“Take of Tincture of Tolu a fluidounce; Syrup a pint and a half

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Source: The dispensatory of the United States of America by Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879 (1849), paragraph-11285.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Sugar [refined] two pounds and a half
• The Edinburgh College prepares this syrup by adding gradually one ounce of the tincture of tolu to two pounds of simple syrup just prepared, and before it has become cold
• Duhamel.—Macerate eight ounces of coarsely powdered senna with a pint of diluted alcohol for twelve hours; then introduce it ‘into a*displacement apparatus, and gradually pour in water until three pints of liquid shall have passed
• Strain the liquor, and when it is cold add for each fluidounce two drops of the oil of fennel, dissolved in a little Hoffmann’s anodyne. ‘The last-mentioned ingredient serves to prevent the fluid extract from fermenting

Method as extracted

1. Mix the Tincture with the Syrup,‘and by means of a water-bath evaporate to the proper consistence.” U.S.
2. Boil the Balsam in the Water for half an hour, in a lightly covered vessel, occasionally stirring, and strain the liquor when cold; then add the Sugar and dissolve it.” Lond.
3. Strain the liquor, and when it is cold add for each fluidounce two drops of the oil of fennel, dissolved in a little Hoffmann’s anodyne. ‘The last-mentioned ingredient serves to prevent the fluid extract from fermenting.

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