Lozenges. 449 



Ipecacuanha lozenges. Ipecac. 5iv5 sugar 2lb., miic. g. 

 trag. q. s. ; make 480 lozenges, containing each gr. ss of ipeca- 

 cuanha; expectorant ; used in coughs, also stomachic. 



2. (P. Belg.) Cort. rad. ipec. 3j, sacch. albi 5viij, muc. g. trag. 

 q. s. 



Oerice lozenges, Violet lozenges. Rad. irid. Flor., gum. 

 Arab, ana 5ij, rad. glycyrrh. 5vj, sugar lib. 8 oz. muc. g. trag. 

 q. s. 



Gum lozenges, Tro, gumniosi. Gum Arab. 4 oz, starch 1 oz, 

 sugar 12 oz, aq. rosae q. s. 



Lemon drops. Sugar lib. in very fine powder, dissolve one 

 half along with salt of sorrel 5iij, in the smallest quantity of water ; 

 as soon as it boils add the other half of the sugar, and ess. limon. 

 gtt. viij, drag it out immediately by a crooked wire in drops upon 

 a slab. — 2. Use concrete acid of lemons, or acid of tartar, instead 

 of the salt of sorrel. — 3. Colour with turmeric. 



Lemon sugar. Concrete acid of lemons 3 oz, sugar 4lb., 

 essence of lemons 5ij. 



MoEsuLi ciTRi. Sugar 16 oz, citron or lemon juice 2\ oz, 

 cleosacch. citri 4 oz ; dry. 



Steel lozenges. Sugar 3lb. 8 oz, iron filings, or rust of 

 iron, 8 oz, cinnamon 2 oz, muc. g. trag. q. s. ; stomachic, tonic. 



Aromatic lozenges of steel. Are prepared with vitriol, vir. and 

 a little tinct. canthar. 



Candied horehound. Marrubium conditum. Juice of hore- 

 hound 1 pint, white sugar 41b., brown sugar 6lb. 



Magnesia lozenges, Tro. e magnesia, Magnes. ustae ^i^j 

 zz. 3j, sugar 3ij, muc. g. Arab. q. s. 



2. Magnesia 1 oz, sugar 4 oz, muc. g. trag. made with aq. flor. 

 aurant. q. s. 



Purple tablets. Magncsiae 31b., sacch. alb. IJlb., drop 

 lake I oz, gum. tragac. 3 oz ; mix. 



Nutmeg lozenges. Sacch. alb. 8lb., gum. tragac. 2]; oz, ol. 

 nuc. mosch. I oz. 



Peppermint drops. Sugar 2lb., peppermint water 4 oz, 

 made into drops, as those of lemons : essence of peppermint may 

 be added, if they are required to be very warm. 



Pfppennint lozenges. Sugar 2lb., starch 2 oz, essence of pep- 

 permint q. p. muc. gum. trag. q. s. — 2. Use plaster of Paris 

 instead of starch, to give a body to these lozenges ; stimulant. — 

 8. Sacch. alb. 4lb., muc. g. tragac. cj. s., ol. menth. pip. 5vi. — 

 4. White sugar 5xivss, melt in a ladle, add white sugar 5 jss mixed 



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