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£ AG CAGE, an inclosure of wire, wicker, &c. interwoven in the form of lattices, and used for the con- finement of birds, or beasts. The latter were, in ancient limes,brought to Rome in cages artfully formed of oak, or beech, and covered with boughs, that the creatures, deceiv- ed by the appearance of their place of confinement, might fancy them- selves in a forest. In France, there are two sorts of cages, viz. high, or singing cages, and low, or dumb Cages : those who expose birds to sale, are obliged to put the cocks in the former, and the hens in the latter, that persons may not be de- prived by purchasing a hen for a cock. CAJEPUT, an oil brought from tile East Indies, and resembling that of cardamoms. Its uses are so little known in this country, that it is rarely kept, even in the shops of the metropolis. According to Prof. Thcnberg, the Celebrated Swedish traveller, it possesses pre- eminent virtues as an anodyne, an- tispasmodic, and stimulant. In chronic inflammations of the eyo, great benefit has been derived by pouring a few drops of it upon 'a soft, white, linen cloth, and lef- tidg them evaporate while held close to these Organs, over which the cloth is to be afterwards tied ' for the night. In acute rheumatism, and the gout, this ethereal oil has been known to afford immediate relief, ' when the affected part has been anointed with it, as it has a re- markable tendency to open the pores : it is also highly beneficial in Violent head-achs, when applied to the temples, or inhaled through tne nostrils. But its most remark- able effeft is in that painful com- plaint, the teoth-ach. From what- e a k [419 ever cause this affection may pro- ceed, whether from a carious, or hollow tooth, rheumatic acrimony, catarrh, itc. the cajeput oil has generally been found efficacious in removing it, if dropped on lint, and placed m the cavity of the tooth, or even around the gum. Hence it deserves to have a place in the medicine-chest of every pri- vate family. In acute rheuma- tisms, however, we would observe, that it ought to be administered with circumspection 3 but, when ap- plied in painful chronic disorders, or paralytic complaints, its use may be attended with salutary conse- quences. — -Perhaps the only shop in London where this oil is vended tolerably pure, as imported from the East, is that of Messrs. Cox- well and Bromet, Fleet-street* •near Temple-bar. CAKE, a fine sort of bread, which has received this denomina- tion, on account of its flat and round figure. There are various compositions Under the name of cakes ; as seed* cakes made of flour, butter, cream, sugar, coriander, and carraway seeds, mace, and other spices; plum-cakes, cheese-cakes, sugar- cakes, &c. which are so well known as to renderany description of them unnecessary. Oat-cakes, which are made in most parts of the country, but particularly in Yorkshire, and in Scotland, consist of line oaten flour, either with or without yeast, rolled thin, and baked in a warm oven, or over a slow fire. Rose-cakes, are the leaves of roses dried and pressed into a mass, and sold in the shops for epithems. CALAMINE, or Calarny, La- pis calaminaris, or Cadmia fossil.*, a ! pecies of stone, or mineral, which contains zinc, iron, and someotln-r lie 2 sub-