4590. Parrish's Compound Fluid Extract of Buchu

4590. Parrish's Compound Fluid Extract of Buchu. Take of buchu, in coarse powder, 12 ounces; alcohol, 3 pints; water, 6 pints, or sufficient. Treat the leaves by maceration and displacement, first with a portion of the alcohol, and then with the remainder mixed with the water; evaporate the resulting liquid with a gentle heat to 3 pints, and add 21/2 pounds sugar. Continue the heat till it is dissolved, and, after removing from the fire, add oil of cubebs, oil of juniper, of each 1 fluid drachm ; spirit of nitric ether, 12 fluid ounces, previously mixed. Stir together.

4591. Alkaline Fluid Extract of Rhubarb

4591. Alkaline Fluid Extract of Rhubarb. Take of fluid extract of rhubarb (by repercolation), 1 fluid ounce; neutral carbonate of potassa, 80 grains; water, 1 fluid ounce. Dissolve the carbonate in the water; to this add the fluid extract, and let the mixture repose 6 to 12 hours; then strain through muslin, and filter, if desirable. The alkaline fluid extract of rhubarb can bo mixed with water in any proportion, affording a perfectly clear and transparent liquid of a deep red color. Another alkaline fluid extract of rhubarb will be found in No. 4586.

4592. Moore's Fluid Extract of Cimi-cifuga Racemosa (Black Cohosh, or Black Snakeroot

4592.    Moore's Fluid Extract of Cimi-cifuga Racemosa (Black Cohosh, or Black Snakeroot.) Take of cimicifuga, in No. 50 powder, 16 ounces, troy; alcohol 95 per cent., diluted alcohol, of each a sufficient quantity. Moisten the root with the alcohol, pack closely in the displacer, and pour on alcohol gradually until 8 fluid ounces have passed through, which reserve in a covered vessel to prevent evaporation, then proceed with dilute alcohol until the root is thoroughly exhausted. Evaporate over a water-hath until all the alcohol is driven off; set it aside to cool, that the resinous portion extracted may be deposited, which separate and add to the alcoholic portion first obtained; then proceed with the evaporation until reduced to 8 fluid ounces, and mix the two products ; allow it to stand 48 hours, and then filter. (See No. 4575 (Class No).)

4593. Compound Fluid Extract of Squills

4593.      Compound Fluid Extract of Squills. This is alcoholic, in which 3 parts alcohol are diluted with 1 part water. Take of squills and seneka, each 16 ounces troy, reduced to a moderately coarse powder. Moisten with about 12 ounces of the liquid, and pack firmly in a conical percolator; cover the surface with a cloth and pour on of the same menstruum until 6 pints have slowly passed, reserving carefully the first 24 ounces. Evaporate the remainder in a water-bath at 150° Fahr., until reduced to 8 fluid ounces. Mix it with the reserved tincture, and, after standing, with occasional agitation, for 24 hours, filter, dropping sufficient of the menstruum on the filter to make the whole measure 2 pints. Hive Syrup may now be prepared from this extract by taking: compound fluid extract of squills, 4 fluid ounces; tartar emetic, 24 grains; simple syrup, 20 fluid ounces; hot water, 1/2 fluid ounce. Dissolve the tartar emetic in the water, and mix with the other ingredients.