“ Take of aromatic powder, szx ounces; Virginian snake- root, in fine powder, three ounces

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Source: The London dispensatory, containing: I, the elements of pharmacy; II, the botanical description ... and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III, the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians by Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849 (1830), paragraph-10050.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Virginian snake- root, in fine powder, three ounces; opium, diffused in a suffi- cient quantity of Spanish white wine, half an ounce ; syrup of ginger, a pound
• They are stimulant narcotics; and are usefully employed in atonic gout, flatulent colic, and in diarrhoeas, unattended by any in- flammatory symptoms. ‘Thirty-six grains of the London con- - fection contain one grain of opium, and the same quantity is contained in forty-three of the Edinburgh electuary. ‘The dose is from grs. x. to f 3}
• “Take of black pepper, elecampane-root, of each, one pound ; fennel seeds, three pounds; honey, refined sugar, of each, three pounds

Method as extracted

1. Mix, so as to make an electuary.” Syn.
2. Rub together the dry ingredients to a’ fine powder; then add the honey, and beat the whole into one mass.” This preparation, although a warm stimulant, yet is intend- ed as a substitute for Ward’s paste in hemorrhoides.

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