4678. Syrup of Chamomile

4678.    Syrup of Chamomile. Take of fluid extract of chamomile, 4 ounces ; syrup, 12 ounces. Mix with the syrup moderately warm, and strain through flannel. The preparation is as clear as that made from the flowers, with the convenience of being made at will. The dose is one-fourth that of the fluid extract, or from 2 to 4 drachms.

4679. Syrup of Hydrate of Chloral

4679.    Syrup of Hydrate of Chloral. Mix together 2 scruples hydrate of chloral, 1 drachm water, and 7 drachms simple syrup.

4680. Syrup of Citric Acid

4680.      Syrup of Citric Acid. Dissolve 60 grains citric acid in fine powder in sufficient warm or hot water, and add the solution to 16 fluid ounces syrup containing 30 minims spirits of lemon, shaking them all together until thoroughly mixed. Syrup made according to this formula has a better appearance, and retains its brilliance and flavor longer than that prepared according to the U. S. Pharmacopoeia.

4681. Compound Syrup of Hemlock

4681.    Compound Syrup of Hemlock. Bruise well 2 ounces each of water hemlock (Phellandrium aquaticum) seeds, queen's-root (stillingia silvatica), and red Peruvian bark. Simmer them with 2 pints boiling water for 20 minutes; and, when cold, strain. Then evaporate to 1 pint, add 2 pounds white sugar, dissolve with a gentle heat, removing any scum that may arise, and strain the mixture while hot. Dose: 1 to 3 drachms 3 or 4 times daily.

4682. Cadet's Compound Syrup of Ipecacuanha

4682.      Cadet's Compound Syrup of Ipecacuanha. Mix 2 ounces each syrup of ipecacuanha and syrup of poppies, 1 ounce syrup of orange flowers, and 11/2 oxymel of squill. 2 tea-spoonfuls constitute a dose in whooping-cough.

4683. Compound Syrup of Yellow-dock

4683.    Compound Syrup of Yellow-dock. Grind and mix together 2 pounds yellow-dock root (rumex), 1 pound bark of false bitter-sweet root, 1/2 pound American ivy bark, and 1/2 pound figwort. Cover them with 76 per cent, alcohol, and let them stand for 2 days. Then displace through a percolator with hot water 2 pints extract, which reserve. Continue the percolation with hot water, and re-servo so much of this second solution as contains a sensible amount of spirit, distill the alcohol from it, and set it also aside. Continue the displacement with hot water until near exhaustion, and boil down this until, when mixed with the second solution, the two combined will make 12 pints. To the mixture of these two add 16 pounds refined sugar; dissolve by heat, carefully removing the scum, evaporate to 14 pints. When nearly cold add the 2 pints first reserved alcoholic tincture, making in all 2 gallons syrup. Each pint will contain the virtue of 4 ounces of the ingredients. (Am. Dis.)

4684. Corvisart's Syrup of Pepsine

4684.    Corvisart's Syrup of Pepsine. Heat 15 parts by weight of syrup of cherries to 70° or 75° Fahr.; mix with 1 part starchy pepsine, and, after 30 minutes, filter.