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TONIC
AND
ALTERATIVE
CORDIAL.
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account
of
its
having
been
freed
from
that
matter
which,
being
blended
with
it
in
the
original
vegetable;
made
it
soluble
in
water.
However,
this
is
not
universal,
for
the
active
parts
of
some
vegetables,
when
extracted
by
rectified
spirit,
are
not
precipitated
by
water,
being
almost
equally
dissoluble
in
both
menstrua.
Rectified
spirit
may
be
tinged
by
vegetables
of
all
colours,
except
blue.
The
leaves
of
plants
in
general,
which
give
out
but
little
of
their
natural
colour
to
watery
liquors,
communi-
cate
to
the
spirit
the
whole
of
their
green
tincture,
which,
for
the
most
part,
proves
elegant,
though
not
very
durable.
TONIC
AND
ALTERATIVE
CORDIAL.
This
extremely
useful
and
tonic
compound,
which
is
very
cheap,
and
at
the
same
time
easy
to
be
made,
is
prepared
as
follows
:
—
Take
of
gentian-root,
sliced,
2
ounces:
Curacoa
oranges,
1
ounce;
Virginia
snake-root,
half
an
ounce;
cochineal,
10
grains;
French
brandy,
2
pints.
This
must
be
let
steep
for
three
days,
and
then
strain
through
a
cloth.
Of
this
a
table-spoonful
may
be
taken,
three
times
a
day,
in
a
wine-glassful
of
cold
water.
It
strengthens
the
digestive
powers
of
the
stomach,
increases
and
invigorates
the
appetite,
and
arouses
the
secretions
generally,
but
more
particularly
that
of
the
liver.