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DIGITALIS.

R. Fresh Leaves of Digitalis, one part.Vinegar, eight parts.

Macerate without heat for eight days ;strain, and add

Sugar, one part and a half.

Filter on the following day. (Van Mons)

Swediaur prescrihes two ounces of di-gitalis, sixteen of vinegar, and thirty ofsugar

R. Herb of Digitalis, one ounce.

Distilled Vinegar, eight ounces.

Digest with a moderate heat, and ex-press. Add to six ounces and a half of theliquor

Sugar, ten ounces.

Boil and skim. — Dose, a tea-spoonful ormore. It is extolled by Martius, inphthisis pulmonalis. (Augustin ; Nie-mann)

WINE OF DIGITALIS. (LuSIT. ; PiERQUIn)

R. Dried Leaves of Digitalis, one ounce.White Wine, two pounds.

Macerate for four days, and strain.(Lusit.)

Pierqoin prescribes one ounce of digi-talis, and four ounces of Madeira wine, tobe digested for several hours in a moderateheat.

It is prescribed in cases where the tinc-ture is thought to be too stimulating.

TINCTURE OF DIGITALIS.

Tmctura seu Essentia Digitalis seu Digitalispurpureœ. (Lond. ; Dubl. ; Edinb.Amer. ; Ant. ; Austr. ; Belg. ; Gall.Fenn. ; Form. Hop. Fr. ; Hamb.Hann. ; Pol.; Borus. ; Sax.; Suec.Brugnatelli ; Coxe ; HufelandNiemann ; Pieuquin ; SwediaurVan Mons)

R. Dried Leaves of Digitalis,

four ounces.Proof Spirit, two pints.

Macerate for fourteen days, andfilter. (Lond.)R. Smaller Leaves of Digitalis,

dried and coarsely powdered,

two ounces.

Proof Spirit, one pint.

Digest for seven days, and filter.(Dubl.)

R. Dried Leaves of Digitalis,

one ounce.Proof Spirit, eight ounces.

Digest for seven days, and filter.(Edinb.)

Gall, prescribes one part of leaves, andfour parts of alcohol (22 degrees) ; to bedigested for six days. — Form. Hop. Fr. —■one of digitalis, and eight of alcohol (22degrees). — Amer. ; and Coxe give the sameformula as Dubl. — Belg. — one part of di-gitalis, and four parts of alcohol (15 de-grees) .— Austr. — one of digitalis, and eightof alcohol (0.910).— Ant. — one of digitalis,and four of alcohol (20 degrees). — Hamb. ;Suec. ; Brugnatelli ; and Pierquin givethe same formula as Edinb. — Hufeland —one part of digitalis, and six parts ofalcohol.

R. Juice of Digitalis, ] of each,recently expressed, > an

Rectified Spirit, J equal weight.

Digest without heat for several days, andfilter. (Sax.)

R. Dried Leaves of Digitalis, two drams.Rectified Spirit, eight ounces.

Distilled Water, four ounces.

Digest in a moderate heat, express, andfilter. (Fenn ; Hann ; Pol. ; Borus ;Suec. ; Niemann)

Van Mons prescribes one part of digitalis,four parts of proof spirit, and one of water ;to be digested without heat for severaldays. — Swediaur — two of digitalis, fourof alcohol, and four of water ; to be digestedfor four hours in a moderate heat.

It is recommended in hydrothorax, ana-sarca, haemoptysis, and phthisis pulmonalis.— Dose, thirty drops in an ounce of mintwater ; to be repeated twice or thrice aday, gradually augmenting the quantity tillnausea supervenes.

planche's tincture of digitalis.

R. Leaves of Digitalis, dried in a

stove, and pulverized, two ounces,Alcohol (20 degrees) , twelve ounces.

Digest for four days in a stove at thetemperature of from 25 to 30 degrees, R. ;then strain with strong expression, andpour upon the residuum.

Alcohol (20 degrees), eight ounces.

Digest as before, and express. Mix thetwo tinctures, filter, and distil in a water-bath, so as to leave twelve ounces of tincture.

Dose, from three to six drops, in any-proper liquid.

maclean's tincture of digitalis.

(Niemann)

R. Herb of Digitalis, one ounce.

Proof Spirit, eight ounces.

Digest for eight days, in a moderate heat.— Dose, thirty drops at most. Maclean