Syrups. 405" 



rac 8 oz., mastich 1 oz. ; in a fourth bottle spirit of wine one quar- 

 ter of a pint, and elemi an oz. : keep warm for two or three days, 

 then strain off the clear tinctures and mix them together. 



Black copal vaniish. Mix the bottoms of the tinctures for white 

 copal varnish together for black or dark work. 



Tincture of Brazil wood, Stain for crocus. Ground Brazil 3lb., 

 aq. kali 8 oz., melasses spir. 15 gall. ; used as a dye. 



Tinct of red sanders, Svirit staiJi, Santal. rubr. 6 oz., melasses 

 spirit 1 gall. ; used as a dye. 



Tinct, of turmeric, T. curcumce. From the root ; used in dyeing 

 the imitation Indian shawls vellow. 



SYRUPS. 



Syrups in general require 21b. av. of sugar to the pint. They 

 are judged to be sufficiently boiled when some taken up in a spoon 

 pours out like oil ; and when a thin skim appears on blowing upon 

 the syrup, it is judged to be completely saturated ; a bottle that 

 holds 4 oz. Troy of water, ought to hold 4 oz. 3 drachms of syrup, 

 equal to sf>ec. gr. 1*321, or 35 degrees Baume. 



Most syrups should be kept in small bottles, capillaires, in a 

 cool place, and only a small quantity brought into the shop for 

 present use ; the larger serving bottles of the syrups in common 

 use may have conical corks, with a wire passing through them, 

 and having a ring at top ; this would be far better than the mere 

 tin cover now used, which seldom prevents the access of the flies. 



To make clear syrups, the sugar must be in a single lump, and 

 be taken from the bottom or broad end of the loaf, for if pow- 

 dered or bruised the syrup will be cloudy. In boiling syrups, if 

 they appear likely to boil over, a little oil will prevent it, or rub- 

 bing the edges of the pan with soap. The heat of s^Tup when 

 sufficiently foiled down is 221 deg. Fahr., and its density 32 dcg. 

 Baume. The whites of 2 eggs, with the shells, will clarify 2 or 

 3 pints of a decoction for making syrup ; the shells are put in, 

 not to lose the white that adheres to them. 



FOR MEDICAL USE. 



Simple syrup, Sijrupus simplex. Sugar 30 oz. Troy to the 

 pint. This serves as a general formula for making syrups when 

 no proportion of sugar is expressly given. 



Syrup of garlick, .Syr. allii. Had. alHi lb. j, water lb. ij, sugar 

 q. s. ; expectorant, diuretic, 3j — Siij. 



Syrup of maesh-m allows, Syr, ex althaa, Syr, althcecB. 



