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of candied citron-peel, 3VJ of sugar; reduce to fine powder and mixcarefully; make into tablettes, with mucilage of gum tragacanth andcinnamon water.Medicinally each tablette of Jviij contains 5j of purgatives. Dose from5ij to ^viij.

Tabell^e de Stibii Sulfhreto, dictas Antimonioles Kunckclii. P.Take 3J of blanched sweet almonds, Hiss of refined sugar, trituratecarefully in a marble mortar, and add Jss of cardamom-seedspowdered with a little sugar, 5ij of cinnamon water, Jj of pre-pared sulphuret of antimony; mix carefully with q. s. of mucilage ofgum tragacanth, and make into tablettes. Each tablette of gr. xcontains gr. ss of the sulphuret of antimony.Medicinally from four to twelve a day may be given as an alterative ingout, cutaneous diseases, &c.

Tabell^e de Sulfure Composite. P. Compound Tablettes of Sul-phur. Take 31) of washed sulphur, gr. xij of sublimed benzoic acid,5ss of Florentine iris-root, powdered, gr. viij or 17\xij of oil of anise,Jvss of refined sugar; make into tablettes with mucilage of tragacanth.Medicinally aperient, and expectorant for asthma, &c.

Tabell^e de Sulfure Simplices. P. Tablettes of Sulphur. Take5SS of washed sulphur, Jiv of white sugar, and make into tabletteswith mucilage of gum tragacanth and rose water.Medicinally they are expectorant and laxative, for asthma and cutaneousdisorders. The Sidphur Lozenges are precisely the same.

Tablettes. See the preceding eleven articles.

Tablettes du Spitzlait. Take tbj of raisins, Ibjss of pearl barley,boil in q. s. of water. Then dissolve 3SS of opium, Jiv of gum arabic,and 3j of extract of liquorice in water, and mix the two liquors;strain and add ftiv of soft sugar, clarify the whole with white ofegg, evaporate till of a proper consistency, and add 5iij of anise-seedin powder, made into tablettes in the usual way.Medicinally expectorant or rather soothing in tickling coughs.

Tacamahaca. P. A resin procured from the Fagara octandra, andused for fumigations on account of its fragrance, which resembleslavender. A spurious sort is brought from America.

Talc. A mineral substance resembling mica, and found in primitiverocks. I cannot answer for the following receipts, but give them asI find them.

Talc Water. The ancients bestowed high encomiums on a water, or.oil of talc, as a cosmetic. We know not in what manner they com-posed this precious cosmetic, but the following imitations have beengiven. Take any quantity of talc, divide it into laminae, and calcineit with sulphur. Then pound it, and wash it in a quantity of warm

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