WINE  OF  WILD  CHEERY  BARK. 
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red,  bitter,  astringent  extract,  containing  amygdaline.  It  is  sug- 
gested that  this  extract  may  be  rendered  available  for  extem- 
poraneous prescriptions  in  the  following  manner,  so  as  to  get  the 
sedative  power  of  the  bark  associated  with  all  its  tonic  qualities. 
Take  of  Alcoholic  extract  of  wild  cherry  bark,      two  drms. 
Emulsion  of  sweet  almonds,  half  a  pint. 
Triturate  the  extract  with  a  portion  of  the  emulsion  till  dissolved, 
and  then  add  the  remainder  and  mix.  This  mixture  should  not 
be  used  for  several  hours  after  it  is  prepared. 
The  dose  of  this  mixture  should  be  a  tablespoonful,  and  when 
desirable,  its  taste  may  be  improved  by  the  addition  of  sugar  or 
syrup.  It  is,  of  course,  understood  that  the  coagulum  formed  by 
the  action  of  the  tannin  of  the  extract  with  the  albumen  of  the 
emulsion  should  remain  in  the  mixture,  which,  therefore,  is  to  be 
shaken  before  administration. 
Wine  of  Wild  Cherry  Baric. 
In  the  paper  before  alluded  to,  a  method  of  making  an  alco- 
holic preparation  of  wild  cherry  bark  of  the  strength  of  sherry 
wine,  and,  with  the  name  of  "Wine  of  Wild  Cherry"  was 
suggested.*  Although,  in  my  estimation,  a  mixture  of  pure 
alcohol  and  water  of  the  strength  of  wine  is  a  better  menstruum 
for  wild  cherry  bark  than  wine  itself,  in  view  of  the  importance 
of  permitting  the  amygdalinic  reaction  to  be  thoroughly  effected 
in  presence  of  a  sufficient  amount  of  water,  yet  there  are  those 
who  deny  the  propriety  of  giving  the  name  of  wine  to  an  un fer- 
mented liquid.  To  meet  this  difficulty  the  following  formula  is 
suggested  :•— 
*Note. — la  referring  to  the  wines  of  wild  cherry  bark,  introduced  to 
notice  by  B.  J.  Crew  and  others,  the  author  remarked  (page  21]  that  they 
"  appear  to  be  concentrated  cold  aqueous  infusions,  to  which  sufficient 
alcohol  has  been  added  to  preserve  them,  say  20  per  cent."  In  making  this 
remark  the  author  disclaims  all  intentional  injustice  to  Mr.  Crew,  (who 
claims  to  use  pure  Sherry  as  the  menstruum,)  or  others  concerned.  The 
idea  intended,  was,  that  they  were  aqueous  solutions  rendered  permanent 
by  20  per  cent,  of  alcohol  as  it  existed  in  wine,  rather  than  that  they  were 
made  by  adding  pure  alcohol.  Unless  water  is  present  in  sufficient  quan- 
tity, the  o.ject  of  the  preparation  is  defeated,  and  it  is  by  no  means  certain 
that  the  full  reaction  between  the  emulsin  and  amygdalin  can  occur  in  pre- 
sence of  as  much  alcohol  as  exists  in  Sherry  wine  when  this  alone  is  used. 
