This section is from the book "Materia Medica: Pharmacology: Therapeutics Prescription Writing For Students and Practitioners", by Walter A. Bastedo. Also available from Amazon: Materia Medica: Pharmacology: Therapeutics: Prescription Writing for Students and Practitioners.
This is a liquid extract of malted barley. It is of the consistence of thick honey, is sweet, and represents a large percentage of carbohydrate nutritive matter. It contains a small amount of the starch-digesting ferment, diastase. Dose, 1/2 ounce (15 c.c). Its chief use is to hide disagreeable tastes, as of cas-cara, cod-liver oil, etc
 
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