4a6 XI. LIQUID COMPOUNDS— 



Fresh roots lib., water 1 gall. ; boil to one half, press out the 

 liquor, let it settle, add white sugar lb. iiij, and boil to lb, vj. 



Syr. althcBCB officinalis. Fresh roots lb. j, water lb. x ; boil to 

 one half, add white sugar lb. iiij, and boil to a syrup ; demulcent, 

 ad libitum, in tickling coughs. 



Syr. of horse-radish juice, Syr. armoracice. Juice 0£ 

 horse-radish q. p., sugar q. s. to make a syrup ; a spoonful swaU 

 lowed slowly, removes hoarseness immediately ; a more simple 

 and efficacious medicine than the syrupus de erysimo of the old 

 editions of the P. L. 



Syr. of maidenhair, Sirop de capillaire, Syrupus capillorum 

 Veneris. Maidenhair |v, stick liquorice 3ij, boihng water lb. vj ; 

 steep for six hours, strain, add white sugar lb. iij. 



Syr. pectoralis. Maidenhair 3v, stick liquorice 5iiij, boiling 

 water lb. v, sugar q. s. 



2. Maidenhair 1 oz., water 6 pints ; steep, strain, add white 

 sugar 8 lb., boil to a syrup, adding, when cold, orange flower 

 water 2 oz. Common capillaire is sold for it. 



Syr. of clove pinks, Syr. infusionis florum caryophyllorurriy 

 Syr. caryophyllorum ruhrorum^ Syr. caryophylli rubric Syr. dianthi 

 caryophylli. Fresh petals of clove pinks, the white points being 

 cut off, lb. ij, boiling water 6 pints; infuse for 12 hours, strain, 

 and add white sugar q. s. 



2. Clove pinks 1 peck, white sugar 24lb. ; produces syrup 401b. 

 and a half. Syrup of cochineal is sold for it. 



Syr. of cochineal, Syr. coccinellce. Cochineal 5j, sugar 

 21b. 1 oz., water a pint ; used as a red colouring syrup. Sold for 

 syrup of clove pinks. 



Syr. of cloves, Syr, caryophyllorum aromaticorum. Ca- 

 ryoph. ^iij, white wine lb. j ; infuse, strain, and add sugar q. s. : 

 stomachic. ' 



Syr. of ci-hkauoih, Syr. de cinnamomo. Cinnam. Siij, boiling 

 water lb. j ; infuse, strain, and add sugar q. s. : stomachic. 



Syr. corallii simplex. Red coral in powder 3iiij, juice of 

 berberries lb. iiij ; filter, to each pint add white sugar lb. jss; to 

 each lb. add syr. caryoph. rubr. (e. coccin.) p'v; astringent 3ij — 

 3j, in looseness. 



^ Syr. of saffron, Syr. croci, P. L. before 1788. Croci jj, 

 vin. Canar. lb. j ; infuse three days, press, and add sugar q. s. 



Syr. croci, P. L. since 1788. Made with water instead of 

 "^ine. 



2. Croci 4 oz., coccin. 3ij, boiling water 1 gallon; strain and 

 add white sugar 121b. 



