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The  following  formula  I  find  to  furnish  an  excellent  elixir. 
Radic.  glycyrrhizae  opt.,        ....  §ii 
Spir.  vini  rect.  fort.,        .  .  .  ,  f^vi 
Aquas,    ......  f"3vi 
Syr.  simplic  ,  .  .  .  .  .  f§iv 
Spir.  aurantii,        .....  f-^iss 
Spir.  cinnamomi,  ....  TT^viii 
The  spirits  are  made  by  dissolving  i  fluidounce  of  the  oil  in  15  fluidounces  of 
stronger  alcohol. 
Make  a  moderately  coarse  powder  of  the  root,  mix  the  alcohol  and 
water,  moisten  the  powder  with  the  mixture,  allow  it  to  stand  twelve 
hours,  pack  in  a  conical  percolator,  and  pour  on  the  balance  of  alco- 
holic mixture  and  sufficient  diluted  alcohol  until  12  fluidounces  of  per- 
colate are  obtained,  then  add  the  syrup  and  finally  the  spirits  of  orange 
and  cinnamon. 
Pottsville,  Pa.,  April,  1877. 
AROMATIC  ELIXIR  OF  LICORICE. 
By  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Ph.G. 
Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting,  April  ijth. 
Since  the  remarkable  property  possessed  by  preparations  of  glycyr- 
rhizin  was  noticed — of  influencing  the  gustatory  nerve  so  that  bitter 
and  disagreeable  substances  can  be  readily  administered  without  betray- 
ing their  presence — several  forms  of  using  this  valuable  addition  to  the 
Materia  Medica  have  been  suggested.  An  aromatic  elixir  of  licorice 
has  been  one  of  the  most  desirable  and  successful  of  these  attempts, 
and  the  writer  submits  a  formula  which  seems  to  be  satisfactory  : 
Take  of  Cinnamon,        .  .    grams,  six 
Star  anise, 
Coriander, 
Caraway,  . 
Tonqua, 
Canella, 
Nutmegs, 
Cloves,  all  in  fine  powder, 
Ammoniacal  glycyrrhizin, 
Oil  of  orange  (fresh), 
Alcohol,  . 
Syrup, 
Water, 
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