HELMINTHOCORTON.—CORSICAN MOSS.
decoction, and half an ounce of honey. —Ratier — one ounce of moss, and twopounds of water. — Disp. Cha. Paris — oneounce of moss, two pounds and a half ofwater, and four drams of liquorice.
VERMIFUGE DECOCTION.
R. Corsican Moss, half an ounce.
Herb of Gratiola, one dram.
Water, six ounces.
Boil down to five ounces, and add to the
strained decoction
Sulphate of Iron, half a dram.
Honey, half an ounce.Mix. — Dose, a spoonful, every two hours,for an adult.
jelly of corsican moss. (ämst. ;Gall.; Cadet de Gassicourt; Nie-mann ; Van Mons)
R. Corsican Moss, one ounce.
Water, two pounds.
Boil slowly in a covered vessel till re-duced to eight ounces. Strain, and addSugar, one ounce and a half.
Boil down to five ounces, and set asidein a cool, place. (Amst.)
R. Corsican Moss, four ounces.
Spring Water, four pounds.
Boil, and addWhite Wine, one pound.
--------■ Sugar, one pound and a half.
Isinglass, two drains.
Clarify, strain, and evaporate. (Gall.)
Niemann gives the same formula, sup-pressing the wine.
R. Corsican Moss,
two pounds four ounces.
Red Wine, twelve pounds.
Infuse for twelve hours in a water-bath ;
then boil, strain, and put it on the fire
again with
White Sugar, twelve pounds.
Clarify, strain, and reduce the whole toabout fifteen pounds. (Cadet de Gassi-court)
R. Corsican Moss, one part.
Water, seven parts.
Infuse for two hours in a covered vesselat almost the boiling heat, and strain withexpression : infuse the residuum, in a water-bath, in
Rhenish Wine, one part and a half.
Express at the end of twelve hours.
Evaporate the former infusion to one part
and a half, mix it with the former, and
dissolve
White Sugar, six parts.
Skim, and strain through a close flannel.
(Van Mons)
Dose, from two drams to one ounce ormore.
SYRUP OF CORSICAN MOSS. (GeNEV. ;
Pierquin)R. Corsican Moss, twelve ounces.
Water, eight pounds.
Boil for two hours, and strain : boil theresidue in
Water, five pounds.
Strain. Mix the decoctions, and add
Sugar, three pounds,
and boil to the consistence of syrup.(Pieruuin)
Genev. prescribes four ounces of moss,a sufficient quantity of water, and one poundof sugar.
To be taken by spoonfuls.
vermifuge syrup. (Cadet de Gas-sicourt)
R. Corsican Moss, twelve ounces.
Water, a sufficient quantity
to exhaust it by boiling. Strain, and addto the liquor
White Wine, twelve ounces.
White of Egg, one.
Sugar, four pounds.
Cochineal, thirty-six grains.
Alum, twenty-four grains.
Boil, filter, and boil again to the properconsistence. — To be taken by spoonfulsalone, or diluted with ordinary drink.
vermifuge potion. (Cadet de Gassi-court ; Ratier ; Van Mons)
R. Corsican Moss, one dram.
Boiling Water, four ounces.
Simple Syrup, one ounce.
Infuse, and mix. (Ratier)
Ratier elsewhere prescribes from threeto six drams of moss, six ounces of water,and one ounce of syrup of honey.R. Corsican Moss, one dram.
Boiling Water, six ounces.
Boil for eight minutes, and to the strainedliquor when cold, add
Orange-flower Water, half an ounce.Lemon Juice, one ounce.
Mix. (Cadet de Gassicourt ; Sainte-Marie)
To be taken at one dose, in the morning,fasting, for three or four days.
vermifuge lohoch. (Bories ; Pier-auiN ; Ratier)
R. Mucilaginous Lohoch, four ounces.