Chap. XXXIX.

Of Pills.

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Powder the aloes, scammony, and colocynth, separately ; thentriturate them with the soap and the oil, and form theminto a mass with simple syrup.

This is more powerful in its operation than the simpleraloetic pills.

PlLUL^E ALOES ET MYRRHiE. Ed.

Pills (jf Aloes and Myrrh.Take of

Socotorine aloes, four parts ;

Myrrh, two parts;

Saffron, one part.Beat them into a mass with simple syrup.

Dub.Take of

Hepatic aloes, one ounce;

Myrrh, half an ounce;,

Saffron, in powder, two drachms ;

Essential oil of caraway, half a drachm;

Syrup, a sufficient quantity.Powder the aloes and myrrh separately, then mix the whole

intimately together.

Pilule aloes cum myrrha. Land.Pills of Aloes with Myrrh.Take of

Socotorine aloes, two ounces;Myrrh,

Saffron, of each one ounce;Simple syrup, as much as is sufficient.Powder the aloes and myrrh separately ; and afterwardsbeat all the ingredients together into a homogeneous mass.

These pills have long continued in practice, without anyother alteration than in the syrup with which the mass ismade up, and in the proportion of saffron. The virtues ofthis medicine may be easily understood from its ingredients.Given to the quantity of half a drachm, or two scruples, theyprove considerably cathartic, but they answer much betterpurposes in smaller doses as laxatives or alteratives.

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