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of tartarized antimony in four fluid-ounces, of boiling diftiJled 

 water, and then adding fix fluid-ounces of wine. The V'mum 

 Tartritis Antimomi, formerly Viuum AniimonlaU, is had by 

 mixing twenty-four grains of tartrate of antimony m one 

 poundofSpani(h white wine, fo that the tartrate may be dif- 

 folved. Thefe folutions are of equal ftrength ; fsj of either 

 containing two grains of tartarized antimony. They are dia- 

 phoretic or emetic, according to the extent of die dofe. In 

 dpfes of ?l],x to fjj, in any proper vehicle, repeated every' 

 three or four hours, diaphorefis is ufually excited ; but this 

 folution is principally ufed as an emetic for infants, a tea- 

 fpoonful being given every five minutes till it produces full 

 vomiting. See Antimony. 



ViNUM Aromatkum, is made by infufing aromatics, or 

 fpices, in new wine, or muft. 



. ViNUM Bcncdi8um, Bkjfed Wine, is made of crocus me- 

 tallorum and mars infufed in wine. This was formerly a 

 celebrated emetic, but is now almoft out of ufe, on account 

 of its roughnefs. 



ViNUM Chalybeatum, Chalybeate Wine, is thus prepared : 

 Take filings of iron, four ounces ; cinnamon and mace, of 

 each half an ounce ; of Rhenifh wine, two quarts ; infufe a 

 month without heat, often fhaking the vefTel ; then filter it 

 off for ufe. Some fuperadd a reddifh colour, by ufing a 

 fmall quantity of cochineal. 



Fine iron wire, cut in pieces, is more eligible than the 

 filings, as we may always depend on the wire being pure 

 iron ; and as it expofes a larger furface to the fluid, it is 

 more eafily atted upon. 



This wine is an excellent ftomachic and aperient ; it may 

 be drank in the quantity of a common fpoonful, or even of a 

 moderate glafs, once or twice a day, or mixed in apozems of 

 the aperient vegetables. 



In obftruftions of the menfes, this preparation of iron may 

 be taken in the dofe of half a wine-glafs twfice or thrice a 

 day. Dr. Buchan fays, that the medicine would probably 

 be as good if made with Lilbon wine, fharpened with half an 

 ounce of cream of tartar, or a fmall quantity of the fpirit of 

 vitriol. 



The Vinum Ferri, or IVine of Iron, is by the Lond. Ph. di- 

 rected to be prepared by mixing two ounces of filings of iron 

 svith two pints of wine, and fetting the mixture afide for a 

 month, occafionally (baking it ; and filtering it through paper. 

 The Dub. Ph. orders four ounces of iron wire cut in pieces, 

 and four pints of w liite Rhenifh wine ; and direfts to fprinkle 

 a little of tlie wine over the iron filings, and expofmg them to 

 the air, until they be covered with ruft, tlien to add the re- 

 mainder of the wine ; to digeft for feven days, with frequent 

 agitation, and laftly to filter. This is a vinous folution of 

 tartrate of iron and potafs, and when prepared as the London 

 College direfts, each pint contains about twenty -two grains 

 of oxyd of iron. It is the lealt unpleafant of the preparations 

 of iron ; chiefly employed in chlorofis, and the relaxed ha- 

 bits of young femalef. The dofe is from f5J to f5vj, given 

 twice or thrice a day. 



ViNUM Cydonites, Quince Wine ; made of flices of that firuit, 

 fteeped Ln mufl;, or new wine. 



Vinum Emeticum, Emetic Wine, is wine in which the glafs 

 or regulus of antimony, or crocus metallorum, has been 

 fteeped. See Emetic. 



This only takes a certain degree of efficacy from the mat- 

 ters ; nor is it found any llronger at three months end, 

 than at the end of three days. It purges both upwards 

 and downwards. 



Vinum Enulatum, Elecampane Wine, is an infufion of the 

 root of that plant, with fugar and currants, in white Port. 

