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612 Preparations and Compositions. Part III.

PULVIS SULPHATIS ALUMINE COMPOSITUS ; ohm PULVIS STYP-TICUS. Ed.

Compound Powder of Sulphate of Alumine, formerly StypticPowder.Take of

Sulphate of alumine, four parts ;Kino, one part.Kub them together to a fine powder.

This powder is composed of two very powerful astringents,but which we believe are not combined with propriety ; atleast it is certain that a solution of alum is decomposed by asolution of kino.

PULVIS TRAGACANTHjE compositus. Loud.Compound Powder of Tragacanth.Take of

Tragacanth, powdered,Gum arabic, powdered,Starch, of each one ounce and a half;Refined su<nir, three ounces.Powder the starch and sugar together; then add the traga-canth and gum arabic, and mix.

This composition is a mjld emollient; and hence becomesserviceable in hectic cases, tickling coughs, strangury, somekinds of alvine fluxes, and other disorders proceeding from athin acrimonious state of the excreted fluids, or an abrasionof the mucus of the intestines; it is supposed to soften, andgive a greater degree of consistency to the former, and defendthe latter from being irritated or excoriated by them. Allthe ingredients coincide in these general intentions. Thedose is from half a drachm to two or three drachms, whichmay be frequently repeated.

Chap. XXXVII.—CONSERVES, ELECTUA-RIES, and CONFECTIONS.

Conserves are compositions of recent vegetable matters,and sugar, beaten together into an uniform mass.

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