APP. — ANTTMONIAL POWDEE. 285 



for those of ivory, or bone shavings ; as the former 

 will dissolve, while the latter do not undergo any 

 change. 



oxide of antimony "with phosphate of lime 

 (antimonial powder). 



Take — Sulpliuret of antimony, in coarse powder ; 

 Shavings of hartshorn, of each one pound; 

 Mix, and put them into a wide red-hot iron pot, 

 and stir the mixture constantly, until it be 

 burnt into a matter of a grey colour, which 

 is then to be removed from the fire, ground 

 into powder, and put into a coated crucible. 

 Lute to this crucible another inverted over it, 

 perforated in the bottom with a small hole, 

 and apply the fire, which is to be raised 

 gradually to a white heat, and kept in that 

 state for two hours. Lastly, grind the matter, 

 when cold, into a very fine powder ; and keep 

 it in a bottle lor use. 



This powder is supposed to be nearly the same 

 with that celebrated nostrum of Dr. James. It is 

 excellent in inflammatory diseases. Two drachms 

 may be given two or three times a day in a pint 

 of warm gruel. The utility of this medicine is 

 pointed out in different parts of this work. 



