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Electuary of Cincho′na Bark. Syn. Electuary of bark; Electuarium cinchonæ, L. Prep. 1. From yellow bark and simple syrup, of each 1 oz.; conserve of red roses and confection of orange peel, of each 1⁄2 oz. Tonic and febrifuge.—Dose, 1 to 4 dr.; in debility, agues, &c.
2. (Radius.) Peruvian bark, 1 oz.; syrup of orange peel, q. s. As the last.—Dose, a teaspoonful or more, 3 or 4 times daily. (See below.)
Electuary of Cinchona (Compound). Syn. Electuarium cinchonæ compositum, L. Prep. 1. (Acidulated,—Copland.) Yellow bark, 1 oz.; confection of roses, 1⁄2 oz.; diluted sulphuric acid, 1 dr.; syrup of ginger, 11⁄2 oz.
2. (Astringent,—Saunders.) Powdered Peruvian bark, orange peel, and conserves of roses and hips, of each 6 dr.; crabs’ eyes (or prepared chalk), 2 dr.; syrup of catechu, q. s.—Dose. A teaspoonful, 2 or 3 times daily; in chronic diarrhœa, &c.
3. (With Catechu,—Pierquin.) Peruvian bark, 1 oz.; catechu and balsam of tolu, of each 1 dr.; syrup of comfrey (Symphytum officinale,—Linn.), q. s.—Dose. As the last; in spitting of blood, hæmorrhages, &c.
4. (With Cloves,—Dewees.) Peruvian bark, 2 oz.; cloves, 1 dr. (better, 4 dr.); simple syrup, q. s. A piece the size of a walnut, every hour or two, during the intermission of an ague.
5. (With Iron,—Cadet.) Peruvian bark, 6 dr.; oxide of iron and confection of opium, of each 2 dr.; syrup of cinnamon, q. s.—Dose. A teaspoonful, or more, twice a day; in dropsy of the belly, after the evacuation of the fluid, and as a tonic in debility, accompanied by nervous excitement, &c., in the absence of fever.
6. (Quarin’s.) Red bark, 1 oz.; ammoniated iron, 1 dr.; made into an electuary with equal parts of oxymel of squills and syrup of the ‘five roots’ (diuretic). Tonic, febrifuge, and pectoral.
7. (With Sal-Ammoniac,—P. Cod.) Gray bark, 21⁄4 oz.; hydrochlorate of ammonia, 1 dr.; honey and syrup of wormwood, of each 2 oz. In intermittents occurring in scrofulous subjects.