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wax in the copaiba, and then incorporate with it the powdered 
cubebs. When cool, the mass will have acquired sufficient 
firmness to be divided into pills. Here is the doctor's 
prescription — 
P. Cerae alb. 3ij. 
Leni calore liquefactse et semirefrigerata adde agitando, 
Balsam. Copaiv. §ss. 
Pulv. Cubebar. Jj. , 
M. Fiant pilul. No. 240, consperg. pulv. lycopod. 
These cerated pills of copaiba, are of good consistence and 
do not become hard like the other. Apothecaries should sug- 
gest this method to physicians, who are often at a loss when 
wishing to prescribe copaiba in the form of pills combined 
with other remedies to suit an emergency. 
The good effects of this remedy in the case of delicate 
patients were in the majority of instances rendered un- 
availing, by reason of the disgust uniformly exhibited towards 
the taste of copaiba, until the capsules were introduced. 
These, however, do not admit of physicians prescribing 
copaiba united with other substances, as the empty capsules 
of gelatine are not to be obtained. Under these circumstances, 
the idea thrown out by the above prescription, may be worthy 
of some consideration. 
Cicuta Plaster. 
This plaster is not officinal in the London, Dublin, Edin- 
burg, or U. S. Pharmacopoeias, though as respects the latter, 
it will probably become so in the forthcoming edition of that 
work. The following proportions taken from the Prussian 
Pharmacopoeia, are such as may be employed with excellent 
results — 
Yellow wax 2 oz. or 2 parts, 
Resin 1 oz. or 1 part, 
Olive oil 1 oz. or 1 " 
Powdered cicuta leaves 2 oz. or 2 parts. 
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