COMPOUND DECOCTION OF ALOES. 
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Mr. Tyson particularly objects to the use of Spanish 
liquorice, and thinks only the English extract should be 
used. He also objects to the myrrh, which he considers 
"worse than superfluous/ 5 and recommends English saf- 
fron. 
Mr. Fisher (of Ramsgate) states, as the result of his ex 
periments on the Compound Decoction of Aloes, that cold 
maceration is a much better process than the boiling, which 
is usually adopted. We have seen a sample of the prepa- 
ration made in this manner, the ingredients having been 
merely macerated together for two or three weeks, and its 
appearance, flavor, and smell were remarkably good. We 
are informed by the maker of this decoction, that its effect 
is uniform and satisfactory, that it is always bright, and re- 
tains its properties longer than the decoction prepared in 
the usual way. With respect to the extract of liquorice, it 
is evident, that if the foreign be employed, it ought pre- 
viously to be purified, as Solazzi juice contains generally 
between thirty and forty per cent, of impurities. English 
saffron is an article with which we are not acquainted. 
Ibid, 
