Tincture of Peruvian bark

Historical preparation record

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Source: Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners by Buchan, William, 1729-1805. n 82060399 (1824), narrative-offset-1728542.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Peruvian bark: 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: It is rather too hot to be taken by itself ; but is very proper for mixing with such medicines as might otherwise prove too cold for the stomach. ° Compound Tincture of the Bark.— 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 m a pint and a half of brandy for five or six days, in a close vessel; after- wards strain off the tincture. * r This tincture is not only beneficial in intermitting fevers, but also in the slow, nervous, and putrid kinds, especially towards their decline lhe dose is from one drachm to three or four, every fifth or sixth hour It may be given in any suitable liquor, and occasionally sharpened with a few drops of the spirit of vitriol.

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