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SYRUP OF WILD CHERRY BARK, ETC. 
fusion. Place the sugar in a displacement funnel, and pass 
and repass the infusion through it, until it is all dissolved. 
Lastly, preserve in well stopped bottles. 
Syrup of Valerian, 1st. 
Take of Valerian, in powder, §j 
Water, §iij. 
Sugar, in coarse powder, §vj. 
Macerate the Valerian in the water for forty-eight hours, 
and displace so as to obtain three fluid ounces of infusion ; 
then, having placed the sugar in a displacement funnel, treat 
it with the infusion until it is all dissolved. 
2d. 
Take of Valerian, in powder, gj. 
Water, B'jss. 
Alcohol, 3j. 
Sugar, gvj. 
Proceed precisely as in the preceding formula. 
There are some occasions where the effects of Valerian is 
wanted, unassociated with that produced by the presence of 
alcohol. The first formula embraces this idea, and fully an- 
swers its object. The second, where alcohol is no objec- 
tion, forms a more ready means of exhausting the vale- 
rian. 
We have tried the formula of Soubeiran, for Syrup of Va- 
lerian, but think the above afford superior products, which, at 
the same time, are more readily and easily obtained. His 
method consists in macerating the Valerian in the water for 
ten hours, and drawing off one-third by distillation. The 
residue in the retort is strained and filtered, the proper quan- 
tity of sugar added to it, and dissolved by means of heat, and 
finally, after it has cooled, the distilled water is mixed 
with it. 
