EXTRACTS AND RESINS.

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The fame ldnd of bath is to be ufed in thepreparation of all Extracts, that the evapo-ration may be properly performed.

R E M A R K.

The Extratt of Broomtops and of Chamomile wercnot in the laft Difpenfatory. The former is giyen asan ufeful laxative and, diuretic in hydropic cafes,and in the quantity, to adults, of a dram. See Mat.Med.

The latter, if Sir John Pringle's experiments arcto be relied on, is a bitter, remarkably antifeptic,and given in dofes of a fcruple or two, either by it-feif, or as an affiftant to other remedies, in fiatulen-cy, dyfpepfy, and pains of the Itomach or bowels.

EXTRACTUM COLOCYNTHIDISCOMPOSITUM.

Compound Extract of Coloquinti-

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Take of the pith of Coloquintida, cut fmall,fix drams by weight.

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