Syrup of Rhubarb,

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Source: The dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in London: [translated] with some notes relating to manner of composition, and remarks on the changes made in most of the officinal medicines, from their first prescribers down to the present practice by Quincy, John, -1722 (1727), paragraph-573.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• of the beft Rhubarb, and of Sena Leaves, each two Ounces and an half, of Violet Flowers one handful ; of Cinnamon one Dram and an half j of Ginger half a Dram ; of Succory and Fennel Wa¬ ters, each four Pints
• Let them lfeep a whole Night warm, and then boil the {trained Liquor up into a Syrup with two Pounds of white Sugar; to¬ wards the latter end mixing with it two Ounces of the Solutive Syrup of Rofes
• “ This hath but lately been taken into the Bif- penfatory by the College, and differs here from tc what it was formerly in rejecting the Betony Wa- ter, becaufe that is not ordered now to be made at all; and in putting but two Ounces of the Syrup of Rofes, which wasfour before:

Method as extracted

1. Take of the beft Rhubarb, and of Sena Leaves, each two Ounces and an half, of Violet Flowers one handful ; of Cinnamon one Dram and an half j of Ginger half a Dram ; of Succory and Fennel Wa¬ ters, each four Pints.
2. Let them lfeep a whole Night warm, and then boil the {trained Liquor up into a Syrup with two Pounds of white Sugar; to¬ wards the latter end mixing with it two Ounces of the Solutive Syrup of Rofes.

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