The eclectic and general dispensatory : comprehending a system of pharmacy, materia medica, the formulae of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopoeias, prescriptions of many eminent physicians, and receipts for the most common empirical medicines . for preparing it, I submitthe following formula, to the piofession, asone which 1 have round to answer everypurpose tor which the medicine is prescri-bed 1 ake of the bulbs of Colchicum, raisedin July or in August,) sliced u-ansversely,and dried without heat, or at a lemperaiurenot exceeding 110 Fahrenheit, one ounceand a half; pulverize them


The eclectic and general dispensatory : comprehending a system of pharmacy, materia medica, the formulae of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopoeias, prescriptions of many eminent physicians, and receipts for the most common empirical medicines . for preparing it, I submitthe following formula, to the piofession, asone which 1 have round to answer everypurpose tor which the medicine is prescri-bed 1 ake of the bulbs of Colchicum, raisedin July or in August,) sliced u-ansversely,and dried without heat, or at a lemperaiurenot exceeding 110 Fahrenheit, one ounceand a half; pulverize them ; and pour uponthe powder, put ino a glais bottle, twelvefluid ounces of good sherry wine. Agitatethe mixture twice a day tor seven days, andthen filter for use The dose of wine is from Tl\^xx o f 5J !given in water only, or in combination withmagnesia in the effervescing draught; orwith infusion of cinchona bark, or of gentianroot, or any other bitter. 564 APPENDIX- No. I. > 9 O t. ij lu tC tn ?># uboo (^ -z a. &« ?S-o-a d-S » £.£.5 ^.5 ^•••?S_; botcS £5 £•? £ J- E E E e «0M C 3 6 3«£e foliavulg,marl 1 irotaniisintliii < es TJ .5 <J-< I o.


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