=Aluminum Tann′ate.= _Syn._ TANNATE OF ALUMINA, Eng.; ALU′MINÆ TANN′AS, L. _Prep._ Take of pure hydrate of aluminum (dried at 90° Fahr.), 1 part; tannic acid (dried at 212°), 2 parts; triturate them together for some time, adding just sufficient water to bring them to the consistence of a syrup, and carefully evaporate to dryness at a heat not higher than 120° Fahr.; lastly, reduce the residuum to powder. _Uses, &c._ A combination of certain constitution, which is said to have been found very useful in obstinate vomiting and diarrhœa, in dysentery, and particularly in hæmoptysis, hæmorrhage, &c.——_Dose_, 3 to 12 or 15 gr. =Aluminium Bronze.= See BRONZE ALUMINIUM. =AL′VINE= (-vĭn). _Syn._ ALVI′NUS, L.: ALVIN, Fr. Of or from the belly or intestines; relating to the intestinal secretions. =AMABELE.= Consists of crushed millets. See MILLET. =AM′ADOU= (-ăh-dōō). _Syn._ GERMAN TINDER, TOUCH′WOOD, PYROTECH′NIC SPONGE, SPUNK‡§, SURGEON’S AG′ARIC, A. OF THE OAK, &c.; AGAR′ICUS QUER′CÛS, A. QUER′NUS, A. CHIRURGO′′RUM, FUN′GUS QUER′CÛS, &c., L.; AMADOU, AGARIC AMADOUVIER, Fr.; ZUNDERSCHWAMM. Ger. A soft, spongy, combustible substance, being the prepared flesh of _bole′tus fomenta′′rius_ (Linn.), an indigenous species of fungus found on the oak, birch, and a few other trees (REAL AMADOU or OAK-AGARIC); for which _b. ignia′′rius_ (Linn.), a like fungus, found on the willow, cherry, plum, and other trees, is frequently substituted. _Collec., Prep., &c._ The outer bark of the fungus (collected in Aug. or Sept.) having been removed with a knife, the inner spongy substance is carefully separated from the woody portion lying below, and after being cut into slices, is well beaten with a mallet until sufficiently soft and pliable. Sometimes it is first boiled in water, in order to separate the epidermis and porous parts, and to free it from soluble matter; after which it is beaten as before. In this state it is used in _surgery_, &c. To complete its manufacture for TINDER, it is soaked once, or oftener, in a strong solution of saltpetre (RED AMADOU; BROWN A.); or in a thin paste made of gunpowder and water, which is thoroughly forced into the pores (BLACK A.); after which it is dried, and well rubbed to free it from loose matter. The first is the more cleanly; the last the more combustible. _Uses, &c._ A light brown or reddish-brown substance. In _surgery_, _pharmacy_, &c., it is used to stop local bleeding, to spread plasters on, as a compress, and for other like purposes. When covered with resin-plaster it forms an excellent article for the protection of abraded surfaces. A small piece thus prepared, of a circular shape, having a round hole cut in the middle, the size of the apex of the corn, is one of the very best corn-plasters known; as from its great softness it at once protects the part from pressure, and removes the cause. As a material for shoe-socks it is superior to all other substances. The amadou for surgical purposes must not contain nitre.