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MISCELLANY. 
HunVs Writing Ink. — 
Powdered galls, lbs. viij. 
Rasped logwood, lbs. iv. 
Gam Arabic, lbs. iij. 
Sulphate iron, lbs. iv. 
Sulphate copper, lb. j. 
Sugar candy, lb. j. 
Gum ammoniac, ^ij. 
Distilled water, O xvj. 
Alcohol, O ss. 
Macerate for forty-eight hours with heat, and after ten days draw off the 
ink into bottles. Journ. de Conn. Usuel. 
Antiphlogistic Syrup. — The following syrup has been much used in 
Paris in chronic catarrhs, rheumatism, &c: 
Jujubes, dates, figs, raisins, 
aa ^ss. 
Pectoral flowers,* 
Poppy flowers, 
oi. 
Gum Arabic, 
3 iij 
Mucilage of marsh mallows, 
8j. 
Mucilage of flaxseed, 
Si- 
Orange flower water, 
iij.. 
White sugar and distilled water q. s. for lb. ij. of syrup. 
Make a decoction of the fruits, strain and boil ; add an infusion of the 
flowers and again strain, then add the mucilages, sugar, &c. and form a 
syrup. Ibid. 
Decolouration of Oils. — M. Piussan, apothecary of the hospital of Oleron, 
states that oil bleached by being placed in contact with animal charcoal 
for twenty four hours, was used in the preparation of an ointment; this 
was beautifully white, but was much less consistent than that made with 
the crude oil. Olive, poppy and almond oils, thus treated, remain so 
fluid, that they require a fifth more of wax to give them a proper consis- 
tence. They do not concrete at a much lower temperature than that at 
which they congeal in their ordinary stale, and hence may be advanta- 
geously employed by watch-makers. Ibid. 
Palm Wax. — The wax of the Ceroxylon andicola, when melted, is of a 
dark yellow, somewhat transparent; it is almost as brittle as resin, but at 
the same time has a wax-like fracture. It melts at a temperature a little 
* The pectoral flowers are those of the Mallow, Althea, Gnaphalium, 
Tussilago, Violet, and Red Poppy. 
