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p ^**™*™.—It is best given in substance, either reduced to

1 >p 0r 111 ^ le form of pills. The dose should be at least 3ij.

(O a .st n I r, C ) TUl } A Castorei, L. E. ( Tinctura Castorei Rossici, D.)[f 3 Xv - r Russian, Z).], bruised, Sijss. [3jss. E., Sij.ZC]; Rectified Spirit,Oij .tseve n ‘ r>\ ? r °° f Spirit ’ 0i j . wine measure, D.] Macerate for fourteendig e ■° - ) days, and filter. “ This tincture may be prepared either by^ttif;°a 0r . I ,crc °lation, like the tincture of Cassia” [p. 788], E.) —«ol Ve e “ s Pirit, used by the London and Edinburgh Colleges, is a betterThe Q . cas tor than proof spirit, employed by the Dublin College.fl uid ;f lari % of castor used in all the processes is much too small. A\vl)ii e t v Ce 0p Ple Edinburgh tincture contains three-fourths of a drachm,giv e a 116 P,011 ^ on preparation contains only half a drachm; so that toof fjj Medium dose of castor (3j.), it would be necessary to administer fSij.i^ka r 1)ic ^ urc (rectified spirit) of the London Pharmacopoeia! Dr. Paris

2 lp ac °l-) says the dose of this tincture is rqxx. to f3ij.

foetid^ ll ? CTURA Castorej Ammoniata, E. (Castor, bruised, 5j.; Asa-8ev en ’, ln small fragments, 3ss.; Spirit of Ammonia, foxvj. Digest for® a y s in a well-closed vessel; strain and express strongly the^otlv 1 ’ and Pdter liquor. “ This tincture cannot be so conve-P re P ar ed by the method of percolation,” E.) —Stimulant andasaf„l- S , moclic - Spirit of Ammonia is a good solvent for both castor and

atlda - Dose f'5ss. to f3ij.