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goric or opiated tincture of camphor of the American Pharma- 
copoeia. 
RECIPE. 
Alcoholis diluti, Cong. iv. 
Santali Rubri Rasi, gij. 
Digest for 24 hours, filter and add 
*Pulveris Opii, ^ij. 
Pulveris Catechu, gij. 
Camphorse, gij. 
Olei Anisi, f.3iv. 
Digest for ten days.t 
4. Godfrey's Cordial. 
The quantity of opium in this mild and much used narcotic 
varies in a very dangerous degree. Some of the recipes con- 
tain 4.46 parts, and others only .92 parts of opium in 1000 
parts of the liquid. The printed directions state that a large 
tea-spoonful is the dose for a child one year old. Supposing 
the proper dose of opium for such a child to be the twelfth 
part of a grain, the quantity contained in 1000 parts of the 
liquid would be 1.39. As this is, however, much below the 
average quantity in the recipes, the committee have adopted 
the proportion of 2.08 to 1000; according to which a grain 
of opium is contained in an ounce, or two table-spoonsful of 
the liquid, which is the dose for an adult ordered in the print- 
ed directions. The salt of tartar, which is found to be very 
useful as an anti-acid, is retained in the proportion of one and 
two-thirds of a grain to the ounce; and the oil of sassafras is 
*Vel tincturae opii Oij et alcoholis diluti cong. iij Ovj. 
| In the original preparation, the undissolved residuum was kept agitat- 
ed in the mixture while bottling off, so as to form a sediment in each 
bottle. The virtues of the opium and catechu are entirely extracted by 
proof spirit, and the circumstance is merely mentioned that those who 
wish may preserve the appearance of the original. The coloring used for 
the artificial brandies may be substituted with advantage for the red 
saunders in the proportion of three ounces to the gallon. 
1000 parts. 
31.25 
31.25 
31.25 
31.25 
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