 It cleanfes the vifcera, prevents diforders and obltruftions 



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of the lungs, and is good in afthmatic cafes, cachexies, &c- 

 See Elecampane. 



ViKUM Hippocraticum. See HippoCRAs. 



Vinum Ipecacuanha is prepared, according to the Lond. 

 Ph., by macerating for fourteen days two ounces of the 

 root of ipecacuanha bruifed in two pints of wine, and filter- 

 ing ; according to the Ed. Ph., by macerating for feven 

 days one ounce of the root bruifed in fifteen ounces of 

 Spanifh white wine, and filtering through paper ; and ac- 

 cording to the Dubhn Ph., by digefting for feven days two 

 ounces of the bruifed root in two pints of Spanifli white 

 wine, and then filtering. As an emetic, this is equally 

 efficacious, and milder in its operation than antimonial wine, 

 and, therefore, better adapted for infants : for this purpofe, 

 a tea-fpoonful, or f5fs, is given for a dofe, and repeated 

 every ten minutes till it operates. In fmaller dofes it 

 anfwers the fame purpofes as the powder, and is given in 

 coughs, diarrhoea, dyfentery, and other complaints in which 

 a determination to the Ikin is indicated. 



Vinum Marinum, Sea-wine, is made by calling fea-water 

 oa the grapes in the vat. 



Vinum Millepedum. See Millepedes. 



Vinum Nieotiann Tabaci, Wine of Tobacco, of the Edinb. 

 Ph., is prepared by macerating for feven days one ounce of 

 tobacco-leaves in one pound of Spanifli white wme, and 

 filtering through paper. This is the only form in which 

 tobacco can be conveniently adminifliered as an internal re- 

 medy. It is given to produce diuretic and antifpafmodic 

 effefts in dropfies, colica piftonum, and ileus. The dofe is 

 from mx to li\xxx, in any proper vehicle. 



Vinum Opii, Wine of Opium, is obtained, according to 

 tlie Lond. Ph., by taking an ounce of extraft of opium, 

 cinnamon bark bruifed and cloves bruifed, of each a drachm, 

 and a pint of %vine ; macerating for eight days, and filtering. 

 Mr. Ware introduced the ufe of this tinfture as a local ap- 

 plication in the fecond ftage of ophthalmia, when the inflam- 

 matory fymptoms have fubllded, and the veflels of the 

 conjunAiva remain turgid with red blood. Two or three 

 drops are dropped into the eye every morning, until the 

 rednefs be removed. 



Vinum PeSorale, PeSoral Wine, is prepared by liquorice, 

 fafiron, coriander-feeds, caraway, anife, fait of tartar, penny- 

 royal, and hyfTop leaves, digefted with Canary wine, and 

 ftrained. It is a good expeftorant, helping to deterge and 

 cleanfe the lungs, &c. 



Vinum Picatum, Pitched Wine, is made of pitch infufed 

 in m.ufl. 



Vinum Rhei Palmaii. See Rhubarb. 



Vinum Rofatum, Rofe Wins, is made by fteeping rofes 

 for three months in wine. 



Vinum Scilliticum. See Squills. 



Vinum Stomachicum, Stomachic Wine, is prepared by in- 

 fufing an ounce of Peruvian bark, grofsly powdered, carda- 

 mom-leeds, and orange-peel, bruifed, of each two drachms, 

 in a bottle of white Port or Lifbon wine for five or fix days, 

 and ftraining off the wine. This wine is not only of fervice in 

 laxity and debihty of the ilomach and inteftines, but may 

 alfo be taken as a preventive, by perfons hable to the inter- 

 mittent fever, or who refide in places where this difeafe pre- 

 vails. It will be of ufe to thofe who recover flowly after 

 fevers of any kind, as it afGfts digeftion, and helps to reftore 

 the tone and vigour of the fyflem. A glafs of it may be 

 taken two or three times a day. 



Vinum Strobilifes, denotes pine-apple wine. 



Vinum e Tartaro Antimoniali, is made by diffolving tartar 

 emetic in white wine, in the proportion of twenty-four 

 grains to a pouud. 



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