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ittent fever, malignant small pox, and painters’ colic — 
m five to fifteen grains. The waditien of an aromatic 
uy, however, to prevent natisea, when it is given 
‘he best form of administeFing it, is that of 
by adding twodrachms of the powdered alum. 
t of hot milk. The dose of this is three or four ounces. 
hemorrhage, and diabetes, this whey taken to the quanti- 
or four ounces, three times a day, has produced very fa- 
It © used externally in astringent and repellant lotions, and 
 eyewaters. Burnt alum, taken internally, has been highly extolled 
_ In cases Of colic: when taken to the extent of a scruple at a dose, 
it is said to gently move the bowels, and give very great relief from 
the severe pain. Burnt alum is applied as an-escharotic to fungous’ 
~ - -buAaconon. "Spirit -of Wine. 
_ . ‘Phis is the active exhiliarating ingredient in all vinous, fermented 
_ Or distilled liquors. Its the proportion of alcohol that renders 
ines More:or less sour; and prevents their becoming acid. Ardent _ 
Spirits, such as brandy, rum, and whiskey, consist almost entirely 
of three ingredients, viz. water, alcohol, to-which they owe. their 
strength, and a small quantity of peculiar oil, upon which their fla- 
vor depends. — From vinous liquors alcohol is obtained by distillation ; 
and it is'by the repetition of this process, with a small portion of pot- 
ash, that pure alcohol is obtained. It is colorless, and its specific 
gravity to that of water, as 835 to 1000. = 
On the living body, alcohol acts. as a most violent stimulus. It 
tonic 
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the active matter of many» vegetable and some animal productions, 
_ Diluted with an equal weight of water, it forms proof spirit. ~ 
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