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Spanish fliesSpermacetiSulphur vivum

flowers ofSyrup of balsam ToluSyrup of black currantsbuckthorngingerlemon-juicemanna

of marsh-mallowsmulberriespoppies whiterosessimpleTar

BarbadoesTincture of aloes

of asafcetida

of benzoin, compound

of cardamom compound

of cascarilla

of cinchona, compound

of columba

of ginger

of gentian, compound

of guaiacum, volatile

of hellebore, black

of henbane

of hop

of jalap

of iron ammoniated

of myrrh

of opium camphorated

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Tartar, cream ofTin, preparedTincture of rhubarbof sennaof snake-rootof squills

of valerian ammoniatedTurpentine, VeniceTutty, levigatedVerdigriseVitriol, bluegreenwhiteWater of ammonia

of acetated ammoniaof aniseedof cinnamonof peppermintof spearmintof pennyroyalof pimentoWax, whiteyellowWine of antimony

tartarisedipecacuanhaof ironWoods, guaiacumlogwoodsassafrassaunders, redquassiaZinc, flowers of

MEDICAL PREPARATIONS.

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ACID.

DILUTED or weak vitriolic Acid.—Take of vitriolic acid oneounce; distilled water seven ounces; mix them by degrees. Inmaking this dilution, a considerable degree of heat is excited, whichis apt to crack glass vessels, unless the combination be very cautious-ly made; and for the same reason, the acid must be poured into thewater, not the water into the acid. The dilution, by means of dis-tilled water, is preferable to spring water, which even in its pures*state is rarely free from impregnations affecting the acid. In thi»and most other cases where distilled water cannot easily be had,river water slightly boiled, and, after standing to cool, the impuri-ties having subsided, will answer the general purposes of distilled