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MALUS— APPLE TREE.
for four hours.— Ellis — one pound of es-sence of malt and three pounds of boilingwater.
When evaporated to the consistence ofhoney, this infusion takes the name of Es-sence of Malt, Essentia Malti. It is takento sea in long voyages, to make beer with.
DECOCTION OF MALT.
Decoctum seu Apozema Malti, Mustum Hor-dei. (Form. Hûp. Fr. ; Cast. Borus.;Wurceb. ; Augustin ; Niemann ;Saunders; Swediaur)
R. Malt, coarsely powdered, four ounces.Water, four pounds.
Boil down to three pounds. (Cast.Borus. ; Augustin)
R. Malt, six ounces.
Spring Water, four pounds.
Boil for a quarter of an hour ; add
Seeds of Fennel, half a dram.
Digest at a moderate heat in a coveredvessel, and strain. (Saunders)
R. Ground Malt, four ounces.
Boil it with
Water, a sufficient quantity
to obtain two pounds of strained decoction,adding towards the end,
Liquorice Root, one dram.
Decant. (Form. Hop. Fr.)
Niemann prescribes six ounces of maltand six pounds of water, to be reduced tofour pounds. Four scruples of fennel, andthree drams of liquorice may be added.
R. Malt, six ounces.
Water, five pounds.
Boil down to four pounds, and add whenstrained,
Syrup of Citric Acid, four ouncesMix. (Swediaur)
R. Malt, two ounces.
Water, four pounds.
Boil, and add when strained, if required,Oxymel, three or four ounces.
Raisins may also be boiled with the malt.(Herbip.)
Dose, from two to four pounds, daily.
ANTI-SCORBUTIC GARGLE. (SaINTE-
Marie)
R. Malt, one ounce.
Water Cresses, one handful.
Water, four pounds.Boil down to two pounds, and add
Alum, two drams.
Muriate of Ammonia, one dram.Mix.
MALUS COMMUNIS, Cand.— APPLE TREE.
Synonimes :— Pommier, Fr.; Apfelbaum,Germ. ; Missenski gablko, Bohem. ; JE,-bletrae, Dan. ; Manzano, Span. ; Appel-boom, Dut.; Malo, Ital. ; Jablon, Pol.;Maceiro, Port. ; Appeltrsed, Swed.
Amst. ; Bavar. ; Bruns.; Hisp. ; Gall.;Fuld. ; Hann. ; Olden. ; Pol. ; Bo-rus. ; Sax. ; Suec. ; Wirtem. ; Ber-gius ; Brugnatelli ; Murray andGmelin ; Spielmann; Zarda.
This tree, is spread over every part ofEurope, (Icosandria, Monogynia, Linn. ;Rosacea;, Juss. ; Fig. Blackwood, Hero. t.178)
It has from cultivation produced nume-rous varieties yielding very different fruits,but all are called apples, Poma. Of thesefruits the Rennet, Poma Renetia, is em-ployed.
juice of apples.
Succns Pomorum. (Hisp. ; Gall. ; Fuld. ;Sard.)
R. Rennet Apples, any quantity.
Rasp them, remove the pips, express thejuice from between two layers of rye strawchopped and washed with warm water ; setit aside, strain, and preserve it in bottlescovered with a stratum of oil.
SYRUP OF APPLES.
Syrupus Pomorum redolentium. (Hisp. ;Ferr.)
R. Juice of Apples, one pound.
White Sugar, two pounds.
Dissolve in a water-bath. (Hisp.)
Ferr. directs, either to dissolve threepounds of sugar in four of juice, or to boilquarters of apples, peeled and freed frompips, in simple syrup.