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How to make Goulard Lenitive Electuary. 



WATEli OF ACETATED LITHARGE (FORMEHLY CALL- 

 ED EXTRACT OF LEAD, OR GOULARD.) 



Take — Litharge, two pounds and a half ^ 



Wine vinegar, one gallon : 



Mix, and boil to six pints, constantly stir- 

 ring; then set it aside, and when ckar, 

 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 inflamma- 

 tions of the eyes, and in other parts of the 

 body. See recipes (No. 60, p. 96), (No. 62, 

 p. 97), (No. 68, p. 105,) 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 pruaes^ of each 

 half a pound ; 

 ^ Lump sugar, two pounds and a half. 



Powder the senna with the coriander seeds, and 



