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Ground; macerate for 24 hours with
gallons of
alcohol, 95 per cent, and 6}( gallons of water; distil
over tdl running 45 per cent; macerate the distilled
hquor for 48 hours with
ounces of peppermint and
12 ounces of Pontic wormwood; press and filter.
177. Fining with Milk.
% of a pint of good milk, boiled and cooled again,
mixed with 10 gallons of liquor; it will soon settle it.
178, Fining with Eggs.
2 egg white's beaten to froth; add a little alcohol; mix
it with 10 gallons of liquor; it will soon settle it.
179. Fining with Potash.
lYz ounce of carbonate of potash, dissolved in one
pint of water; mixed with 10 gallons of liquor will soon
settle it.
180. Fining with Alum.
3 drachms of powdered calcinated alum dissolved in
alcohol, and mix with 10 gallons of liquor, will soon
settle it.
181. Fever Drops.
lbs of calamus root,
do. zedoary.
1Y do. ginger.
3% do. dried orange apples.
Ground; macerate for 8 days in 5 gallons of alcohol,
80 per cent; strain, press and filter; then add 4 to 6
ounces of alcoholic extract of Peruvian bark dissolved
in 5 gallons of alcohol, 80 per cent. Filter.
Dose 3 to 4 teaspoonsful a day.
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