Syrup of Syrup of Violet juice

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Source: The London dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmacy; II. The botanical description, natural history,chemical analysis, and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeiasof the London, the Edinburgh, and the Dublin colleges of physicians : the whole forming a practical synopsis of materia medica, pharmacy, and therapeutics, illustrated with many useful tables and copper- by Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849; University of Glasgow. Library; University of Glasgow. Library (1822), monograph-offset-2261865-3.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Syrup of Violet juice: This fraud is easily detected by adding a little acid or alkali to a portion of the suspected syrup: if it be genuine, the acid will change the blue colour to red, and the alkali to green; but if it be counterfeit, these changes will not take place, except in the case of the juice of red cabbage being substituted for violets: but in this case the fraud is a very innocent one Medical properties and uses. — This syrup

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: This fraud is easily detected by adding a little acid or alkali to a portion of the suspected syrup: if it be genuine, the acid will change the blue colour to red, and the alkali to green; but if it be counterfeit, these changes will not take place, except in the case of the juice of red cabbage being substituted for violets: but in this case the fraud is a very innocent one Medical properties and uses. — This syrup acts as a gentle laxative when given to infants ; but it is chiefly used as a test of the presence of acids and alkalies. ^RUPUS ZINGIBERIS, Lond. Syrup of Ginger. ■ c , 5finSer root sI'ced, two ounces; boiling Water, a pint; refined Sugar, txw pounds.

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