Tincture of Cinchona

Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Source: Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines : containing observations on the comparative advantages of vaccine inoculation, with instructions for performing the operation, an essay, enabling puptured [sic] persons to manage themselves, with engravings of bandages, which every person may prepare for himself, and a family herbal by Buchan, William, 1729-1805; Green, S. B., Mrs., Provenance; University of Bristol. Library (1823), narrative-offset-1438816.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Cinchona: of Peruvian bark two ounces; Seville orange-peel and cinnamon, of each half an ounce Let the barK be powdered, and the other ingredients bruised ; then

Method as extracted

1. Macerate according to the source passage: Compound Tincture of the Cinchona.— Take of Peruvian bark two ounces; Seville orange-peel and cinnamon, of each half an ounce Let the barK be powdered, and the other ingredients bruised ; then infuse the whole in a pint and a half of brandy, for fivj* or six days, in a close vessel ; atterwards strain off the tincture.— This tincture is not only bene- IJcial m intermitting fevers, but also in the slow, nervous, and putrid kinds especially towards their decline.— The dose is from one drachm to three or tour, every fifth or sixth hour.

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