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AN  INTRODUCTION  TO  PRACTICAL  PHARMACY. 
Medicated  Secrets,  or  Cough  Candy. 
To  ten  pounds  of  melted  candy,  add  the  following  mixture,  and  divide 
into  secrets : — 
Take  of  Tincture  of  squill        .        .        .         .        .  f^iv. 
Camphorated  tincture  of  opium  }    „  , 
Tincture  of  Tolu  }  of  each       ..  fg88. 
Wine  of  ipecacuanha    .....  f^j. 
Oil  of  gaultheria  .....  ^iviij. 
44    sassafras    .        .        .        .        .        .  n^vj. 
"    aniseed      .        .        .        .        .        .  T^iij. 
Used  ad  libitum  in  ordinary  coughs, 
A  New  Remedy  in  Hemorrhages. 
Take  of  Oil  of  erigeron        .        ,        „        .  f^j. 
Sugar  .....  ^ij. 
Gum  Arabic  .        .        .        .  gj. 
Triturate  the  oil  with  the  gum  and  sugar  into  a  dry  powder,  then  add — 
Water  ....       f  gij,  f  3vj. 
gig. — Take  a  tablespoonful  three  times  a  day. 
Dr,  E.  Wilson  and  others  have  had  considerable  success  in  the  treatment 
of  uterine  hemorrhages  with  the  oil  of  erigeron,  in  the  doses  here  prescribed; 
each  fg  contains  gtt.  v  of  the  oil. 
Tinctura  Cinchonas  et  Quassice  Composita. — Tonic  Tincture. 
Take  of  Cinchona,  in  coarse  powder, 
Quassia,  44 
Colombo,  44 
Gentian,  44 
Serpentaria,  44 
Chamomile,  of  each        ....  |;ss. 
French  brandy     ...  *  Oij.  ' 
Macerate  14  days,  and  extract  by  displacement.  A  very  valuable  com- 
bination of  bitters,  which,  by  the  absence  of  the  disagreeable  resinous  color- 
ing matter  of  saunders,  and  by  the  employment  of  an  acceptable  form  of 
alcohol  as  the  menstruum,  is  adapted  to  supersede  Huxham's  tincture  of 
bark.    Dose,  f  j  tofgss. 
A  good  Preparation  of  Iron  and  Cinchona. 
(Substitute  for  Tinctura  Cinchona  Ferrata.) 
— Tinct.  cinchon.  comp.*       ....  f^i?". 
Ferri  citratis     .        .        .        .        .        .  3j. 
Acidi  citrici      ......  gr.xv. 
Triturate  the  citric  acid  and  citrate  of  iron  together,  and  dissolve  in  the 
*  Tinct.  cinchonae  et  quassias  comp.  makes  a  better  preparation,  and  scarcely 
precipitates  at  all. 
