282 APP.— EXTRACT OF LEAD, &C. 



WATER OF ACETATED LITHARGE (FORMERLY CALLED 

 EXTRACT OF LEAD, OR GOULARD.) 



Take — Litharge, two pounds and a half; 

 Wine vinegar, one gallon : 

 Mix, and boil to six pints, constantly stirring ; 



then set it aside, and when clear, pour it off 



into a bottle for use. 



This preparation is an excellent medicine when 

 properly combined with others ; on account of its 

 cooling and repellent effects on inflammations of 

 the eyes, and in other parts of the body. See 

 recipes (No. 62, p. 90), (No. 70, p. 9S), and 

 other parts of this volume. 



electuary of senna, or lenitive electuary. 



Take — Senna, eight ounces ; 



Coriander seeds, four ounces ; 



Liquorice, three ounces ; 



Figs, one pound ; 



The pulp of tamarinds, and prunes, of each half 



a pound : 

 Lump sugar, two pounds and a half. 



Powder the senna with the coriander seeds, and 

 sift out ten ounces with the mixed powder ; boil 

 the remainder with the figs and liquorice in four 

 pounds of water to one half; then strain and press 

 out the liquor, and evaporate it to the weight of a 

 pound and a half; dissolve the sugar in it; add 



