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cic acid. It directs that 3( boracie acid, and 20 dis- 
tilled water, be heated together, in a silver vessel; 120 
parts super-tartrate of potass are then added, in divided’ 
portions, shaking the mixture continually; when the 
whole will soon liquefy; and by continuing the heat, a 
pulverulent mass will be formed. Dose of super-tartrate 
potass as diuretic 3j, frequently repeated ;_as a cathartic, 
3iv to Zvj. The South American physicians use this salt 
perpetually in their practice. I have had many of them 
as patients for some years past, and they always asked to 
have it administered, attaching great importance to its 
effects; adulterated often with No. 443 ; may be known 
by the greater solubility of the sophisticated article. 
Orric. Prev. Pulvis Jalapz comp. L. E. D. & U. 8. Pulv. 
Scammoniz. E: Pulvis Senne comp. L. Ferrum Tartari- 
zatum. L. Antimonium Tartarizaium. L. E. D. & U. Ss. 
Soda Tartarizata. L. E. D. &.U. 8. Tartarus acidulus 
potasse solubilis, admixto acide boracico. Codex Med. Paris. 
Formula— J Potasse super-tartratis, 3j 
Pulveris scillz exsiccat, gr. iij 
Pulveris Zingiberis, gr. v 
Make a powder—to be taken once, twice, or thrice 
aday. Diuretic. 
No, 446.—Prinos VerTICILLATUs. Black Alder. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 561—figure of the root, 
No. 562. 
Orricrnat. Cortex. Phar. U.S. The root of Black Alder; 
antiseptic, astringent, tonic. Fora full account, see W. 
P. C. Barton’s Veg. Mat. Med. U.S. Vol. II. 
No, 447.—Prunus Domestica. Common Plumb — 
tree. ; Bae Fe 
Officinal, by some Colleges, Pruna; the fruit called Prunes - 
laxative, when boiled or stewed—less so, uncooked. 
Orric. Pner. Confectio Senne. L.E.D. — *% 
No. 448.—Prounus Vircinrava, : Wild Cherry 
SEROTINA, trees. 
Orrrcrnat. Cortex. The bark. Pharm. U. S. and Ives’s ed. 
Paris’s Pharm.—The bark of the trees and the root. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. 
No. 564 and No. 564*. 
