SYMPHYTUM.—COMFREY.

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Hips, twelve.

Catechu, one scruple.

Water, one pound and a half.

Boil for a quarter of an hour and strain.~-To be taken cold, byglassfuls, sweetenedwith syrup of quince or of gooseberries.

EMOLLIENT GARGLE. (FuLD.)

R. Root of Great Comfrey, four ounces.

Dried Figs, one ounce.

Water, three pounds.Boil down to two thirds.

boyle's syrup.

Syrupus Boyleanus. (Spielmann)

R. Root of Great Comfrey, six ounces.Herb of Great Plantain, three ounces.Bruise together, and express the juice.After having depurated it, add

White Sugar, an equal weight.

Boil to a syrup.

It is principally recommended in haemop-tysis.

SYRUP AGAINST HOOPING COUGH.

Syrupus ad Pertussim. (Sainte-Marie)

R. Fresh Leaves of Lungwort,

four handfuls.Root of Great Comfrey, 1 of each,Corinth Raisins, J two ounces.

Liquorice, bruised, three ounces.

Water, two pounds.

Boil down to one pound and a half.Add to the strained decoction,

White Sugar, twenty-four ounces.

Boil for a few moments.

COMPOUND SYRUP OF COMFREY.

Syrupus e Symphyto Fernelii. (Bruns. ;Palat. ; Wirtem.)

R. Red Roses, f ,

Fresh Roots and Leaves > ., '

of Great Comfrey, j ^ee ounces.

Betony, ~]

Plantain,

Burnet Saxifrage, ( of each,

Scabious, one ounce.

Knot Grass,

Coltsfoot, J

Express the juice of these fresh plants,and after depuration add to every nineounces of it,

White Sugar, sixteen ounces.

Make a syrup. (Bruns. ; Wirtem.)

Palat. directs the juice to be boiled, andtwo pounds and a half of sugar to be dis-solved in three pounds of it.

ANTI-HERNIAL PLASTER.

Emplastrum ad Hernias sen Picis nigra> re-gium. (Hisp. ; Palat. ; Wirtem. ;Spielmann)

R.

Venice Turpentine, four ounces.

Mastic, one ounce and a half.

Melt together, and addYellow Wax,Powdered Myrrh,------------- Olibanum,

------------- Dragon's Blood,

------------- Root of Great 1

Comfrey,

----------- Seeds of Tho-rough-wax,

----------- Blood stone,

----------- Calcined

Vitriol,Mix. (Wirtem.)

R. Yellow Wax,Turpentine,

Melt together, and add,

Powdered Acacia Juice,

------------- Hypocist,

------------- Mastic,

---------— Myrrh,

-------------■ Olibanum,

------------- Root of Great

six ounces.1 of each,

Y sixJ drams.

of each,one ounce.

of each,half anounce.

four ounces,six ounces.

of each,one ounce.

Comfrey,

Alum, 1 (

Dragon's Blood, J siCypress Nuts, *Blood stone,Seeds of Tho-

of each,sixdrams.

rough-wax,

Sulphate of

of each,

halfan ounce.

Copper,Mix. (Spielmann)

R. Black Resin, one pound and a half.Yellow Wax, 1 of each,

Turpentine, / eight ounces.

Labdanum, two ounces.

Melt together, and add,

Juice of Hypocist, dissolved indecoction of Cypress nuts andinspissated, one ounce.

Having removed it from the fire, addfurther,

Powdered Mastic,------------- Root of Great

Comfrey,

----------- Cypress Nuts,

----------- Armenian

Bole,

Blood stone,

M

R.

(Hisp.)

Yell ow Wax,Turpentine,Black PeruvianBalsam,

of each,

two drams

and a half.

one ounce.

of each,

half an

ounce.

two ounces.

of each,half an ounce.

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