230 TlNCTURES.

Cochineal, powdered, tvvo fcruples

by weight.Proof-Spirit of Wine two pints.

Digefl with a gentle heat for eight days, andftrain.

TINCTURA JALAPII.

TlNCTURE OF JALAP.

Take of powdered Jalap-root eight ouncesby weight.Proof-Spirit of Wine two pints.Digeft with a gentle heat for eight days,and ftrain.

R E M A R K.

Proof-Spirit extradts rather more than four-twelfths of the beft Jalap. Jf. Rep.

The apothecary will probably ftrain twice, —thefirft time with expreffion, as the proportion of Jalapto the menftruum is large.

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