Elixir, Squire’s. Prep. 1. (Original Formula.) Aurum musivum, 3 oz.; opium, 2 oz.; camphor, 1 oz.; cochineal, 1⁄2 oz.; sweet fennel, 1⁄4 oz.; tincture of serpentary, 1 pint (old meas.); spirit of aniseed, 1 gal. (old meas.); sugar, 1 lb.; dissolved in water, 1 pint (old meas.); digest 10 days and filter.
2. Powdered opium, 2 oz.; ginger, red sanders wood, and camphor, of each 1 oz.; oil of aniseed, 1⁄2 oz.; oil of sweet fennel, 1⁄2 dr.; tincture of serpentary, 1 pint; proof spirit, 5 pints; water, 1 quart; as last. Stimulant, anodyne, diaphoretic, and pectoral.—Dose, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls; in chest affections, nervous headaches, &c., in the absence of inflammatory symptoms.
Elixir, Stomach′ic. Compound tincture of gentian was formerly so called.
Elixir, Stoughton’s. Prep. 1. Raisins (stoned and bruised), 1 lb.; gentian root, 3⁄4 lb.; dried orange peel, 6 oz.; serpentary, 1⁄4 lb.; calamus aromaticus, 11⁄2 oz.; cardamoms, 1⁄2 oz.; sugar colouring, 1⁄4 pint; brandy or proof spirit, 2 galls.; digest a week and strain.
2. Tincture of gentian (compound), and brandy or proof spirit, of each 1 quart; tincture of serpentary and syrup of saffron, of each 1 pint; tinctures of aloes and rhubarb, of each 1⁄4 pint; bitter almonds (bruised), 8 in no.; digest as before.
3. (Foy.) Aloes and cascarilla, of each 1 dr.; rhubarb, 4 dr.; gentian, germander, dried orange peel, and wormwood, of each 6 dr.; rectified spirit, 32 fl. oz.; as before. Stimulant, tonic, and stomachic.—Dose, 20 drops to a teaspoonful.
Elixir, Ton′ic. Syn. Elixir roborans. See Tincture of Crown Bark (Comp.,—Ph. Bor. 1847).
Elixir Tonique Antiglaireux de Guillé. A stomachic tonic for diarrhœa. Calumba root, 90 parts; orris root, 60 parts; gentian root, 8 parts; jalap root, 1500 parts; aloes, 13 parts; saffron, 60 parts; sulphate of quinine, 16 parts; tartar emetic, 2 parts; nitre, 16 parts; yellow sandal, 30 parts; syrup prepared from barley sugar, rectified spirit, and water, of each 11,000 parts. Macerate the drugs in spirit for 24 hours, and dissolve the salts in the water. Filter the liquids, mix and leave for 24 hours, then add the syrup, stand and filter next day. (Reveil and Hager.)
Elixir, Tooth. Syn. Elixir dentifricum, L. Prep. 1. (Lefandinière’s.) Guaiacum raspings and cloves, of each 1 oz.; pellitory of Spain and nutmeg, of each 2 dr.; oil of rosemary, 20 drops; bergamotte, 10 or 12 drops; brandy, 1 quart; macerate a fortnight, and filter.
2. Cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, of each, 1 dr.; vanilla, 1⁄2 dr.; camphor, 10 gr.; tincture of pellitory, 2 fl. oz.; brandy or proof spirit, 1⁄2 pint; digest as before. See Antiscrofulous and Rose Elixirs (above).