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PREPARATIONS 
OF CUBEBS. 
The mixture which we advise, adds the author, dries almost 
as promptly as pure gelatine, contracts less, and leaves an 
agreeable taste which may be varied by the addition of differ- 
ent aromatics. Journ. de Pharm. 
ART. XVIII.— FORMULA OF SEVERAL PREPARATIONS OF 
CUBEBS, EMPLOYED BY DR. PUCHE AT THE HOSPITAL 
OF MIDI. 
Liquid aqueous extract of cubebs. 
Take of powdered cubebs q. s., and form, with one and a 
half times its weight of boiling water, a soft paste, which is, af- 
ter several hours contact, to be expressed; the residue is to be 
subjected to several successive portions of water, and again ex- 
pressed until a quantity of liquid, equal in weight to the cu- 
bebs employed, is obtained. An eighth part of alcohol is then 
to be added, and the liquid kept in a cool place. 
Liquid alcoholic extract of cubebs. 
This extract is no other than a tincture of cubebs, prepared 
in a displacement apparatus, by means of powdered cubebs 
and alcohol of 22°, in quantity sufficient to yield an amount of 
liquid equal to the weight of the cubebs employed. 
Syrup of the alcoholic extract of cubebs. 
Simple syrup, and liquid alcoholic extract of cubebs, are to 
be mixed in equal parts, and evaporated, at first in an alembic 
on a salt water bath, then in an open vessel, until the syrup 
is reduced to its former weight. 
Bolus of cubebs — Bolus of cubebs, copaiba and turpentine. 
Dr. Puche often prepares oval boluses of cubebs, each con- 
taining a gramme of powdered cubebs, and others of the same 
weight, composed of equal parts of copaiba, spirits of turpentine 
and powdered cubebs. All are covered with the gelatinous 
mixture recommended by M. Vee. Journ. de Pharm. 
