Syrup of marshmallows

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Source: Domestic medicine. Or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : containing observations on the comparative advantages of vaccine inoculation, with instructions for performing the operation an essay, enabling puptured [sic] persons to manage themselves, with engravings of bandages, which every person may prepare for himself and a family herbal. To which are added, such useful discoveries ... as have transpired since the demise of the author by Buchan, William, 1729-1805. n 82060399 (1813), narrative-offset-1441636.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• marshmallows: simple cinnamon-water, five ounces; vinegar of squills, one ounce ; syrup of marshmallows, an ounce and a half

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: To a very young child half a spoonful will be sufficient. — When the mixture is intended to purge, the dose may either be increased, or the quantity of rhubarb doubled.— This is one of the most generally useful medicines for children with w hich we are acquainted. Saline Mixture. — Dissolve a drachm of the salt of tartar in four ounces of boiling water, and, when cold, drop into it vitriolic acid till the ef- fervescence ceases ; then add, of peppermint-water, two ounces ; simple syrup, one ounce. — Where fresh lemons cannot be had this mixture may occasionally supply the place of the saline julep. Squill Mixture. — Take simple cinnamon-water, five ounces; vinegar of squills, one ounce ; syrup of marshmallows, an ounce and a half.

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