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time,  my  employer  proposed  the  following  extemporisation,  which  the 
physician  approved  of  and  always  subsequently  prescribed. 
Strong  Decoction. 
¥\.  extr.  sarsaparill.  simpl.,        .  .  f^vj. 
"       sennae,  .  .  ,  f^ij. 
Extr.  glyeyrrhizae  depur.,  .  .  3iss. 
Alumin.  pulv.,    ....    3ii,  gr.  xlviii. 
Ol.  anisi,  .  .  .    gtt.  iii. 
"  foenicul.,       ....    gtt.  v. 
Aquae,  q.  s.,  ad  vol.       .  .  .    Oix,  or 
to  six  wine  bottles  ;  add  to  each  bottle  Massae  pil.  hydrargyr.  gr.  x, 
well  rubbed  up. 
Mild  Decoction. 
Fl.  extr.  sarsaparill.  simpL,       .  .  f^iii. 
"       sennae,  .  .  .  f^iii. 
Extr.  glycyrrhiz.  depur.,  .  .  5ss. 
Tinct.  cardamomi,  .  .  .  f^i. 
Ol.  limonis, 
01.  cinnamom,  .  .  aa  gtt.  i. 
Aquae  q.  s.,  ad  vol.        .  .  .  Oix, 
m  to  fill  six  wine  bottles. 
Syrwpus  Althceo?. 
'The  Prussian  Pharmacopoeia  orders 
Althaeae  rad.  cone.       .  .    part  i. 
Macerate  a  few  hours  in 
Aquae,  .  .  .    pt.  xviij. 
Strain  without  expression,  and  make  to  syrup  with 
Sacchar.  alb.,  .  .  .    pt.  xxiv. 
As  above  prepared  it  is  kept  with  difficulty  in  the  winter,  and  in 
"Summer  time  it  gets  sour  within  a  few  days  unless  kept  on  ice. 
I  have,  for  a  couple  of  years,  obviated  this  difficulty  by  substitut- 
ing part  of  the  sugar  by  glycerin,  as  follows : 
Althaeae  rad.  cone,  (freed  from  dust),  Ji. 
Macerate  for  two  hours  in 
Cold  water,  .  .  .    f^xviii,  or 
so  much  as  will  produce  on  straining  (without  expression)  a  liquid 
measuring  f^xv.  Add 
Glycerin,    .  .  .  .  f^viss. 
White  Sugar,         .  .  .  ,fxivss. 
