syn.: succinum, chrysetectrum. Amber; à fo il resin found in alluvial deposits and along the sea-coast of Sicily, on some parts of the Atlantic coast of the United States, and on the shores of the Baltic. It is believed to be the fo il resin of a number of extinct Conifer, especially the Pinites succinifer. It isa light or brownish yellow, translucent, amorphous, brittle substance, of a vitreous fracture, In the interior of some pieces are seen insects, leaves, or twigs. When rubbed it becomes electric and emits a peculiar odor, It is insoluble in all acids but sulphuric. When degetveut of its soluble constituents with ether it has, according to chroetter and Forchhammer, the same composition as camphor. It is used for the preparation of oleum succini. {B,5; L.J—A. fulvum. See A. flava.—A. grise a. Fr., ambre gris, Ger., grauer Amber. It.,a. grigia. Sp., ambar gris. Ambergris; a substance probably derived from the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), found on the surface and shores of the ocean. By the ancients it was believed to be the semen or excrement of whales, birds’ dung, honey acted upon by sea-water, or a kind of bitumen. It occurs in opaqne, rounded fragments, usually grayish, but often variegated in color, having a peculiar aromatic odor, little or no taste, and a soft, waxy consistence. It is soluble in alcohol and in ether, and consists chiefiy of ambrein (q. v.). _ It is official in a number of European pharmaco pei but is chiefly used as a perfume. See [B, 5.J—A’harz (Ger.). Amprein.—A*holz (Ger.). Yellow sandal-wood. [L, 30.]—A’kraut (Ger.). See CHE NO PODIUM ambrosioides.—A’kligelchen (Ger.). See Semen ABELMOSCHT.—A. liquid a. See LIQUIDAMBAR and_A. nigra.—A. maritima. A, grise a.—A. moschata. A mixture of ambergris, musk, ‘and sweet-smelling oils. [L, 30.]—A. nigra. Fr., ambre noir. Ger., schwarzer Amber. Black amber; a term formerly applied to any dark-colored amber or ambergris, to liquidambar, to almost any dark-colored resinous substance, to lignite, and to jet. Formerly, in the Fr. Cod., a black, shining, brittle mineral resembling je 8 known by this name.—A’81 (Ger.). See Oleum succin1.—A’siiu (Ger.). See AmBREIC acid.—A’staude (Ger.), See AN THO SPERM I cum ethiopicum.—A’stofY (Ger.). See AMBREIN—A. subalbida. See A. alba (1st def.).—A’tinetur (Ger.). Tincture of amber. [L, 30.)—A. vera. See A. grise a.—A’zucker (Ger.). A compound ot sugar and ambergris. [L, 30.|—E entia ambræ. See Teinture @AMBRE gris.—E entia ambræ liquid a. Fr., e ence d'ambre liquide, An old stimulant and aphrodisiac preparation containing ambergris and musk. [L,85.]—E entia ambrie Mindereri. Fr., e ence d’ambre de Mindererus. A preparation made by com pining 5 parts of ambergris, 1 part of musk, 120 parts of the rectified spirits of black cherries, and 240 parts of the elixir vitae of Matthiole, and filtering after 7 days’ infusing. [Palatin. Dispen., 1764 (L, 85).]—E entia ambræ sice a. Fr., e ence d'ambre sèche. A preparation official in the Würt. Ph., 1798, made by mixing 60 grains of ambergris, 10 grains of musk, 5 drops of oil of cinnamon, and 2 ounces of sugar. {L, 85.]—Flü iger A. (Ger.). See A, liquid a.—Gelber A. (Ger.). See A. flava.—Grauer A. (Ger.). See A. gi.—Poma ambræ. Syn.: pomambra, APES of_amber; an ancient aphrodisiac preparation mentioned by Paulus Æginetus, said to have consisted of balls of wax containing a number of aromatic drugs. [L, 88, 94.|—Tinetura ambræ. - See Teinture alcool i que d'AMBRE.—Tinetura ambræ wtherea. Fr., feinture éthérée d'ambre. It., tintura eterea di ambra grigia. A preparation official in the Fr. Cod., 1837, made by macerating 1 t of ambergris and 4 parts of sulphuric ether for 4 days and filtering. With slightly varying proportions, it was also official in a number of old continental pharma copæias. [L, 8.]—Tinetura ambræ compos it a. Fr.,teinture d'ambre composée. An old preparation, made by mixing 2 drachms each of ambergris and sugar candy, 12 grains of musk, 12 grains of castoreum, and 4 ounces of alcohol. [L, 112]—Vrai a. cinerea. See À. grise a.