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expose  to  a  moderate  heat  in  water  bath,  shaking  occasionally, 
till  the  syrup,  from  a  red  brownish  color,  has  passed  to  a  white 
one. 
Mix  this  syrup  with  the  above  32  litres,  and  pass  through 
flannel,  so  as  to  obtain,  in  all,  65  litres. 
Dose  for  adults  a  tablespoonful ;  for  children  a  dessert  or  a 
teaspoonful,  always  three  times  a  day,  at  meal  hours. 
Each  tablespoonful  contains  of  iodine  two  grains. 
lodo-ferro-phosphated  Elixir  of  Horse-radish. 
N.  B. — This  Elixir  is  to  be  kept  in  a  dark  place,  as  it  is  altered  by  the 
light. 
1st.  Fresh  scurvy  grass,  Cinnamon  buds,     0-100  kilog., 
Fresh  water  cress,  aa,  10 kilog.,  Cardamom,  0400  " 
Orange  peels,  '  0-500  "   Mace,  0-100  " 
Angelica  root,  0-200  "   White  wine,  40  litres. 
Proceed  as  before  in  foregoing  formula,  under  No.  1,  to  obtain 
also  10  litres. 
2d.  Fresh  horse-radish,  10  kilog.,    White  sugar,  20  kilog. 
Operate  as  in  'first  formula  under  No.  2,  also  to  obtain  32 
litres. 
3d.  Simple  syrup,  10  lit.,         Iodine,  in  powder,  420  gram. 
Expose  to  a  moderate  heat,  as  in  first  formula,  under  No.  3. 
4th.  Water,  17  lit.,  Pyrophosphate  of  iron,  840  grm. 
Dissolve  by  heat. 
5th.  Inodorous  alcohol  95°,  6  lit. 
Mix  ail  the  liquids  together,  and  filter  so  as  to  obtain  in  all 
65  litres.  Same  doses  as  for  the  iodinised  syrup  of  horse- 
radish. 
Each  tablespoonful  contains  of  iodine  2  grains,  of  pyrophos- 
phate of  iron  4  grains. 
PHARMACOPCEA    HELVETICA.     SCAPHUSIJE    EX  OFFI- 
CINA  BRODTMANN1ANA,  Chr.  Fr.  Stoetzner  ;  1865. 
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Auro-natrium  chloratum  is  made  in  the  usual  way,  from  6 
parts  pure  gold  and  10  chloride  of  sodium. 
Bismuthum  nitricum.  The  metal  is  first  freed  from  arsenic  by 
