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RAPHANUS.—RADISH.

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Swediaur prescribes, instead of themixture of alcohol and water, ten poundsof white wine. He also recommends thesecond syrup to be made with the liquorexpressed from the residue, ten pounds ofwater, and twenty pounds of sugar.

R. Juice of Scurvy-grass,

---------- Brooklime,

---------- Water Cress,

---------- Horse-radish Root,

---------- Bitter Oranges, twenty ounces.

Fresh Peel of Bitter Orange, one ounce.

Digest without heat in a covered vessel,occasionally agitating, for about twelvehours. Filter, and add to the liquor

White Sugar, twice the quantity.

When dissolved, add further,

Spirit of Scurvy-grass, \ of each,

Cinnamon Water, J one ounce.

Set aside, and decant. (Spielmann)

bitter alterative syrup. (cadet deGassicourt)

R. White Wine, sixteen pounds.

Leaves of Scurvy-grass, three pounds.

------------- Buckbean, ] . ,

T7 , n i c n or each,

Fresli Root of Horse- J- , ',

,. , two pounds,

radish, J *

Dried Root of Gentian, one pound.Macerate for several days ; thenR. Of this Wine, one pound.

Sugar, one pound twelve ounces.

Dissolve slowly, and to each pound of thissyrup add one ounce of another syrup pre-pared with spirit of scurvy-grass.

INFUSION OF HORSE-RADISH.

Infusum Armoraciœ seu Armoraciœ compo-situm seu Seminum Sinapeos seu Rapkani.(Lond. ; Duel. ; Amer. ; Genev.; Her-bip. ; Coxe ; Niemann)

Infusum Armoraciœ Compositum.(Lond. ; Duel.)

R. Fresh Root of Horse- 1 of each,radish, sliced, > one

Mustard Seeds, bruised, ) ounce.Boiling Water, one pint.

Macerate for two hours in a lightlycovered vessel, and strain. AddCompound Spirit of Horse-radish, one fluid ounce.Mix.

Niemann gives the same formula. —Amer. ; and Coxe also give the same,omitting the spirit.

R. Root of Horse-radish, "I

Seeds of Mustard, ! of each,

Conserve of Scurvy- I one ounce.

grass, J

Boiling Water, two pounds.

Infuse for twenty-four hours in a coveredvessel, and strain. (Herbit. ; Niemann)

R. Rootof Horse-radish, \ of each,

Seeds of Mustard, J one ounce.

Cannella Alba, three drains .

Boiling Water, one pound anda half.

Infuse for two hours ; then strain, andadd

Water of Anise, two ounces.

Mix. (Genev.)

It is excitant, and is recommended inscurvy, palsy, dropsy, and intermittent fe-vers.—Dose, from one to three ounces.

syrup of horse-radish.

Syrupus Armoracitp seu Rapkani rusticani.(Fuld. ; Lipp. ; Suec. ; Wirtem. ; Nie-mann)

R. Recently expressed Juice of Horse-radish, any quantity.White Sugar, a sufficient quantity.

Make a syrup. (Suec)

Fuld. ; and Lipp. prescribe an equal partof each.

R. Root of Radish, "I of each,

Water, an equal part.

Triturate together, and express. Add tonine parts of the juice

White Sugar, seven parts.

Make a sj-rup in a close vessel. (Van Mons)

Cullen recommended one dram of horse-radish root, rasped, to be infused in twoounces of hot water, and twice the quantityof sugar to be added to the strained liquor.— Dose, from one to three drams.

anti-paralytic infusion.

Infusum paralyticum seu ad Paralysim.(Saunders ; Swediaur)

R. Rootof Horse-radish ;Seeds of Mustard,

of each,one ounce anda half.Boiling Water, two pounds.

Macerate for two hours ; then strain, andadd

Alcohol, two ounces.

Mix.

It is excitant, and is recommended in pa-ralysis. — Dose, four ounces, twice a day.