THE 
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
OCTOBER, 1845. 
ART. XLTII. — ON SYRUP OF WILD CHERRY BARK, AND ON 
THE POWER OF HYDROCYANIC ACID IN PREVENTING 
FERMENTATION. 
By Daniel S. Jones. 
A formula for the preparation of a syrup from the bark 
of the Wild Cherry, (Cerasus serotina) was first published 
by Messrs. Procter and Turnpenny in the American Journal 
of Pharmacy, vol. xiv. p. 27. 
They direct four ounces of the powdered bark to be ma- 
cerated in twelve fluid ounces of water for forty-eight hours, 
and then treated by displacement until twelve fluid ounces 
of infusion is obtained, which is made into a syrup by dis- 
solving in it twenty-four ounces of pulverized sugar, with- 
out heat. 
The concentrated form in which the properties of wild 
cherry bark are here presented, its agreeable taste, and the 
readiness with which it may be resorted to, either by itself 
or in combination with other remedies, gives it an advantage 
over the officinal infusion, and has caused it to supersede, 
to a great extent, that preparation. In some instances, 
however, the large amount of sugar employed constitutes 
an objection, as it is found to cloy and nauseate the stomach, 
particularly when its use has been continued for some 
length of time. 
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