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Medicinal Compofitions.

Part IV.

julepum e camphora ace-tosum.

Camphor julep --with 'vinegar.T ake of

Camphor, one dram;Gum Arabic, two drams;Double refined fugar, half an

ounce;

Vinegar, one pint.

Grind the camphor with a fewdrops of rectified fpirit of wine,till it grows foft; then add thegum previoufly reduced to a mu-cilage with equal its quantity ofwater, and rub them togethertill they are perfeftly mixed.To this mixture add by de-grees the vinegar with the fugardiflolved in it.

By this management, the wholefubftance of the camphor is unitedwith, and kept fufpended in, theliquor; and confequently everyfpoonful of the mixture is equiva-lent to one grain and feven-eighthsof a grain of camphor in fubftance.The fame treatment fucceeds equal-ly when water is ufed for the men-ftruum ; and if the affiftance of ni-tre is required, this alfo may beadded in either form.

JULEPUM e CRETA.

Chalk julep.

Lond.

Take of

The whiteft chalk, prepared, oneounce;

Double-refined fugar, fix drams;Gum Arabic, two drams;Water, two pints.

Mix them together.

This julep is defignedfor heart-burns and other like diforders arif-ing from acid juices in the firftpaffages. The chief ufe of the gumis to give a greater degree of con-fidence to the water, and enableit to keep the powdered chalk fuf-pended.

JULEPUM e MOSCHO.

Alufk julep.

Lond.

Take of

Damafk-rofe water, fix ounces

by meafure;

Mulk, twelve grains;Double-refined fugar, one dram.Grind the fugar and the mulk to-gether, and gradually add tothem the rofe-water.

This is an improvement uponthe Hysteric julep with muskof Bates. Orange flower water isdirefted by that author ; and indeedthis more perfectly coincides withthe mulk than rofe-water : but asthe former is difficultly procurablein perfeftion, the latter is here pre-ferred. The julep appears turbidat firft; on Handing a little time,it depofites a brown powder, andbecomes clear, but at the fame timelofes great part of its virtue. Thisinconvenience may be prevented,by thoroughly grinding the mulkwith two or three drams of mucilageof gum Arabic, before the additionof the water, as diretted in thepreceding chapter for making e-mulfions: by means of the gum,the whole fubftance of the mulk ismade to remain fufpended in thewater. Volatile fpirits are in manycafes an ufeful addition to mulk,and likewife enable water to keepfomewhat more of the mulk dif-folved, than it would otherwise. retain. The following compofitionof this kind is ufed in fome of ourhofpitals.

julepum moschatum.

Mujk julep.

Take of

Rofe-water, fix ounces;Volatile oily fpirit, one dram

and a half;

Mulk, fifteen grains;White'fugar, half an ounce.

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