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powder is dissolved in an infusion or decoction in a brass or iron 

 ladle lipped to the right ; and when dissolved, the other half of 

 the sugar, previously warmed, and any essential oil, is added, well 

 stirred in, and the grouty mass dragged out by a wire to form 

 drops on a slab sprinkled with sugar or starch. In others the 

 sugar is not dissolved, but the mass is made to cohere by a muci- 

 lage, generally of gum tragacanth, or by white of eggs. 



Ambergris is the only perfume that can be properly used for 

 perfumed lozenges and tablets for the mouth. 



FOR MEDICAL USE. 



Marsh-mallow lozenges, Trochisci althcecB. Rad. althseae, 

 in powder, lib., white sugar 4lb., muc. g. tragac. q. s. 



Starch lozenges, Trochisci hechici albi, T. amyli, Amyli 

 3Jss, rad. glycyrrh. ^vj, rad. iridis Flor. 5SS, sugar lb. jss, muc. g. 

 trag. q. s. 



T. amyli sine iride. As the other, but without the orrice. 



Morsuli aromatici. Sugar lib. j, water q. s. ; dissolve, boil 

 to a full candy height, when half cold add amygdal. dulc. decort., 

 cort. aurant. condit. zma 5j, cinnam. 3SS, zz. 9J, all cut in small 

 pieces. 



Morsuli aceti. White sugar lib., dissolve, evaporate, and 

 form into lozenges, which imbibe with acetic acid 2 oz. 



Antimony lozenges, Morsuli stihii Kimkelii. Sulph. anti- 

 mon. ppi., - aniygd. dulc. excort. ana ^ss, citri cort. cond. 5ij, syr. 

 simp. q. s. ; make into 8 cakes ; dose one a day : the best mode 

 of exhibiting sulphuret of antimony as an alterative. 



Troch. bechici albi, (P. Belg.) Gum. Arab. -sacch. alb. 

 ana ^viij, dissolve in a small quantity of water, evaporate, add 

 white of Qgg beat up with orange flower water 3iv, and make into 

 troches. 



Yellow pectoral lozenges, Tr, hechici fiavi. Rad. irid. 

 Flor. 5vj, rad. glycyrrh. 5iij, amyli ^ss, croci pulv. ij, sugar 

 5viij, muc. g. trag. q. s. 



Lozenges for the heartburn, Tah. cardiahjicxp. Crct. 

 ppse. pv, chel. cancr. ppm. 3ijj bol. arm. .5j, nuc. mosch. 3J, 

 sugar 5iij, water q. s. 



Tro. e creta. Cret. npai. jiv, chel. cane. ppm. ^ij, cinn. 

 Jss, sugar jiij, muc. g. Arab. q. s. 



Tro. carbonatis calcis. Cret. ppae. jiv, gum. Arab. 5j, 

 nuc. mosch. y, sugar 3vj, water q. s. 



Cough lozenges., Tdblettrs anticatarrhales de Tronchin. 

 Gum Arab. 5viij, kermetis miner. -sem. anisi ana 91 v, sue. gly- 



