BENJAMIN, FLOWERS OF
\bˈɛnd͡ʒəmɪn], \bˈɛndʒəmɪn], \b_ˈɛ_n_dʒ_ə_m_ɪ_n]\
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This acid exists in all the balsams, but chiefly in Benzoin, from which it is obtained by sublimation. It is in vanilla, canella, the urine of infants, and of herbivorous animals. Its odour is aromatic and fragrant; taste hot, slightly acidulous, and agreeable. The crystals consist of white, satiny flakes, slightly ductile. It is probably stimulant; and has been used, as such, in chronio catarrh; but it has little efficacy.
By Robley Dunglison
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