sid indhnueipent “Gare e 
nature no water is found perfeetly-p ants Spring or river water 
lime contains a portion of saline matter, es Spig sulphate of — 
By distillation a perfectly pure water -theneh: os 
~» Orange peel water.—Take of fresh on orange tw pounds. 
° 
Pour upon it as much water as shall be sufficient eel, any em- 
—— after ten pounds have been drawn off by distillation. After 
maceration, distil ten pounds. z 
The =, sssusp of water is to be distilled in the: same manner, from 
ix pounds of the Sesh flow of the amask rose, xpos 
- damask ra water. ale : = 
—— Three pounds of rmint, in flo 
dito peppe in shies es Prepare pepper- 
Three pounds of pennyroyal, in flower, to prepare penn yreEp 
al water. 
- One pound and a half of spearmint, in flower, for spearmint 
water. 
_ «=> One pound of cinnamon bark, for cinnamon water. 
_. —— One pound of cassia bark, for cassia water. 
—— Half a pound of the fruit of imenta, for pimenta ' 
_To each pound of these waters add half an ounee of diluted 
Spirit of Caraway.—Take of caraway seeds, bruised, hale 
_ pound ; diluted alcohol, nine pounds. 
- Macerate two days in a close vessel ; then pouron as much water 
4 as will prevent empyreuma, and draw off by distillation nine pounds, 
_ In the same manner is prepared the same quantity of spirit, from 
One pound of cinnamon bark : spirit of cinnamon. 
—— One pound and a half of peppermint : spirit of peppermint. 
~—— One pound and a half of spearmint : spirit of spearmint. 
arsed Two ounces of nutmeg : spirit of nutmeg. 
~ Other spiritous waters are prepared in a similar manner, and it is 
iopeteseary to make particular observations on each. _ 
DistinLep, VoLaTiLe, on EssENTIAL Ous. 
_ Volatile oils are prepared nearly in the same manner as thie dis- 
1 waters, except that less water is to be added. The oil comes 
vel with the water, and is afterwards to be separated from it, ac- 
ording as it may be lighter than the water, and swim upon its sur- 
e, OF heavier, and sink to the bottom. 
ording to these directions are prepared the volatile oils of ani- 
ds ‘fennel seeds, juniper berries, pimenta, snare pial iareosa 
: ‘Spe pennyroyal, wintergreen, &c 
ile oils medicinally considered, agree in the... general qitalt- 
Sof pungency and heat ; in particular virtues a we auch 
8s the subjects from which they are obtained, the oil being the direct oe 
sam in which the virtues of the several subjects reside. _ Thus 
: Carminative virtue of the warm seeds, he dete © of the \aiediadll 
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