Powder of Camphor two drachms

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Source: A laboratory course of pharmacy and materia medica : including the principles and practice of dispensing ; adapted to the study of the British Pharmacopoeia and the requirements of the private student by Elborne, William; University of Leeds. Library (1890), materia-203-4.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Camphor two drachms: three or four sweet almonds,2 scald them in a mortar with boiling water for two minutes, dry them with a cloth, remove the thin brown seed-coats, place the (“blanched”) almonds in a dry mortar, lightly crush and triturate to a coarse powder or paste

Method as extracted

1. Grind according to the source passage: Take three or four sweet almonds,2 scald them in a mortar with boiling water for two minutes, dry them with a cloth, remove the thin brown seed-coats, place the (“blanched”) almonds in a dry mortar, lightly crush and triturate to a coarse powder or paste;

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