vibacihtiaellg and after it has stood to settle, 
into bottles for use. i 
‘This is the original preparation of Goulard, a French su 
many years since introduced it into practice under the name of 
_ tract of saturn ; : ed drops of which, with four tea spoonsful 
of brandy, mixed with a quart of water, form ‘his famous vegeto min- 
eral water. The proportion of the extract may be increased or di- 
minished, according to the nature of the disorder, or the less 
of. sensibility of the part affected. In his treatise on the virtues of _ 
lead, the author has bestowed on this preparation high commenda- 
tion, asa remedy i in various external diseases, such as infl; ; 
burns, ; 8, Strains, piles and ulcers. He likewise prepare: es it 
his extract a arias of other compositions, as cataplasms, plasters 
ointments, cerates, &c. which he affirms are happily spied to ire 
indications, in phlegmon, schirrous and indolent tumors, . cieoas 
joints, and other rigid states of the tendons. Every p 
fyver, to be answered by these, may probably be’ A 
employment of the other preparations of lead in common use. __. 
‘This article is a soft, white, friable sibotenees prepared Soe, 
; ble, chalk, and other calcareous earths, by the process of calelige: 
All calcareous earths, whether in the form of marble, lime- ; 
_ chalk, marine shells, &c. are convertible into quicklime by the ac- 
tion of heat. sie 
_ These substances are found in a state of combination with: the 
carbonic acid or fixed air. During the process of calcination, the _ 
_ earbonic acid is expelled from the carbonates, in the state of gas or 
air; and the product is quicklime in a caustic state. As the quick- 
: lime attracts moisture and carbonic acid from the atmosphere, it 
should always he recently prepared or preserved in very close bot- 
— tles for medicinal use. 
On the living body, lime acts as an escharotic, and as soék wax’ 
_ formerly applied to ill-conditioned sores; but it is now principally 
Used in pharmacy, for the purpose of forming lime water, and as a 
chemical agent, in several preparations. 
Lime Water.—Preparation: take of lime recently burnt half a 
_ pound ; put it into an earthen vessel and sprinkle on it four ounces of 
_ water, keeping the vessel shut, while the lime grows hot, and falls 
_ into powder. Then pour on it ‘twelve pounds of water, and mix the 
_ lime thoroughly with the water by agitation. After the lime has sub- 
sided, repeat the agitation ; and let this be done about ten times, al- — 
Ways keeping the vessel shut, that the-free access of the air may be 
Prevented. Lastly, let the water be filtered through paper, placed 
ina funnel, with glass rods interposed between them, that the water 
med pass as quickly as possible. It must be kept in tery wen bot- 
Lime water is transparent and colorless. It has an anise 
iste, and affects vegetable colors as the alkalies do. When applied 
