TINCTURES. 189 
from a half to two drachms. Most excellent in cases of 
diarrhoea, choleraic disease, dysentery, relaxed condition of the 
uvula, ulceration of the mouth, tongue, and stomach. May be 
used alone or combined with other remedies. 
TINCTURE OF QuzEEN’s Deticut.— 
Queen’s Delight (in powder) .......... Three ozs. 
Pure Spirits of Wine ...... Riir Facn . Pint and a half, 
Macerate fourteen days, shake daily, express, and filter. Dose : 
from thirty to sixty drops. 
Excellent in ‘all cutaneous affections, scrofula, and 
syphilis in its primary, secondary, and tertiary forms. It has 
been presumed that this tincture is inert unless prepared from 
the fresh root; but this is a mistake ; its essential active 
principle is in the oil, and where the root is well preserved its 
medical virtues are retained. 
Compounn TincrurE oF Benzor,— 
BONZOIN- & etisn icde yh avanee vo-een cae Oneonm andehaie 
Purified. Borax: 2.3 agiasee voles ead One On 
BISA OTS DOIN iv cue eea-yieeaales a1» LIRR 
Powdered Aloes .....000-...0e..-.. Twodrms. 
Pure Spirits of Wine (Alcohol) ....,. One pint. 
Macerate fourteen days, shake up daily, express, and filter. 
Dose. from thirty to sixty drops, in old diseases of the air 
passages, lungs, &c. 
Most valuable as an external application to recent wounds, 
ulcers, burns, and scalds. This is commonly known as 
‘ Friars’ Balsam.” 
TincT vkB oF AxNIOA.— 
Arnica Flowers or Root ............ Ounce and a half. 
Dilute (Proof) Spirits of Wine ....,. One pint. 
Macerate fourteen days, shake up daily, express, and filter. 
Highly beneficial as an external application to glandular 
swellings, inflammation, wounds, and ecchymosis or 
coagulated blood, as in black eyes, bruises, &c. 
