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Mix  the  powder,  moisten  them  with  half  a  pint  of  the  diluted 
alcohol,  pack  firmly  in  a  conical  percolater,  and  pour  on  diluted 
alcohol  until  a  gallon  of  tincture  has  passed,  which  should  be 
shaken  to  render  it  uniform. 
Piluloe  Terehinthince  Oomposita. 
Take  of  Copaiba,  three  troyounces. 
Dried  Sulphate  of  Iron,  in  fine  powder,  a  troyounce 
and  a  half. 
White  Turpentine,  four  troyounces  and  a  half. 
Cubebs,  in  fine  powder,  six  troyounces. 
Calcined  Magnesia,  three  drachms. 
Triturate  the  magnesia,  which  should  be  recently  calcined, 
with  the  copaiba  previously  warmed,  add  the  turpentine,  previ- 
ously freed  from  impurities  by  straining,  then  the  sulphate  and 
cubebs,  and  incorporate  them  well  together.  Lastly,  when  by 
standing  the  mass  acquires  the  proper  consistence,  divide  it  into 
five  grain  pills.  This  mass  by  age  becomes  too  hard  for  use  owing 
to  the  oxidation  of  the  volatile  oils,  and  should  be  prepared  in 
quantities  suited  to  the  demand.  The  pills,  if  to  be  kept  long, 
should  be  coated  with  sugar  or  gelatin. 
Tinctura  Kino  Com^posita. 
Take  of  Opium,  in  powder,  two  drachms. 
Kino,  "        two  drachms. 
Cochineal,     "        two  drachms. 
Camphor,     "        three  drachms. 
Cloves,         "        three  drachms. 
Diluted  alcohol,  two  pints  or  q.  s. 
Mix  the  powders  and  prepare  a  quart  of  tincture  by  macera- 
tion with  agitation,  or  by  percolation  as  preferred. 
This  is  a  favorite  preparation  for  Diarrhoea.  Each  teaspoonful 
contains  about  half  a  grain  of  opium,  and  three  quarters  of  a 
grain  of  camphor. 
Tonic  Narcotic, 
This  formula  originated  with  Prof.  Samuel  Jackson,  late  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  who  formerly  prescribed  it.  Its 
complexity  and  want  of  homogeneousness  are  objectionable. 
