Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

INTRODUCTION. xxvii.
of aloes, i\*o ounces of winter's bu-rk, and five
quarts of white wine. The first is a restorative
cordial and strengthener ; the latter is sufficiently
known as a purge. Laudanum is made of two
ounces of opium, a dram of cloves, and a dram
of cinnamon, and a pint of wine. Viper wine
is made of two ounces of dried vipers, and two
quarts of white wine; and the tincture of ipecacuanha
for a vomit, of two ounces of that root,
half an ounce of dry orange peel, and a quart
of sack. Lastly, what is called elixir propriefatis
is made of aloes, myrrh, and saffron, of
each an ounce, sal armoniac six drams, and salt
of tartar
wine.
eight ounces, in a quart of mountain
These are all the tinctures and wires that
need be kept in a family, whose is
charity designed
to be very extensive ; the expenec of the whole
is a trifle, not worth naming, and the trouble
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scarce anv . thing Uooks
are full of directions
in particular for every tincture, as if every one
were to be made a different way ; but the best
method is to give a good deal of time, and fre-
quent shaking, and that will stand iu the place
of heat in most things of this kind : nevertheless,
I advise that they should stand in a room
where a fire is kept while they are making ; and
those which require heat, that is, those that
take a colour most slowly, are to be placed nearest
to it.
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