4498. Tincture of Skunk-Cabbage

4498.      Tincture of Skunk-Cabbage. Take 3 ounces skunk-cabbage root in powder, and 1 pint diluted alcohol. Make a tincture by maceration, or displace 1 pint from a percolator. (Am. Dis.)

4499. Tincture of Stramonium

4499.     Tincture of Stramonium. Make 1 pint of tincture from 2 ounces bruised stramonium seed and diluted alcohol. (Am. Dis.)

4500. Tincture of Monesia

4500.    Tincture of Monesia. Take 1 part extract of monesia, 6 parts alcohol, and 14 parts water. Mix and filter. (Am. Dis.)

4501. Tincture of St

4501.    Tincture of St. John's Wort. Macerate for 14 days 5 ounces blossoms of St. John's wort, in 1 pint alcohol. Express and filter. (Am. Dis.)

4502. Compound Tincture of Kino

4502.    Compound Tincture of Kino. Take 4 drachms each powdered opium, gum kino, and cochineal; 3 drachms each camphor and cloves; and 4 drachms aromatic spirits of ammonia. Macerate in 4 pints dilute alcohol. Express and filter.

4503. Camphorated Tincture of Soap

4503.   Camphorated Tincture of Soap. There has been some difficulty in preparing this liniment as directed in the dispensatory, on account of its coagulating. The following formula makes a tincture which remains fluid at all temperatures. Take 4 ounces castile soap, 2 ounces camphor, 1/2 ounce oil of rosemary, 16 ounces water, and 20 ounces 95 per cent, alcohol.

4504. Tincture of Chloride of Iron

4504.    Tincture of Chloride of Iron. Introduce 3 troy ounces of iron wire, cut into pieces, into a flask of the capacity of 2 pints; pour upon it 11 troy ounces muriatic acid, and allow the mixture to stand until effervescence has ceased. Then heat it to the boiling point, decant the liquid from the undissolved iron, filter it through paper, and, having rinsed the flask with a little boiling distilled water, add this to it through the filter. Pour the filtrate into a 4-pint capsule, add 61/2 troy ounces muriatic acid; and, having heated the mixture nearly to the boiling point, add 11/2 troy ounces nitric acid. When effervescence has ceased, drop in nitric acid, constantly stirring, until it no longer produces effervescence. Lastly, when the liquid is cold, add sufficient distilled water to make it measure 1 pint, and mix it with 3 pints alcohol. ( U. S. Ph.)

4505. Tincture of Guaiac

4505.     Tincture of Guaiac. Reduce 6 troy ounces guaiac to a moderately coarse powder, mix it with an equal bulk of dry sand, pack the mixture moderately in a conical percolator ; and, having covered it with a layer of sand, gradually pour alcohol upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. (U. S. Ph.)

4506. Tincture of Black Hellebore

4506.    Tincture of Black Hellebore. Moisten 4 troy ounces black hellebore in moderately fine powder, with 1 fluid ounce diluted alcohol. Pack it in a cylindrical percolator, and gradually pour diluted alcohol upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. (U. S. Ph.)