33 / 78
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EFFERVESCING·
BBVDA&BS. •
33 "
one
drachm,
or
One
draehm
and
a
half;
essence
of lemon, one drop. ·. . .
_
·
White paper,
tartaricoacid, tbiny-five
grains.
SPRUCE BEER
POWDERS.
Blue paper,
·white
sugar,
three
drachms ;
carbonate of
soda,
twenty-&ix
grains ;
essence
of
spruce, five
drops.
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·
·
lYhite paper,
tarta.rie
acid,
half
a
drachm.
Ginger
and
spruce beer powders are simply
soda powders, fl:t.vored
with
the
additional
in-
~ents.
·
SEIDLITZ POWDERS.
Bl~ paper,~~
(Roehelie.;.it,)
two
drachma ;
carbonate of
soda,.
two
scruples.
·White paper,
tartaric acid,
ha.If
a
dracbm.
Dissolve the contents
of
a.
blue paper
in
wa–
t.er ;
stir
in
the
acid
powder,
and
drink
during ·
the'
effervescence. . .. :•.
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...- . . ' . ,. . ;.
r.,
, .
Ground
or ·
finely
powdered
white
sugar,
two
parta ; dried
and
powdered
citric
acid, .one
part;
powdem
bicarbonate
or
potash,
one
part
and
a quarter;
mix
in
a mortar, and keep
in
a very closely
stopped
bottle..
One
large
tea–
spoonful
to
be
stirred
in
two-think
of a
tum-
bler of cold water.
·.
·
This preparation
is
expensive, and does not
keep
well; the· following
is
uaually.
subatitu·
ted
for
it:-