(J30 SUCCINUM,—AMBER.

Amst. prescribes one part of amber, eightparts of alcohol (0.835), and eight days'digestion at a moderate heat. — Wirtem. —one ounce and a half of amber, six ouncesof concentrated alcohol, and several days'digestion without heat. — Palat. — oneounce of amber, eight ounces of concen-trated alcohol, and several days' digestionat a moderate heat. — Lipp. ; and Bruns.—one ounce of amber, one pound of alcohol,and eight days' digestion ata gentle heat. —Gall. — one part of amber, sixteen parts ofalcohol (26 degrees), and six days' diges-tion, followed by a repose of six days. —Genev. — one ounce of amber, ten ouncesof alcohol, and eight days' digestion.R. Amber, powdered and slightly

torrified in an iron pan, one part.Concentrated Alcohol, four parts.

Digest for several day» al a gentle heat ina covered vessel, occasionally agitating, andfilter. (Bruns. ; Hans. ; Olden.; Pol. ;Borus. ; Sax. ; Van Mons)

It is slightly stimulant, and is reputedanti-catarrhal, balsamic, nervine, and vul-nerary. — Dose, from forty to sixty drops.

SUCCINATED JULEP.

Julapium succinaium. (Genev.)

R. Tincture of Amber, two drams.

Sugar, '" SAZonmiA one ounce.Water, six ounces.

Distil the spirit, and infuse in it for eight

days, in a water-bath, a powder composed of

Amber, eight ounces.

Deliquesced Subcarbonate of Potass,

a sufficient quantity

to reduce it to a paste, to be then dried.

Filter. (Spielmann)

It is excitant, and is reputed nervine, an-ti-catarrhal, and resolvent. — Dose, fromtwenty to forty drops.

resin of amber.

alkaline tincture of amber,

Tinctura seu Essentia Succini atkalisata.(Bruns. ; Saunders ; Wirtem. ; Spiel-

mann)

R. Amber, in powder, two ounces.

Solution of Subcarbonate of Potass,

half an ounce.Make a paste ; then, having dried it,pour upon it

Alcohol, eight ounces,

or, a sufficient quantity to cover it by threeor four fingers' breadth. Digest for severaldays in a sand-bath, and filter. (Bruns. ;Sard.)

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K. Amber, four ounces.

Subcarbonate of Potass, six ounces.Triturate together. Add

Proof Spirit, sixteen ounces.

Macerate for several days, and distilabout eight ounces of the liquor ; then,having evaporated the rest to dryness, pourupon it the spirit first obtained, and aftersufficient digestion, filter. (Wirtem.)

R. Powdered Amber.Subcarbonate of

Potass,Concentrated Alcohol,

twenty-four ounces.

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of each,twelve ounces.

Resina Succini.

(Lipp.)

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R,

Amber, two pounds.

Alcohol, four pounds.

Digest for three days in a sand-bath, anddecant; treat the residuum in the samemanner with more alcohol till this at lastcomes off colourless. Having mixed anddistilled the tinctures, wash the resin, anddry it gently.

bnUIi O"- OF AMBER.

Oleum Succini athereum, JEtneroleum seuPyroleum Succini. (Lond. ; Dubl. ;Edinb. ; Amer. ; Amst. ; Batav. ;Bavak. ; Belg. ; Bruns. ; Dan. ;Hisp. ; Gall. ; Ferr. ; Fuld.; Genev.;Hann. ; Hass. ; Lipp. ; Olden.; fau-siT. ; Palat.; Pol.; Borus.; Sard.;Sax. ; Wirtem. ; Herbip. ; Brugna-telli ; Coxe; Piderit; Swediaur ;Van Mons)

Oleum Succini.

Put amber into an alembic, anddistil in a sand-bath, with a graduai! vraised heat, an acid liquor, an oil,and a salt impregnated with the oil.Re-distil the oil a second and thirdtime. (Lond.)

B. Amber, in powder, 7 of each, anPure Sand, j equal part.

Mix them together in a glass re-tort which the mixture only fills toone half ; then having adapted to ita large receiver, distil in a sand-bathwith a gradually augmented heat.A watery liquor tinged with a littleyellow oil will first come over; thena yellow oil with an acid salt, andlastly, a black and reddish oil. Pourthe fluid from the receiver, and se-parate the oil from the watery liquor.(Edinb.)

R. Amber, bruised, any quantity.