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Take fine honey, - lbs. ij.
Calcined alum, - * 3 ij.
Extract of bark, - - 3i.
Essential oil of peppermint, 3 iss.
Do. do. of cinnamon, 3 ss.
Spirit of amber, musk rose, 3ij.
" Reduce the honey by boiling down to one third ; colour
it with a little orcanet ; mix into it the bark, and strain it
through a fine cloth ; when it is almost cold, incorporate the
alum with it, but do not put in the essences until it is entirely
cold.

Use.

It has the same properties as the detersive powder, and it
may be used in the same manner.

Liquors.*

" Since a long time, waters, liquors, spirits and elixirs of
all those which have been discovered, the principal merit
consist in those that keep the mouth fresh, and give it an
agreeable smell. The following formula has enjoyed, until
the present time, in the hands of its inventors, a merited rep-
utation. Some changes may be observed, which I thought
ought to be made, and I hope they will be of advantage."

Philodontic and Antispasmodic Liquor.

Take alcohol of 38 degrees, - 2 litres.
Essential oil of English mint, 3 i.

Maury, pages, 83, 84.