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Aq. nucis moschat(2t Sp. nucis moschatcp, Sp. myristiccp^ Sp. my- 

 risticce moschatoe. Nutmegs 5 ij to the gallon proof. The drug- 

 gists draw it overproof, because they want it bright : stimulant, 

 carminative. 



Riga Balsam, 5y^. turionum pini. Shoots of the Scotch fir col- 

 lected early in the spring, lb. j to the gallon proof; stimulant, 

 diuretic ; externally vulnerary. 



Compound piony water, Aq. epilptica, Aq. pcnonice composita. 

 Flor. HI. convall. lb. j, proof spirit cong. ij ss, fl. tilia? lb. ss, fl. 

 pa?oniae 5 iiij, rad. pa?on. mar. 5 ijss, rad. dictam. alb., rad. aristol. 

 long, ana 5 ss, fol. visci, fol. rut«?, ana m. ij, sem. paeon, decort. 5 x, 

 seni. rutae 5iiijs, cast. Russ., cubeb., macis, ana 5ij, cinnam. 5 jss, fl. 

 rorism. pug. vj,fl. sta?ch. Arab., fl. lavand. ana pug. iiij, fl. beton., 

 fl. tunicae, fl. paralyseos, ana pug. viij, succ. ceras. nigr. lb. iiij ; dis- 

 til 4 gallons : used as a general vehicle. 



Sp. pennyroyal water, Aq. pulegii spirituosa, Sp. pulegii^ 

 P. L. 1788. Dry herb lb. jss to the gallon proof ; emmenagogue. 



Sp.pulecfii, P. L. 1824. 01. pulegii 3 vij, S. V. R. Oiiijss, aquae 

 q. s. ; distil a gallon. 



Essence of jminy royal. S. V. R. 2 pints, colour with splnage, 

 strain, and add ol. pulegii 3 oz. 



Sp. of scurvy grass, Aq. raphani composita, P. L. 1720. 

 Fol. cochlear, hort., fol. coch. mar. ana lb. vj, express the juice 

 and add succ. beccabungae, succ. nasturt. aquat. ana lb. jss, rad. 

 raphani rustic, lb. ij, rad. ari. rec. 3VJ, cort. Winteri, nuc. mosch. 

 ana^iiij, cort. limon. ficc. ^ij, proof spirit lb. iiij ; distil 1 gallon. 



Aq. raphani composita, P. L. 1745. Fol. coch. hort. lb. iv, 

 rad. raph. rust., flav. cort. aurant. Hisp. ana lb. ij, nuc. mosch. 

 Six, proof spirit 2 gall., water q. s. ; distil 2 gall. 



Sq. raphani compositus. Same as the last, but using nuc. 

 raosch. 5j. 



Sp. armoracicB compositus. Same as the last, but omitting the 

 scurvy grass. 



Sp. cochlmricB simplex. Fol. cochl. rec. 321b., rad. raph. 41b., 

 S. V. R. 5 gall. ; draw 3 gall. ; antiscorbutic. 



Treacle water, Aq. theriacalis, Aq. alexiteria sjnrihLosa cum 

 aceto. Fol. menth. vulg. rec, fol. angel, rec. ana lb. ss, summ. 

 absinth, mar. rec. 5iv., proof spirit 1 gall. ; distill 1 gall., and add 

 aceti lb. j. The old process was more complicated. 



2. Aq. bryoniaz comp. 12 oz., acct. dist. 4 oz., M. ; cordial, 

 stimulant. 



Hungary water, Eau tie la Heine de Ilonqriey Aq. Ilnnya- 

 rica. Fresh rosemary flowers lb. ij, rectified spirit Ih. iij ; distil. 

 Also imported from France. 



