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Impregnated Vinegars. 367 



Wine of cinchonine. Sulphate of cinchonine gr. xviij, 

 Madeira (or other) wine lb. ij. 



2 Wine lb. ij, tinctureof cinchonine 31] ; febrifuge. 



Wine of quinine. Sulphate of quinine gr. vj, Madeira wine 

 lb. j ; Malaga or any other wine may be used. 



2. Wine lb. j, tincture of quinine pj. 



FOlt THE TABLE AND KITCHEN. 



Yellow essence of orange. Orange peel, S. V. R., and water, 

 ana 6 oz. ; digest, strain, and add Sherry wine 2 pints. 



Basil wine. Float the green leaves (which are in perfection 

 the middle of August) with Sherry wine, steep for 10 days, then 

 strain : gives the turtle flavour to soup, and even to turtle itself. 

 Celery leaves, and the dried leaves of other sweet herbs, may 

 also be used to flavour wine, for those with whom acids do not 

 agree. 



Cayenne wiiie. Cayenne pepper 1 oz., Sherry 1 pint ; steep 

 11 days, and strain. 



Currie wine, Currie powder 6 oz., Sherry wine 1 gall. ; infuse 

 10 days, strain. 



Shallot wine. Shallots 3 oz., peel and pound to a pulp. Sherry 



ine 1 pint ; steep for 10 ten days, strain, add o oz. more shallot 



pulp, steep again, and strain for use. The best preparation for 



vmg the shallot flavour, as it is not apt to rise. 



Ragout wine. Ragout spice 6 oz., Sherry wine 1 gall. ; steep 

 10 days. 



IMPREGNATED VINEGARS. 



FOR MEDICINE. 



4cetum opii sedatiruw, introduced by Mr. Home as a succeda- 

 neum for the liquor opii sedativus of Mr. Battlcy. The following 

 is Mr. Home's formula for his sedative — " Take three times the 

 quantity of the best opium, reduced to fine ])owder, that is ordered 

 by the London pharmacopoeia for two pints of tincture : add to 

 the opium two pints of dilute acetic acid. After they have 

 digested a few hours, add six or eight pints of rectified spirits of 

 N^inc. Macerate about seven days, and then carefully filter, in 

 order to separate the insoluble parts of the opium; then intro- 

 diKfthe liquor into a retort, accurately closed, and distil off the 

 spirit The product in the retort, after the spirit has all passed 

 over, is the required acetum opii sedativum. If the distillation 

 V ''illy conducted, the result will always prove of uniform 



One minim will be equivalent to three of the tincture 



