Pharmaceutical Preparations. Part III.

prefies this flavour very fuccefs-fully without fuperadding any ofIts own ; and to this, orange peel(no incongruous ingredient to theintention of the medicine) adds aflavour very agreeable. Arum roothas generally had a place in thiswater, but is heredefervedly thrownout ; for it gives nothing of itspungency over the helm, notwith-ftanding what is alferted, by fomedifpenfatory-writers, to the contra-ry. Multard feed, though not hi-therto, that I know of, employedin thefe kinds of compofitions,Ihould feem to be an excellent in-gredient ; it gives over the wholeof its pungency, and is likewifelefs perifhable than molt of theother fubftances of this clafs : thisfeed wants no addition, unlelsfomearomatic material to furnifh anagreeable flavour.

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Arquebufade 'water.

I 1 barm. Argent.

Take of

Comfrey, leaves and roots,

Sage,

Mugwort,

Buglofs, each four handfuls ;

Eetony,

Sanicle,

Ox-eye daify,

Common daify,

Greater figwort,

Plantane,

Agrimony,

Vervain,

Wormwood,

Fennel, each two handfuls ;

St. John's wort,

Long birthwort,

Orpine,

Veronica,

Letter centaury,

Milfoil,

Tobacco,

Moufe-car,

Mint,

Hyffop, each one handful;Wine, twenty-four pounds.Having cut and biuifed theherbs, pour on them the wine, andlet them ft.ind together in digeilion,in horledung, or any other equi-valent heat, for three days ; after-wards diftil in an alembic with amoderate fire.

T his celebrated water has beenfor fome time held in great efteem,in contufions, for refolving coagu-lated blood, difcufling the tumoursthat arife on fraftures and difioca-tions, for preventing the progrefsof gangrenes, and cleanfing andhealing ulcers and wounds, parti-cularly gun-fhot wounds. Mr. Le-mery has been at the pains of writ-ing a whole treatife on it j inwhich he confiders each of the in-gredients fingly, and fuppofes thewater to pollefs their united vir-tues. In this, however, he is mif-taken ; for the virtues of mollof the herbs, admitting them to beas great as he would have them,refide in fuch parts as are notcapable of being elevated in thisprocefs.

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