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remaining in the water-bath, and add to itone ounce of alcohol at 39 degrees B.

In every two ounces of this tincture thereare contained fifty-six grains of solid matter.

SYRUP OF IPECACUANHA.

Syrupus Psychotriat emética! seu Ipecacu-anha'. (Ant. ; Belg.)

R. Bruised Ipecacuanha, one ounce.

Alcohol (20 degrees) ,

nine ounces and a half.

Macerate the root for eight days in onehalf of the alcohol ; then decant, and pourthe remainder -of it upon the residue. Di-gest in a sand-bath, and then mix the fil-tered tinctures together. Make a syrup byadding five drams of the mixture to onepound of warm simple syrup. (Ant.")

Belg. gives the same formula, but re-quires alcohol at 10 degrees. — jEROMELhasproposed to prepare the syrup by mixingtwo ounces of his tincture of ipecacuanhawith one pound two ounces of simple syrup,boiling it for a moment to give it the properconsistence.

anisated tincture of ipecacuanha.(Bories; Cadet de Gassicourt; Ra-

tier)

R. Ipecacuanha, in powder, one ounce.Spirit of Anise, four ounces.

Digest. (Cadet de Gassicourt)

Ratier prescribes one ounce of ipeca-cuanha and two ounces of spirit. — Boriesfour ounces each, of spirit and of sugar,twelve grains of tartarized antimony, oneounce of ipecacuanha, twelve pounds ofwhite wine, and fifteen days' infusion.

It is given as an emetic, principally tochildren. — Dose, one or two ounces,

willis sudorific elixir.Gassicourt)

R. Ipecacuanha,Balsam of Tolu,Benzoic Acid,Purified Opium,Saffron,Oil of Anise,Camphor,Alcohol,

(Cadet de

of each,half an ounce.

of each, two drams.

one dram,two scruples.two pounds.

It is stimulant and sudorific. — Dose, fromone to two drams. — Half an ounce containstwo grains of opium.

IRIS.

Many species of this genus are quoted inpharmacopoeias ; we shall notice the fol-lowing :

Iris Germanica, Linn. -de-Luce.

-Blue Flower-

Synonimes :— Flambe vraie, Fr. ; Deut-sches Scliwerdtel, Blaue Schwertel,Germ.; Kosatec, Bohem. ; Sverdlilie,Dan. ; Lirio de Alemania, Span. ;Blaawe Iris, Dut. ; Giglio celeste azurro,Ital. ; Meoezyk ziele, Fol. ; Lirio roxodos montes, Port.; Swseras lilja, S wed.Amst. ; Bruns.; Hisp. ; Gall.; Ferr. ;Fuld. ; Genev. ; Palat. ; Wirtem. ;Herbip. ; Beugius ; Guibourt ; Mur-ray and Gmelin ; Spielmann ;Zarda.

A plant of Europe. (Triandria Digy-nia, Linn. ; Iridece, Juss. ; Fig. Zorn. Ic.pl. 1.188.)

The root {Radix Ireos nostratis seu Gla-dioli cœrulei) is employed. It is long, cylin-drical, articulated, thick, fleshy, wrinkled,hrownish and fibrinous without, and whitewithin. It has a disagreeable odour whenfresh, and is feebly violaceous when dried.

Its taste in the fresh state is acrid andbiting, but is bitter and nauseous afterdesiccation.

2. Iris Pseudacorus, Linn. — Yellow Iris.

Synonimes :— Flambe bâtarde, Faux acore,Acore bâtarde, Fr. ; Ackermann, Was-serschwerdwurzel, Gelbe Teichlille, Fal-sche Acornswurz, Unaechte Kalmusch-wertel, Germ. ; Svaerdlilie, Dan.; Acorebastardo, Span. ; Geel lisch, Dut. ;Irida gialla, Ital. ; Mieczyk zolty, Pol. ;Siaerds lilja, Swed.

Bruns.; Gall.; Wirtem.; Bergius ;Guibourt ; Murray and Gmelin ;Saunders ; Spielmann.

A plant of Europe. (Fig. Zorn. Ic pl.t. 187.)

The root (Radix Acori palustris seu vul-garis seu Pseudacori seu Acori adulteriniseu Ireos palustris seu Gladioli lutei) is em-ployed. It is long, slightly compressed, ofabout the thickness of the thumb, wrinkledand of a blackish-brown colour without,and spongy and reddish within. It has a