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Show OFFICINAL SQUILL, OR SEA ONION OFFICINAL SQUILL, OR SEA ONION. (Tinctura Scille. L. D.) Take of squills, fresh dried, four ounces ; proof spirit of wine, two pints : eight days, and pour off the liquor, L.): for (Digest the faces Digest for seven days; then set it aside, and, when have subsided, pour off the pureliquor, D. and there The active principle of squills is soluble in alcohol, fifteen doseis The . are cases in which a tincture may be useful to thirty drops, three times a day. <a rera= gS MT oN a. —— me re Sa; "ey ey hoyes: : . = PS a < Tincrure oF Squite. = T- .5 Pe a iy x 2 Q Te KeA Honey or Squitts. (MelScilla. L.) Take of clarified honey, three pounds ; tincture of squills, two pints : Boil them, in a glass vessel, to the thickness of a syrup. and, whew This is merely a sweetened tincture of squills, doseis one ‘The y. eousl poran extem ed wanted, may be prepar day. a times to two drachms three Oxymer or Squitts. (Oxymel Scilla. L. D.) Take of clarified honey, three pounds; vinegar of squills, two pints : thickness of Boil them in a glass vessel, with a slowfire, to the a syrup. nt, and expecOxymel of squills is an useful aperient, deterge , coughs, and asthmas l humora in service great torant, and of It is given in doses other disorders where thick phlegm abounds. c water, as of two or three drachms, along with some aromati it would which that of cinnamon, to prevent the great nausea emetic. proves it otherwise be apt to excite. In large doses Syrup oF Squinrs. Take of vinegar of squills, two pounds ; s and double refined sugar, in powder, three pound a half: Dissolve the sugar with a gentle heat, so as to form a syrup. for l or two, This syrup is used chiefly in doses of a spoonfu also given as an emetic to children. Vinecar oF Squinis. (Acctum Scilla Maritime. E.) Take of dried squills, two ounces ; Take of distilled acetous acid, two pounds and half : alcohol, three ounces ! Macerate the squills in the dcetous acid for seven days; then press out the liquor, to which add the alcohol; and oh the feces have subsided, pour off the clear liquor. Vinecar or Squints. (Acetum Scille. L.y Take of squills; recently dried, one pound; vinegar, six pints ; proof spirit, half a pint: Macerate the squills with the vinegar iti a glass vessel, with a gentle heat, for twenty-four hours; then express the hagas and set it aside until the feces subside: To the decanted false add the spirit. Vinegar of squills is a medicine of great antiquity. It is a very powerful stimulant; and hence it is frequently used, with great success, as a diuretic and expectorant. The dose of this medicine is from a drachm to half afi outice: where crudities in in the first passages, it may be givenat first in a larger pete evacudte them by vomiting. It is most conveniently exhibited along with cinnamon, or other agreeable aromatic waters, which prevent the nausea it would otherwise, even in siall doses, be apt to vccasion. Powber of Squitis. (Pulvis Scilla. D.) 2. ae on Hao removedtheir membranaceous in; ransverse slices; dry these on a sieve with a pele heat, and reduce them to powder, which is to be kept in phials with ground stoppers. Vnr Dryine or Squin. (Scilla Exsiccatio. L.) Ael after having removedits dry coats, transversely (Syrupus Scille Maritime. E.) very powerfully. promoting expectoration, which it does 337 It is Slices, and dry it by a gentle heat. | Dritd Sea Suit. (Scilla Maritima Exsiccata. E.) saat, a having removedits cxmaa pi m is re me sely into thin slices, and ory, it by a gentle ad tit, dithodgh tendered friable, a va pape property Gree ! _ By tise 4 a ‘ retains ta bitterness and acrimony. its several ae Mt the squill dries much sooner than when here being part l interna the ; ed hid bare o ie only separat While in each of the entire coats it is covered with a » Z. |