Syrup of Poppy Heads seeds

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Source: The pharmacopoeia universalis or, complete encyclopedia of the materia medica; contained in the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin as well as of all those of Europe and America ; and of the dispensatories, formularies and chemical works ... With an appendix ... by Jourdan, A. J. L. (Antoine Jacques Louis), 1788-1848 (1833), materia-338-11.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Poppy Heads seeds: Boil down to one half ; add to the strained liquor, depurated by repose, White Sugar, Make a syrup. WIiRTEM.) SPIELMANN prescribes four pounds of sugar.—GENEV.—one pound of capsules, sixteen pounds of water, and four pounds of sugar.—FERR.—one pound of capsules, eight pounds of water, and four of sugar. This formula presents numerous varie- ties:—GaLL. directs one pound of cap- sules freed from seeds to be digested f

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: Boil down to one half ; add to the strained liquor, depurated by repose, White Sugar, Make a syrup. WIiRTEM.) SPIELMANN prescribes four pounds of sugar.—GENEV.—one pound of capsules, sixteen pounds of water, and four pounds of sugar.—FERR.—one pound of capsules, eight pounds of water, and four of sugar. This formula presents numerous varie- ties:—GaLL. directs one pound of cap- sules freed from seeds to be digested for twelve hours in eight pounds of boiling water ; the liquor to be then evaporated in a water-bath to one half, set aside to depu- rate, and a syrup formed with four pounds of sugar.—BELG.—one pound of nearly dry capsules, freed from seeds, to be digested for twenty-four hours in thirty pounds of boiling water, and then boiled till only eight pounds of liquor remain: this is to be expressed, evaporated to one half, depu- rated, and a syrup then formed with four pounds of sugar.—Hass.; and PIDERIT— one pound of capsules to be macerated for twenty-four hours in eight pounds of water; to be then boiled, and sixteen ounces of sugar added to every nine of the strained liquor, to make a syrup by boiling for a few instants.—HErBiP.—eight ounces of cap- sules, twelve pounds of water, and twelve hours’ maceration; then reduction to one third, straining, evaporation to one half, and the addition of two pounds and a half of sugar.—Van Mons—to macerate one two parts. three pounds. (Bruns. ;

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