[PW] ? Turpentine clearing

[Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD]

I have a vague recollection, from an old medical text, that turpentine
was used as some kind of purgative. If I haven't lost it entirely, and
my memory is true, then perhaps this is a reference to some type of
medical procedure?

Peter Ingerman

Robert wrote:

>Jeff;
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>There is a reference in a legal case from 1844 (I looked for
>references that might have been current during Thoreau's lifetime) to
>a process of cultivating pine trees for turpentine extraction.
>Turpentine was extracted from standing trees, and this may have
>created such work areas, or clearings, in the forest.  However, I am
>just speculating, I could not find a specific reference to the exact
>term that wasn't also linked to Thoreau's writings.
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>http://books.google.com/books?id=bqsDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&dq=%22extracting+turpentine%22+1840&source=web&ots=FzhUOT8BDU&sig=2Laig-GzLhHkDmtPWJ8Jt3T686E&hl=en#PPA307,M1
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>Hope this helps shed some light!
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>Regards,
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>Robert
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>Robert Verde
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>2008/3/20 Cramer, Jeff <Jeff.Cramer at walden.org>:
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>>Thoreau mentions visiting a "turpentine clearing." Could anyone tell me what a turpentine clearing is? Thanks. - Jeff
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