_ Syrurs. 
Syrups are solutions of sugar in water, either pure or cc 
other substances dissolved. “They are seldom active ‘imediaipane 
_ are principally designed to render others more pleasant. The pro- 
portion of sugar with which they are made, generally, is about a 
pound to a half pint. sla aie 
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_ Simple Syrup.—Take of sugar, fifteen ounces ; water,-half a pint. 
Boil alittle so asto forma syrup. + : esiaie ate 
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_, Syrup of Ginger.—Take of roots of ginger, bruised, three oun 
boiling water four pounds ; double refined sugar, seven pounds and 
a half. Macerate the ginger in the water for twenty-four hours, in 
_ aclose vessel; then to the strained liquor, add the sugar ip powder, | 
so as to make a syrup. eee 
This is an agreeable and moderately aromatic syrup, impregnated 
with the flavor and virtues of the ginger. 
Aromatic Syrup of Rhubarb.—Take of rhubarb, bruised, five 
_drachms ; cloves and cinnamon, each half an ounce ; n 3 
in number; water one pint. Digest and evaporate re lig 
is reduced to half a pint; and add one pound of sugar, and hal 
pint of spirits: then boil‘a little to form a syrup. eee 
- This is an elegant carminative and laxative. _ = 
“Syrup of Orange Peel.Orange peel, six ounces ; boiling water. 
three pounds ; sugar four pounds. ee as 
This is a very elegant and agreeable syrup. ~ 
_ Syrup of White Poppies—Take poppy heads, dried, sliced, 
and freed from seeds, two pounds; boiling water thirty pounds; re- 
fined sugar, four pounds. Macerate for twelve hours; then boil till 
‘One third of the liquor remains. Strain, and again boil this tothe 
Consumption of one half. Lastly, add sugar, so as to form asyrup. 
_ This syrup is given to children in doses of two or three drachms, 
nswering all the intentions of opiates. . ee 
fe Tineorures, Exrxirs, &c. 
Rectified spirit is the direct menstruum of the resins and essential 
ils of vegetables, and totally extracts these active principles from 
Sundry substances, which yield them to water, either not at all,.or 
in part. wal = 
a dissolves likewise, those parts of substances in whieh their pe-- 
culiar smells and tastes reside. Hence, the tinetures prepared with | 
Tectified spirits form an useful and elegant class of medicines, pos- 
ing many of the most essential virtues of simples, without bein: 
ed with their inert or useless parts, — Be 
r, however, being the proper menstruum of the gum 
