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BALSAMUM TOLUTANUM.—BALSAM OF TOLU.
White Sugar, thirty-two ounces.
Add the liquid to the syrup, stir the mix-ture for a few moments that the alcoholmay evaporate, and set it aside to cool in acovered vessel. (Ant. ; Planche)R. Balsam of Tolu, one dram.
Alcohol, one ounce.
Dissolve, and filter. Add
White Sugar, two pounds.
Boil to a syrup. (Ferr.)
R. White Sugar, thirty-two ounces.
Spring Water, twenty ounces.
Make a syrup ; and when it is nearly
cold, add to it, stirring continually,
Balsam of Tolu, six drams.
Triturated with
White Sugar, one ounce and a half.Mix. (Spielmann)R. Balsam of Tolu, one ounce and a half.Gum Arabic half an ounce.
Triturate together, and add
Water, a sufficient quantity,
to make a thick emulsion. Mix this with
Simple Syrup, twenty-four ounces,by gradual addition. (Van Mons)
Belg. prescribes one part of balsam, onehalf part of gum, one part of v. ¡iter, andsixty-four parts of syrup.
Dose, from one to three drains.
BALSAMIC JULEP.
Julep Ecossais. (Cadet de Gassicourt)
R. Pennyroyal Water, three ounces.
Syrup of Marshmallows, "1 of each,
------------- Tolu, / one ounce.
Mix.
A spoonful of this is to be taken everyquarter of an hour, in croup.
pectoral syrup. (Pierquin)
R. White Sugar, 1 , ,
Syrup of Tolu, I ot edCÜ '
* Maidenhair, J one ounce -
Water, a sufficient quantity.
Mix.
It is recommended in inflammatory andspasmodic diseases of the lungs.
balsamic mixture. (Brera)
R. Emulsion of Gum Arabic,
eight ounces.Oil of Almonds, one ounce and a half.Syrup of Tolu, one ounce.
Mix.
This is directed to be taken in the even-ing, at several times, in chronic catarrh,leucorrhcea, or blenorrhcea.
tincture of tolu, or of balsam oftolu.
Tinctura balsámica seu tolutana seu Tolu-iferœ Balsami. (Edinb.; Dubl. ; Amer.;Suec. ; Herbip. ; Coxe ; Swediaur)
Tinctura Toluiferse Balsami.(Edinb.)
R. Balsam of Tolu,
one ounce and a half.Alcohol, one pound.
Digest till the balsam is dissolved ;then filter.
Tinctura Balsami Tolutani. (Dcbl.)
R. Balsam of Tolu, one ounce.
Rectified Spirit, one pint.
Digest in a close vessel till thebalsam is dissolved; then filter.
Amer. ; Suec. ; Herbip. ; Coxe ; andSwediaur give the same formula asEdinb.
Gall, prescribes one part of balsam andfour parts of alcohol (26 degrees). — Ba-ta v. ; and Ferr. — one of balsam and eightof alcohol (20 degrees) .
pectoral balsamic elixir of toll*.(Wirtem. ; Spielmann ; Van Mons)
R. Balsam of Tolu, two ounces.
Peruvian Balsam, one ounce.
Benzoic Acid, 1 of each,
Saffron, J half an ounce.
Alcohol, twenty-four ounces.
Digest for three days, and filter. (Spiel-mann)
R. Balsam of Tolu, "j
Storax, of each,
Benzoin, three drams.
Myrrh,' J
Saffron, two drams.
Alcohol, twenty ounces.
Digest, and filter. (Wirtem.)
R. Balsam of Tolu, ")
Benzoin, of each,
Myrrh, > one part
Saffron, and a half.
Storax, J
Proof Spirit, twenty-four parts.
Infuse, preserve it upon the ingredients,and filter it as it may be wanted to be used.(Van Mons)
It is stimulant. — Dose, from thirty toforty drops. It is also employed externally.