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pkte -, let it be divided into fmall pieces before itpardens, and thefe are to be put into phials clofe.ftopt. It is a very powerful cauftic, but too apt to,

liquify upon the part to which it is applied, and to^fpread beyond the limits in which it is intended to o-perate.

CALX CUM KALI FURO.

Lime with pure Kali.

Take of Quick-lime five pounds and fourounces.

Water of pure Kali fixteen pounds.

Boil av/ay the water of pure Kali to afourth part; then fprinkle in the Lime, bro-ken to powder by the affufion of water, Keepit in a veffel clofe ftopped.

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This preparation, the Cap.fiicum commune fortiusof the laft Difpenfatory, is lefs apt to liquify, andhcnce keeps better confined within the limits inten-ded, bat at the fame time is proportioiiably moreflow in its Operation» L,

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