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Carbonate of Soda nine troyounces ; Clarified Honey three troyounces ; Sugar, in coarse powder,

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Source: The pharmacopoeia of the United States of America by National Convention for Revising the Pharmacopoeia; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1864), paragraph-2100.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Boiling Water two pints
  • of Myrrh, in fine powder, one hundred and twenty grains
  • of Iodine half a troyounce

Method as extracted

  1. Dissolve the salts separately, each in a pint of the Water, a fluidounce of Syrup having been pre- viously added to each pint.
  2. Mix the two solutions, when cold, in a bottle just large enough to hold them, close it accurately with a stopper, and set it by that the carbonate of iron may subside.
  3. Pour off the supernatant liquid, and, having mixed water, recently boiled, with Syrup in the propor- tion of a pint to the , fluidounce, wash the pre- cipitate with the mixture until the washings no longer have a saline taste.
  4. Place the precipitate on a flannel cloth to drain, and, having expressed as much of the water as possible, mix it imme- diately with the Clarified Honey and Sugar.
  5. Take of Myrrh, in fine powder, one hundred and twenty grains ;
  6. Take of Iodine half a troyounce ;

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  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: corrosive or toxic chemical.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The pharmacopoeia of the United States of America — The pharmacopoeia of the United States of AmericaPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2100.
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