396 Pharmaceutical Preparations. Part III.

guors, flatulencies, colicky pains,and other like complaints.

The fpices in thefe two com-pofitions being rather too dear forthe purpofes of a common cordialwater, the wholefale dealers, as Ihave been informed, generally fub-ftitute to them a cheaper fpice fromour own plantations, Jamaica pep-per. A very elegant water is pre-pared alfo from that fpice by itfelfin the following proportions.

Aqua piperis Jamaicensis

spirit uos a.

Spirituous "Jamaica pepper water.Take of

Jamaica pepper, half a pound ;Proof fpirit, three gallons;Water, a fufficient quantity toprevent an etnpyreuma.

Draw ofF by diitillation three gal-lons.

T his water is far more agree-able than a fimple water drawnfrom the fame fpice ; and has longhad a place among the cordialsboth of the diftiller and apothe-cary ; though it has not yet beenreceived into any public phar-macopoeia.

AQUA NUCIS MOSCHAT^E.

Nutmeg water.

Lend.

Take of

Nutmegs, two ounces ;

Proof fpirit, a gallon ;

Water, as much as will pre-vent burning.

Draw off by diftillation one gallon.

This water (with the additiononly of fome hawthorn flowers, anarticle of very little fignificance)was formerly celebrated in nephri-tic diforders, ujider the name ofAqua nephrjtica . Atprefent,it is regarded only as an agreeablefpirituous liquor, lightly impreg-nated with the nutmeg flavour. &

A qua toeokije com posit a.

Compound peony 'water.

Take of

Peony roots, two ounces;

Wild valerian roots, an ounce

and a half;

White dittany root, one ounce ;Peony feeds, fix drains ;

Lilies of the valley, frcih, four

ounces;

Lavender flowers,

Rofemary flowers each two

ounces ;

Iletony,

Marjoram,

Rue,

S .ige, tops of each, one ounce ;French brandy, a gallon and 3half.

Cut or bruife thofe materials thatrequire fuch treatment, fteepthem four days in the brandy,and then diltil over a gallonand a half of liquor.

T his water was formerly dillin-guilhed by the title of Aquaantiep 1 lept 1 ca ; and recom-mended in all kinds of epilepfiesand nervous complaints. Poriometime paft, it has had little regardpaid to it, having rarely beenprefcribed any otherwise than aaa vehicle, and as fuch not often.The ingredients from which it re-ceives its name, the peony rootsand feeds, communicate little ornothing to the water ; whatevervirtues thefe are pofle fled of, remainbehind in the decoftion ; nor srethefe the only exceptionable ar-ticles ; the dittany, betony, andfome others, though of the aro-matic kind, afford fo little, as notto deferve a place among morepowerful materials. '

The above formula is takenfrom the edition of the Edinburghpharmacopoeia preceding the pre-fent. It is here inferted for thefake of thofe, who may Hill have

fome