4657. Osborne's Syrup

4657.    Osborne's Syrup. This is one of the most valuable preparations that can be made for children. Simmer 111/2 drachms each, rhubarb root, anise seed, and liquorice root, in 45 ounces boiling water over a slow fire till reduced to two-thirds. Then make a syrup with 43/4 troy pounds white sugar, add 2 13/16 drachms each manna and compound tincture of opium (paregoric), and 225 grains salt of tartar. In warm weather, add a wineglass of French brandy.

4658. Syrup of Seneka

4658.    Syrup of Seneka. Evaporate 4 fluid ounces of the fluid extract (see No. 4598 (Fluid Extract of Seneka)) by means of a sand or water-bath to a syrupy liquid, triturate this with 1/2 ounce carbonate magnesia, and gradually add 8 fluid ounces of water, constantly stirring; filter, and add sufficient water, through the filter, to make the liquid measure 8 fluid ounces, then dissolve in it 16 troy ounces sugar, with the aid of heat, and strain through muslin while hot. The product, for its permanence and elegant appearance, cannot be surpassed. To prepare this syrup directly from a fluid extract by merely mixing that with simple syrup, would render the preparation uncommonly thin, and introduce an excessively large proportion of alcohol, which would be an unquestionable and serious objection.

4659. Compound Chloroform Syrup

4659.    Compound Chloroform Syrup. This formula for an anodyne containing chloroform will remain combined and mix readily with either spirit or water. Macerate for 2 or 3 days 16 grains resin of cannabis, 2 grains capsicum, and 8 drops oil of peppermint in 4 drachms chloroform and 11/2 drachms ether; filter the product. To about 1 ounce syrup add 1/2 drachm each of water and perchloric acid, and dissolve in this by a water-bath, 16 grains muriate of morphia; when cold add 96 minims Scheele's hydrocyanic acid, add to this the filtrate first made, and syrup sufficient to make the whole up to 4 ounces.

4660. Syrup of Chloride of Iron

4660.      Syrup of Chloride of Iron. Place in a flask 4371/2 grains sulphate of iron, 5 grains sulphate of soda and 10 minims dilute sulphuric acid with 11/2 fluid ounces syrup previously heated to nearly boiling point, and continue the heat until a ferrous sulphate solution is effected. In another flask place 386 grains chloride of barium, 1/2 fluid ounce syrup, and 1 fluid ounce water, and apply heat until dissolved. Pour the two solutions together and mix thoroughly by agitation for a few minutes, and throw the whole upon a paper filter in a glass funnel, arranged in such a manner that it may be kept hot. When the ferrous chloride has filtered through, test a small quantity with a drop of solution of ferrous sulphate; if a white precipitate occurs, a few more grains of sulphate of iron must be added and refiltered; then add the hydroMEDICATED SYRUPS.

chloric acid and fill into 4 - ounce vials for further use. This syrup contains the same amount of* metallic iron, minim for minim, as the tincture of chloride of iron of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia.