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AMYLUM
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"AMYLUM" is another name for starch found in the seeds, roots and tubers of plants. It is used to thicken liquids and bind ingredients. In the eighteenth century it was used in enemas to curb diarrhea.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineAMYLUM. 1790-1810. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
