A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . nge peel. Distinction isproperly made between them in the trade. The volatile oil of sweet orange peel is much to be preferred for thepurposes for which the Pharmacopoeiadirects the use of Oil of Orange Peel. Used only as a flavoring agent. Aurantii Dulcis Cortex;U. S. Sweet Orange Peel. Apfelsinenschalen, G.; J&corce doran-ges douces, F.; JVaranjo dulce, Sp.;Apelsins7ccd, Sw. O rigi n.— Citrus Aurantium, Risso(Aurantiacece). Habitat.—Cultivated in SouthernEurope, and in Florida and the WestIndies. Part used.—The rind of the fruit. Description.—S
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . nge peel. Distinction isproperly made between them in the trade. The volatile oil of sweet orange peel is much to be preferred for thepurposes for which the Pharmacopoeiadirects the use of Oil of Orange Peel. Used only as a flavoring agent. Aurantii Dulcis Cortex;U. S. Sweet Orange Peel. Apfelsinenschalen, G.; J&corce doran-ges douces, F.; JVaranjo dulce, Sp.;Apelsins7ccd, Sw. O rigi n.— Citrus Aurantium, Risso(Aurantiacece). Habitat.—Cultivated in SouthernEurope, and in Florida and the WestIndies. Part used.—The rind of the fruit. Description.—See the Pharmaco-poeia, page 51. Constituents.—Resembling thoseof the bitter orange peel. The volatileoil of sweet orange peel is, however, adifferent one from that of the bitter orange peel, and the bitter hes-peridin is not found in as large a proportion in the sweet orange peel. Medicinal Uses.—It is a stimulant carminative, but is employedmostly as an excipient to improve or disguise the disagreeable taste ofother Figs. # 94, 95.—Sweet Orange Peel,natural size ; section of peel, enlarged. 206 A COMPANION TO THE AUKANTII CONFECTIO. Confection of Orange Peel. Remove the peel from a sufficient number of sweet oranges and grateit. Then beat it up with three times its weight of sugar until a uniformmixture results. AUEAKTII SYRUPUS; U. of Orange. Macerate fifty grams (1 ounce 334 grains) sweet orange peel, freshlyremoved from the fruit, deprived of the inner white fleshy layer, andcut into small pieces, with fifty grams (1 ounce 334 grains) alcohol forseven days. Then press out the liquid. Triturate this with ten grams(154 grains) precipitated phosphate of calcium and three hundred cubiccentimeters (10 fluidounces) water gradually added. Filter the mix-ture, and add enough water through the filter to make the final productweigh four hundred grams (14 ounces 48 grains). Dissolve in it sixhundred grams (21 ounces 70 grains) sugar without the aid of
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