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Definition of Balsam of tolu
1. Noun. Aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups.
Substance meronyms: Myroxylon Balsamum, Myroxylon Toluiferum, Tolu Balsam Tree, Tolu Tree
Specialized synonyms: Balsam Of Peru
Generic synonyms: Balsam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balsam Of Tolu
Literary usage of Balsam of tolu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"balsam of tolu is a viscid resin, which on exposure hardens to a ... Treatment with
water extracts from balsam of tolu cinnamic acid (Carles, J. Pharm. ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1851)
"Its properties, however, are entirely different to those of balsam of Tolu, which
Ruiz calls white balsam. White balsam is obtained at Sonsonate by pressure ..."
3. Useful drugs (1921)
"PROPERTIES: Balsam of Tolu occurs as a yellowish-brown or brown ... The use of
balsam of Tolu in medicine is largely restricted. ..."
4. An Analytical compendium of the various branches of medical science, for the by John Neill, Francis Gurney Smith (1861)
"{• a native of Siam and Malacca. The juice which exudes on incision, hardens on
exposure. It is a balsam, used for obtaining beii^ii,- >/././ balsam of tolu ..."
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