Botanicals — Continued 



Cort[ex] Aurant[orium] (.Orange peel) 



Fl[ores] Chamom[eli] (Camomile flower) 



Mellisa[e Folia] (Balm) 

 *Gum[mi] Camphor[a] (C^amphor; or camphire) 

 *Gum[mi] Opium [also] Opii (Opium) 

 *Gum[mi] Arabic[um] (Gum Arabic) 

 *Gum[mi] Aloe Socotr[ina] (Aloe; or aloes) 



Gum[mi] Aloe Hepat[ica] (Aloe; or aloes) 

 *Gum[mi] Ammon[iacum] (Gum ammoniac) 

 *Gum[mi] Guaiac[um] (Gum guaiac) 

 *Gum[mi] Myrrh[ae] (Myrrh) 

 *Bals[amum] Capivi (Balsam of copaiba) 

 *Bals[amum] Peruvian[um] (Balsam of Peru) 



Bals[amum] Tolu[tanum] (Balsam of tolu) 

 *01[eum] 01ivar[um] (Olive oil) 

 *01[eum] Ricini (Castor oil) 



Drugs of animal origin 



*Canthandes (Spanish flies; or flies) 

 *Cera Flav[a] (Yellow beeswax) 

 *Mel[lis] Com[munis] (Honey) 



Pul[vis] Oc[uli] Canc[orum] (Powdered crabs' eyes) 

 *Sperm[atis] Ceti (Spermaceti) 



Chemicals 



*AIum[en] Com[munis] or Credem (Alum or rock alum) 

 *Creta ppt [precipitated or praeparata] (Chalk) 

 *Puh'[is\ Crem[or] Tarlai[t\ (Cream of tartar) 

 *Tart[arus\ Emetii[um] (Tartar emetic) 

 *Sal Mitri [or] Kitrum (Nitre or saltpetre) 



Sal Absinthii (Salt of wormwood) 

 *Sal Cath[articus\ Amar[us] (Epsom salts; bitter purging salts; or bitter 



cathartic salts) 

 *Sal Cath[articus] Glauber[i] [or] Sal Mirabile Glauhcri (Glauber's salts; 



Glauber's purging salts; or Glauber's wonderful salts). 

 *Sal Tartar[isatus] (Salt of tartar) 

 *Sal Amm[oniacum] (Sal ammoniac) 



*Merc[urius] Corros[ivus] Sublim[atus] (Corrosive sublimate of mercury) 

 *Merc[urius] Praecip[itatus] Rub[er] (Red precipitate of mercury) 

 *Merc[urius\ Dulc[is] Ppt. (Calomel) 



Flor[es] Sulphur[is] (Flowers of sulphur) 

 *01[eum] Vitriol[um] (Oil of vitriol) 



01[eum] Tereb[inthinae] (Oil of turpentine) 



Tereb[inthina] Venet[ian] (Turpentine) 

 *Vitriol[um] Alb[um] (White vitriol) 

 *Elix[ir] Vitriol[i] (Elixir of vitriol) 



Vitriol[um] Rom[anum] (Roman vitriol) 



Sacch[arum] Saturni (Sugar of lead) 



Vitr[um] Antomon[ii] Cerat[um] (Cerated glass of antimony) 

 *Extr[actum] Saturni [also] Acetum Lithargyritcs (Litharge of lead; litharge 

 vinegar; or extract of Saturn). 



10 lb. 



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