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CONSEKVES AND

CONSERVES AND ELECTUARIES.

CONSERVA AMYGDALARUM.

Take of Sweet almonds, eight ounces ;

Powder of gum-arabic, one ounce ;

White sugar, four ounces.Blanch the almonds by maceration and peel-ing ; and beat them with the gum and sugarinto a uniform pulpy mass.

Electuabium abomaticom.

Take of Aromatic powder, one part;

Syrup of orange peel, two parts.Mix them and triturate them into a uniformpulp.

CONSERVA AURANTII.

Grate off the outer rind of bitter oranges, and 'beat it into a pulp, adding gradually thriceits weight of white sugar.

Electuarium catechu.Take of Catechu, and

Kino, of each four ounces ;Cinnamon, andNutmeg, of each one ounce ;Opium, diffused in a little sherry,one drachm and a half;• Syrup of red roses, reduccd to theconsistence of honey, one pintand a half.