Mezereon Bark, 5; Alcohol, 22.5; Water, q.s.; by repeated infusion, ex- 

 traction and evaporation. 



Sassafras Radix. The dried root of Sassafras officinale. In large 

 branched pieces more or less covered with a rough brownish bark: odour 

 agreeable; peculiar, aromatic, astringent taste. 



SCAMMONLE RADIX. ScAMMONY ROOT. The dried root of Con- 

 volvulus Scammonia. Greyish tapering or nearly cylindrical roots, often 

 contorted and longitudinally furrowed: enlarged at the crown and bears the 

 remains of slender aerial stems; odour characteristic, taste, at first some- 

 what sweet, afterwards acrid. 



SCAMMONLE RESINA. SCAMMONY RESIN. Dose, 3-8 grs.; 2-5 dgms. 

 Prepared by extracting the root with alcohol and precipitating the resin 

 with water. Brownish translucent pieces, brittle, with a sweet odour. 



? Pilula Scammonii Composita. Dose, 4-8 grs.; 2>-5 dgms. 

 (In 1 or 2 pills.) 

 32; Jalap, Resin, 32; Curd Soap, 32; Tincture of Ginger, 96. 



3 Pulvis Scammonii Compositus. Dose, 10-20 grs.; 6-12 dgms. 

 50; Jalap, 37.5; Ginger, 12.5. 



SCAMMONIUM. SCAMMONY. Dose, 5-10 grs.; 3-6 dgms. 

 A gum resin obtained by the incision of the living root of Convolvulus 

 Scammonia, often called Virgin Scammony. In flattened cakes or irregu- 

 lar pieces, dark grey to black externally and covered with a greyish powder, 

 very brittle and the resin within is more or less porous, glossy, and nearly 

 black: odour characteristic; taste, acrid. 



Scilla. Squill. Dose, 1-3 grs.; 6-18 cgms. 



The bulb of Urginea Scilla, divested of its dry membranous outer scales 

 and dried. The slices of the inner scales usually present the form of curved 

 strips frequently tapering towards the ends, yellowish or pinkish, some- 

 what translucent; inodorous, disagreeably bitter. 



2 Acetum Scilla. Dose, 10-30 min.; 0.6-2 c.c. 

 12.5; Diluted Acetic Acid, 100: by maceration. 



iSyrupus Scilla. Dose, 30-60 min. ; 2-4 c.c. 

 34.5; Sugar, 65.5: product should weigh 100. 



3 Oxymel Scilla. Dose, 30-60 min.; 2-4 c.c. 

 6.75; Acetic Acid, 6.75; Water, 21.6; Clarified Honey to 100. 



3 Pilula Scilla Composita. Dose, 4-8 grs.; 2^-5 dgms. (In 1 

 or 2 pills.) 



25; Ginger, 20; Ammoniacum, 20; Hard Soap, 20; Syrup of Glucose, 

 q.s. 



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