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2 minutes; add to this Sj4 gallons of alcohol, 95 per

cent; add the following, made into a tincture; 15 grains

of crude cassia, 30 grains of Turkey rhubarb,%of a

grain of aloe socotrin,%an ounce of oak bark: mace

rate for 48 hours in 3 pints of alcohol; color pale or

dark yellow.

164. Elixir de Garus.

10 drachms of myrrh.

10 do. aloes.

15 do. cloves.

15 do. nutmegs.

5 ounces of Spanish saffron.

3% do. Ceylon cinnamon.

Ground and cut; macerate for 8 days with 3% gallons

ot alcohol, 95 per cent, and 4 gallons of water; distil

from off the water ^2/^ gallons of flavored spirit; add

43^ gallons of white plain syrup and 2'gallons of water;

color yellow.

165. Elixir de Genievre.

lb. of juniper berries, ground; macerate for 8

clays with 3^ gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent, and 2

gallons of water; press, strain and filter; add 4^ gal

lons of white plain syrup.

166. Elixir of Long Life.

2 ounces of Zedoary root.

2 do. agaric.

2 do. gentian root.

2 do. Venetian theriak.

2 do. Turkey rhubarb.

2 do. angelica root.

4 do. ginger.

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