NON  OFFICINAL  FORMULA  IN  LOCAL  USE. 
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Elixir  Picis  Liquidce  Compositum. 
Take  of  Wine  of  Tar,*  a  pint. 
Syrup  of  Wild  Cherry  Bark, 
Syrup  of  Tolu,  of  each  four  fluidounces. 
Rectified  Wood  Naphtha  (methylic  alcohol),  a  fluidounce. 
Sulphate  of  Morphia,  four  grains. 
Mix.    Dose,  two  teaspoonfuls. 
Lotto  Alba  Boracis  (nipple  wash). 
Take  of  Borax,  a  drachm. 
Boiling  Rose-water,  a  fluidounce. 
Dissolve,  filter,  and  add — 
Oil  of  Sweet  Almonds,  a  fluidounce. 
Mix  well. 
Pilulce  Podophyllini  Composite^. 
Take  of  Podophyllum,  six  grains. 
Leptandrin,  twelve  grains. 
Extract  of  Nux  vomica',  three  grains. 
Extract  of  Aloes,  twenty-four  grains. 
Mix,  and  make  twenty-four  pills. 
Dose,  one  to  three  pills. 
Emplastrum  Peruvianurh  (breast  plaster). 
Take  of  Lead  Plaster, 
Plaster  of  Ammoniac  with  Mercury, 
Soap  Plaster,  of  each  two  troyounces. 
Powdered  Camphor,  six  drachms. 
Balsam  of  Peru,  four  drachms. 
Mercurial  Ointment,  two  drachms. 
Mix. 
Mistura  Hcemostatica  (Warren's). 
Take  of  Concentrated  Sulphuric  Acid,  five  drachms. 
Alcohol,  and  Oil  of  Turpentine,  of  each  two  drachms. 
Add  gradually  the  acid  to  the  turpentine,  and  then  the  alcohol,  using  care. 
Vinum  Pepsicum  (wine  of  pepsin). 
Take  of  Pepsin,  in  powder,  a  drachm  and  a-half. 
Distilled  Water,  six  fluid rachms. 
White  Sugar,  a  troyonnce. 
Sherry  Wine,  fifteen  fluidrachms. 
Alcohol,  three  fluidrachms. 
Mix. 
*The  Wine  of  Tar  here  indicated  is  made  as  follows  : 
Take  of  Tar,  six  troyounces. 
Carbonate  of  Magnesia,  two  troyounces. 
Mix  thoroughly,  and  add — 
Sherry  Wine,  four  pints. 
Digest  for  ten  minutes,  and  filter,  adding  sufficient  sherry  wine  on  the 
filter  to  make  the  product  measure  four  pints. 
