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of admirable use against flatulency; it promotes digestion, and 
in general causes eructation fer some time. 
Put for each dose, in a tumbler of common water, ‘from twelve 
to forty drops, as the case may require. 
This medicine may be kept in store, for domestic use, instead 
of Carmelite Water, or other tinctures or elixirs. 
Vinegar of the Star-reed- | 
Take of the Star-reed well bruised -- + «= » 18 ounces, 
Acetic acid or common vinegar, very strong 9) pints: — 
Infuse for four days i in a gla istil in a retort with a 
tubular receiver, to two-thirds; — it wer stopped in glass 
vessels for use. _ 
' It is ‘an excellent preservative = putrid miasmata, and 
by its fragrance neutralizes ee = — “ pitt and rooms 
all ventilated. ! : 
-. Compound Vinegar sre  Star-reeds ere 
Take Star-reed well bruised -- -- -- -- ++ ~ + +8 ounces, 
_ Heads of lavender and thyme, each - -- + +5 ounces, 
: Acetic acid oa Se ee ee ee eee 9 pints: 
Infuse for four days in a glass vessel with a tubular receiver, 
to two-thirds, and keep it in phials well stopped for use. 
It answers the same purposes as the former, and when diluted 
_ in a sufficient quantity of common water, serves to ‘refresh and 
wash the hands and face, especially in hot weather, and, on a 
JonMEYe to remove from the skin the tan, caused ey the air. 
