Of the tincture thus prepared take 7 oz

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Source: Cooley's Cyclopædia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy [electronic resource] : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the pharmacopœia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families by Cooley, Arnold J. (Arnold James); North, W. (William) (1892), paragraph-16253.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Of the tincture thus prepared take 7 oz. ; mix with 6 pints of water and sufficient kaolin (China clay), or thoroughly washed whiting may be used ; filter through paper so as to obtain a perfectly bright filtrate, in which dissolve 6 lbs. of sugar without heat
• If it is deemed necessary to give an extra amount of foam, more than exists naturally in the ginger, a most efficient heading may be obtained from the following formula : — Soapwort root (Saponaria officinalis), in coarse powder, 4 oz. ; animal char- coal, 2 oz
• Macerate 2 days in a mixture of alcohol, 60°, 4 oz. ; pure glycerine, 4 oz. ; distilled water, 8 oz. ; then percolate so as to obtain 16 oz. of finished extract
• Two drachms of this will be found sufficient for 1 gall, of syrup ('Mineral Water Trade Review')
• For this purpose they dissolve about 1 oz. of sugar in a pint of water ; the plant is then put in, multiplies greatly in the solution, breaking it up into alcohol and carbonic acid, and the result is an effervescing drink

Method as extracted

1. Macerate 2 days in a mixture of alcohol, 60°, 4 oz. ; pure glycerine, 4 oz. ; distilled water, 8 oz. ; then percolate so as to obtain 16 oz. of finished extract.

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