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ON EXTRACTS OF SPIGELIA. 
ART. VI. — FORMULA FOR THE PREPARATION OF SYRUP 
OF CHAMOMILE. 
Presented to the Pharmaceutical Meeting, February 5th, 1844. 
By Edward Parrish: 
Take of chamomile flowers in coarse powder, one ounce. 
" cold water, twelve fluid ounces. 
" refined sugar, in coarse powder, twenty ounces. 
Make an infusion, by the displacement process, of the 
chamomile flowers and water. Remove the residue from 
the apparatus, and place the coarsely powdered sugar in its 
stead : on this pour the infusion until it is entirely dis- 
solved. 
The dose might be stated at a table spoonful. 
ART. VII. — ON EXTRACTS OF SP1GELIA. 
By Thomas Estlack. 
Extract from Thesis. 
A class of pharmaceutical remedies has of late been in- 
troduced into this country, designated fluid extracts. Pre- 
parations of a similar character have long been in use in 
England, under the name of concentrated essences, and 
concentrated infusions, which appear to be similar in cha- 
racter to our fluid extracts, with the exception of containing 
.ess sugar, and, of course, being of thinner consistence. The 
