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ter. By thefe means the three fluids are kept fepa-rate on account of their fpecific gravides, and aftratum of water is interpofed between the acid andthe fpirit. The phial is now fet in a cool place;the acid gradually afcends, and the fpirit defcendsthrouoh the water. Lewis D. Edinb. Ed.

The heat muft be gentle, ctherwife the vemay be endangered, efpecially if a tubulated recei-ver is not employed. The mixing the prociucl- withKali is not here neceffary, as the College has afcer-tained the quantity to be drawn.

fpirit' of nitrous TEther, the Spiritus nitri dulcisof the former Difpenfatory, has been long in ufe, asan antifpafmodic and diuretjc, from twenty drops toa dram ; and, with proper additions., diaphoretic.

SPIRITUS AMMONI/E.Spirit of Ammonia.Take of Proof-fpirit three pints by meafure.

Sal Ammoniac four ounces byweight.

Pot-afh fix ounces by weight.

Mix, and diftill with a flow fire one pint

and an half.

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