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laments from the bulb of the squill, cut it into slices, and dry with an'uferior heat (between 90° and 100° F.); then reduce them to powder,''hich ought to be kept in glass bottles with ground stoppers. The bulboses about four-fifths of its weight by drying: so that six grains ofle dry powder are equal to half a drachm when fresh. Powdereds quill readily attracts water from the atmosphere, and becomes soft andUl °uldy ; hence the necessity of preserving it in stoppered bottles and ina dry place. It is usually administered in the form of pill. The dose of:f* e powder, as an emetic, is from six to fifteen grains: ten grains being116 average. As an expectorant or diuretic we should commence with° ne grain and gradually increase until slight nausea is excited.

2. Pilulje Scillje composite, L. D. Pilulee Scillce, Ed.—Squill,f esh dried and powdered, 5j-; Ginger , powdered; Ammoniacum, pow-U'red, eachSij.; Soap, jiij.: Syrup [Molasses, D.] as much as maysufficient. Mix the powders together; then beat them with the) s ° a l l , and add the syrup [molasses, D.] so as to obtain a proper consis-ttn ce. The Edinburgh College takes of powdered Squill grs. xxiv.,Powdered Ammoniac, and Ginger, and Spanish Soap, each 9j.; Conserve1 Bed Roses, gr. x.; and forms them into twenty-four pills. Expectorantdiuretic. Principally used in chronic bronchial affections. Dose0l D five to twenty grains. It readily spoils by keeping.

3- Tinctuba Scillje, L. D. E.—Squill, fresh dried, Sv. [bruised intoc °arse powder, jiv. Ed.'] ; Proof Spirit, Oij. [Oj. and fgxij .Ed.] ; ma-p ;ra te for fourteen days, and strain, L. The directions of the Dublin°llege do not essentially differ from these. “ Prepare this tincture byPercolation, as directed for tincture of cinchona, but without packing theP*Pp firmly in the percolator. It may likewise be obtained by the pro-of digestion from the sliced bulb.” Ed. Expectorant and diuretic.Se d in chronic bronchial affections. Dose nix. to f 3 ss.

^,4- Acetum Scillje, L. D. E.—Squill, fresh dried, 3xv, [Sviij. D.];Q ls tilled Vinegar, Ovj. [Oiii. D. wine meas.] Proof [rectified, D.] Spirit,1 Ss - [fjiv. D.] The relative proportions used by the Edinburgh Col-j e ge are the same as those of the London College, except that one-tenth® Ss spirit is employed. Macerate the squill with the vinegar, with ak ntle heat, in a covered vessel, for twenty-four hours [seven days, D.afterwards press out [the liquor] and set it by, that the dregs may“side: lastly, add the spirit to the clear liquor. A most ancient pre-* [ation. Expectorant and diuretic. Used in chronic pulmonarye ctions and dropsies under the regulations before described. Dose£ to 3iss. in some aromatic water. It is a constituent of the Mistura^carillce composita, Ph. L.

Oxfmel Scillje, L. D.— Honey [despumated] lb. iij.; Vinegarc Squill, Oiss. Boil down in a glass vessel, with a slow fire, to a proper( j I1Sl -stence. Used as an expectorant in chronic catarrhs and asthma, in;i |j Ses of f 5 j. or f 3 ij. As an emetic it is sometimes given to children^ e cted with hooping-cough or croup, in doses of a teaspoonful repeatedL ‘fy quarter of an hour until vomiting occurs.

& • Sritupus Scillje, E.—Vinegar of Squills, three pints; PureVinf r ’ seven pounds. Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar of squills,

ffie aid of a gentle heat and agitation. Use and dose as the

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