420 XII. CONSISTENT COMPOUNDS— 



Gooseberry jelly. Dissolve sugar in about half its weight of 

 water, boil ; it will be nearly solid when cold : to this syrup add 

 an equal weight of gooseberry juice, and give it a boil, but not 

 long, for otherwise it will not fix. 



Gooseberry jayn. A sieve of red gooseberries, picked, weighed 

 221b., which with 121b. of white sugar, produced 261b. of jam. 



Damson cheese. Boil the fruit in water q. s. to cover it, and 

 pulp through a very coarse sieve, to each pound add sugar 4 oz., 

 boil till it begins to candy on the sides, then pour it into tin 

 moulds. Other kinds of pluras may be treated in the same way, 

 as also cherries and several kinds of fruit. 



Raspberry jam. Picked raspberries, white sugar, of each 141b., 

 produced 271b. of jam ; 24 gall, of raspberries produced 171b. of 

 juice. 



Apricot jam. Flesh of apricots, white sugar, of each 2\]h,j 

 produced \\\h. jam: 6 doz. apricots, stoned and pared, pro- 

 duced 2tlb. of flesh. 



Scotch marmalade. Juice of Seville oranges 2 pints, yellow 

 peel of the oranges cut small, yellow honey 2lb. ; boil to a proper 

 consistence. 



Marmalade of hips. The hips of Rosa systyla and R. arvensis 

 make a fine flavoured conserve, that may be used as an excellent 

 sweetmeat. 



Marmalade of wood sorrel^ Coiis. foliorum lujiilcB, Cons. lujulcE. 

 Leaves of wood sorrel lb. j, sugar lb. iij ; gratefully acid, of an 

 elegant red colour, cooling. 



Essence of lemon peel. — Ess. of Seville orange peel. Rub off* the 

 yellow rind of these fruits with hard white sugar, and press the 

 essence into a pot. 



ELECTARIES. 



Under the name of electaries physicians include all solid or 

 pulpy mixtures of different substances which are not of an oily 

 nature, but more or less soluble or diff*usible in water. The name 

 electarium has been usually written electuary ; but Caelius Aure- 

 lianus, the most ancient author who uses the word, writes it elec- 

 tarium. Gum tragacanth does not answer for electaries, as it 

 renders them slimy when long kept. 



FOR MEDICAL USE. 



Electarium e baccis lauri. Fol. rutae sicc, sem. carui, 

 sem. petrosel. vulg., bacc. lauri ana 5J, sagapeni 5ss, piper, nigri, 

 casior. Russ. ana sij, mel. 5 xv. 



