Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.250
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.250
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(a) c. A.D. 70.—“The best Aloe (Latin the same) is brought out of India. . . Much use there is of it in many cases, but principally to loosen the bellie; being the only purgative medicine that is comfortable to the stomach. . .”—Pliny, Bk. xxvii (Ph. Holland, ii. 212).