NPPF Canto 1 "gum-logged aunt"

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http://9.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MU/MUCILAGE.htm
 MUCILAGE (from Late Lat. mucilago, a mouldy juice, from mucere, to be
mouldy), a term which denotes a viscid or glutinous mixture of water and any
gummy vegetable substance (see GUM). Mucilages are useful in medicine as
vehicles for various insoluble and other drugs, and in the arts as
thickeners (in calico-printing, dyeing, &c.). The British pharmacopoeia
contains the mucilages of acacia and tragacanth.

Paul's medicine, artful glue, and other trappings of bizarre Aunt Maud ( who
'brought up' Johnny Shade).