290  Prepay^ations — Mexican  Pharmacopoeia.  {^^'/nnl'im^'''^' 
— Fennel  120,  anise,  caraway,  allspice,  Ceylon  cinnamon  and  laurel 
berries  of  each  30,  rosemary,  elecampane  and  ginger  each  60,  nutmeg, 
cloves  and  bitter  orange  peel  each  5,  alcohol  (80  per  cent.)  3,000,  water 
1,000;  distil  3,000  Gni. 
Alcoholato  de  Garus,  Alcoholatum  ex  Garus. — Aloes  20,  saffron  20, 
myrrh,  Ceylon  cinnamon,  cloves  and  nutmeg,  of  each  10,  alcohol  (56 
per  cent.)  5,000 ;  distil  2,500  Gm.  This  is  used  for  preparing  the 
Elixir  de  Garus  by  mixing  of  the  above  spirit  1,000,  simple  syrup 
1,200  and  double  orange  flower  water  100  Gm. 
Alcoholato  de  toronjil,  Alcoholatum  Cedronell?e  mexicanse. — Fresh 
cedronella  leaves  and  flowers  1,000,  alcohol  (80  per  cent.)  3,000;  distil 
all  the  spirit ;  add  to  the  residue  fresh  cedronella  500,  and  by  means 
of  steam  obtain  500  Gm.  of  watery  distillate  and  mix  with  the  spirit. 
Alcoholato  de  trementina  compuesto,  Alcoholatum  Terebinthinse 
compositum. — Common  turpentine  500,  white  copal  180,  myrrh  120, 
sweet  gum  (liquidambar)  120,  laurel  berries  100,  galbanum,  Ceylon 
cinnamon,  cloves,  nutmeg,  ginger  and  origanum,  of  each  60,  alcohol 
(80  per  cent.)  3,500 ;  distil  3,000  Gm.  Used  externally  in  rheumatic 
complaints. 
Aleoholaturos,  Alcoholatura,  are  tinctures  prepared  from  fresh  drugs, 
the  plants  being  collected  when  the  flowers  begin  to  appear,  bruised 
and  macerated  with  an  equal  weight  of  90  per  cent,  alcohol.  Such 
tinctures  are  prepared  from  aconite  leaves,  aconite  root,  arnica  flowers, 
hyoscyamus,  belladonna,  colchicum  tubers  and  flowers,  digitalis,  stra- 
monium, tobacco,  toxicodendron  and  from  the  flowers  of  Magnolia 
mexicana. 
Algodon  absorbente  Gossypium  absorvens. — Prepared  by  a  process 
similar  to  that  recommended  by  Mr.  F.  L.  Slocum  Am.  Jour.  Phar.,'' 
1881,  p.  53). 
Algodon  yodado,  Gossypium  iodatum. — 25  Gm.  of  carded  cotton 
are  mixed  as  intimately  as  possible  with  2  Gm.  of  finely  powdered 
iodine;  the  mixture  is  introduced  into  a  glass  stoppered  bottle,  which 
is  heated  for  several  minutes  in  water  to  expel  the  air,  then  firmly 
closed,  and  heated  to  about  100°  C  for  at  least  two  hours.  After  cool- 
ing the  cotton  is  preserved  in  well  stoppered  bottles. 
Apocema  blanca  de  Sydenham,  Apozema  alba  ex  Sydenham. — Pre- 
cipitated calcium  phosphate  20,  powdered  white  bread  crumb  40, 
white  gum,  40 ;  mix,  boil  with  water,  stirring  continually,  and  when 
the  mixture  has  been  reduced  to  two  liters,  pass  through  loose  cotton 
