326 XL LIQUID COMPOUNDS.— 



Waters which have acquired a burnt smell in the stilling lose 

 it by freezing. 



These waters must also be kept in a cool place, covered only 

 with paper pricked with pin holes, for four months, to get rid of 

 the herbaceous smell of fresh distilled waters. Distilled waters 

 may be prevented from turning sour by adding a little calcined 

 magnesia to them ; and those which have begun to be spoiled 

 may be recovered by adding to each pint a grain of each, borax 

 and alum. A drop of muriate of gold added to these waters 

 shows whether they contain any oil, by forming in that case a 

 fine metallic film on their surface. 



FOR MEDICAL USE. 



Aqua alexiteria simplex. Green mint lb. ss, tops of sea 

 wormwood, green angelica leaves, ana lb. j ; draw three gallons : 

 this is a pleasant compound water. 



Dill water, Aq. anetlii. Seeds 2lb. to the gallon ; carmina- 

 tive. 



Aniseseed-water, Aq. anisL Collected in the distillation of 

 the oil ; carminative. 



Orange peel water, Aq. cortic. aurant. simplex, Seville 

 orange peel Siiij to the gallon. 



2. Peel 21b. to the gallon ; an agreeable vehicle. 



Caraway water, Aq. carui. Seeds lib. to the gallon ; car- 

 minative. 



Aa. cascarill.e. Bark lib., water 6 pints; soak for some 

 days, and distil 2 pints of a milky water. It may be prepared 

 while making the extract. Tonic. 



Cassia water, Aq. cassice, Aq, lauri cassice, lib. to the 

 gallon. 



2. Cassia (parva) 81b. ; draw \2 gallons. 



3. Cassia buds lib., cassia lignea 21b. ; draw 8 gallons. 



4. Cassia (parva) 61b., spirit of wine 2 gall., water q. s., draw 4 

 gall, of spiritus cinnamomi, and 10 gall, of aq. cinnam. Sold for 

 cinnamon water. 



Black cherry water, Aq, cerasoncm nigrorum. The fruit 

 with the stones bruised ; lb. xij to the gallon. 



2. Cake left after squeezing black cherries for their juice 3lb., 

 water 2 gallons ; let them stand for a day, and distil 4 pints ; anti- 

 spasmodic, contains prussic acid ; when drawn very strong, lb. vj 

 of cherry-stones to the pint, is deleterious ; expunged from the 

 Pharmacopoeia in 1745. 



