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agitate the vessel to throw down the iodine which has condensed on its 
neck; after a few minutes add a new dose of acid, and proceed in this 
way until all the iodine has disappeared. Then pour the whole into a 
capsule of porcelain, and the iodic acid is deposited. But it will be yel- 
low, and in order to have it perfectly white, it must be dissolved in dis- 
tilled water, filtered, evaporated, and when sufficiently concentrated, once 
or twice its volume of pure and fuming- nitric acid added to it, in order 
to precipitate the iodic acid. Decant the mother water, wash the acid 
once or twice with a little nitric acid, redissolve the residue in three 
times its weight of distilled water, and add to the solution two thirds its 
volume of pure nitric acid, and evaporate to dryness in a porcelain cap- 
sule upon a sand bath, when very beautiful and perfectly crystallized 
iodic acid will be obtained. Jour, de Pharm. 
ZtitmarCs Decoction. — This nostrum once enjoyed great repute in the 
cure of syphilis, but fell into disuse; it has, however, been lately re- 
vived, and great encomiums bestowed on its powers, in this and other 
diseases. 
R. Rad. Sarsaparill ^xii 
concis. infund. in lebete stanneo C. aq. font Ms. xxiv. 
Sacchari aluminis,* ^iss 
Merc, dulcis, ^ss 
Cinnab. antimon. sublim. 
coque, donee supersint Ms. viij et subfin. coct. add. 
Sem. anisi 
Sem. fcenic. aa ^ss 
Fol. Senna? 3iij 
Rad. Liquirit giss 
ebullit. decoc. exorta redundatis evitetur. Coletur d. ad. decub, 
viij. S. Decoctum fortius. 
R Specibus residuis demio addantur 
Rad. Sarsaparill contus gvj 
coque C. aq. font. Ms. xxiv. sub finem coct. add. 
Cort. citri 
Cardom. minor 
Rad. Liquirit aa ^iij 
colentur lb. xvj d. ad. 3 v iij S. Decoct, mitius* 
The treatment is to begin with a cathartic of calomel and jalap. Next 
day the patient is to take eight ounces of the strong decoction warm, and 
remain in bed. At noon he may rise, and at one, take a pint of the weak 
decoction cold. At night, eight ounces of the strong decoction cold. 
This course is to be pursued for four days. On the sixth, another ca- 
* Equal parts of sugar and alum. 
