of their coverings ; beat them well in a mortar, and adding by de- 
grees two pot of double refined sugar in powder, make a con- 
serve. y sageet same manner are prepared the conserves of orange 
- peel, rosemary flowers, wormwood, the leaves of wood sorrel, &e. 
* The conserve of red roses is one of the most agreeable and useful 
preparations belonging to this class. A drachm or two of it, dissolved 
in warm milk, is ordered to be given as a gentle restrin; t in 
weakness of the stomach, and likewise in phthisical coughs and spit- 
‘ting of blood. It must be taken in large quantities, to have any con- 
- Candied Orange Peel.—Soak Seville orange peel in several wa- 
ters, till it loses its bitterness ; then boil it in a solution of double re- 
fined sugar in water till it becomes tender and transparent. 
. Decoctions. a 
on of Sarsaparilla.—Take of fresh sarsaparilla root, sliced 
bruised, two” 8; shavings of guaiacum wood, one ounce. 
Boil over a slow fire in three quarts of water to one ; adding towards 
the end, half an ounce of sassafras wood, and three drachms of li- 
quorice. Strain: 
This is usually employed to remove the effects of mercury. It 
s the stomach, and restores flesh and vigor to the habits 
emaciated by the venereal disease. It may also be taken in rheuma- 
tism, and all disorders proceeding from foulness of blood. Dose from 
a pint and a half to two quarts in the day. 
_ Compound decoction of Sarsaparilla—Take sarsaparilla root, six 
ounces ; the bark of sassafras root, shavings of guaiacum, and liquorice 
root,each one ounce; the bark of mezereon root three drachms. 
Digest in ten pints of water with a gentle heat for six hours ; then 
boil the liquor down to one half, adding the bark of mezereon root 
towards the end of the boiling. Strain. The dose is the same as 
the above. This was formerly the Lisbon diet drink. , 
" Compound decoction of the Bark,—Take 
the Virginian snake root, each three drachms, © Boil them in a pint 
of water to one half. To the strained liquor add an ounce and a half 
__ This is recommended as a proper medicine towards the decline of 
malignant fevers, The dose is four table spoonsfyl every fourth a 
DistTittep Warers anp Sprnairs. 
- POT cap a : 4 
By distillation of water from vegetable substances, it is frequently 
impregnated with their flavour and taste. This is owing to their es- 
sential oil being volatilized at the temperature at which water boils, 
and being dissolved in small proportion by the water condensed. _ 
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