9. Grape Syrup. Mix 1⁄2 pint of brandy, 1⁄4 oz. of tincture of lemon, and sufficient tincture of red sanders, with 1 gall. of syrup.
10. Cream Syrup. Condensed milk, 1 pint; water, 1 pint; sugar, 11⁄2 lb. Heat to boiling, and strain.
11. Orgent Syrup. Cream syrup and vanilla syrup, of each 1 pint; oil of bitter almonds, 4 minims.
12. Ginger Syrup. Syrup, 71⁄2 fl. oz.; essence of ginger (1 part of ginger to 4 of spirit), 1⁄2 oz.
13. Syrup of Chocolate. Chocolate, 8 oz.; syrup, sufficient; water, 1⁄2 pint; white of 1 egg. Grate the chocolate and rub it in a mortar with the egg. When thoroughly mixed, add the water gradually, and triturate till a uniform mixture is obtained. Finally, add syrup to 4 pints, and strain.
TABASHEER. A deposit chiefly composed of silica, found in the joints of the bamboo. When dry it is opaque, but possesses the property of becoming transparent when placed in water. Its deposition in the nodes and joints of the bamboo appears to be due to a diseased condition of these parts. Tabasheer is much and unduly prized by the natives of India as a tonic and constitutional restorative, and is chewed mixed with betel. It has the least refractive power on light of any body known.
TABES DORSALIS. A disease of the posterior column of the spinal cord, resulting in incoordination of the movements of the legs, sometimes spreading to the upper limbs, so that the patient in walking throws out the legs with a jerk, and brings them down violently upon the heels. Such patients are popularly called “Stampers.”
TABLETTES. [Fr.] See Lozenges and Savonettes.
TACAMAHACA. The resinous substance known by this name, is believed to be obtained from the Fagara octandra (of Linnæus), a large tree growing in the island of Curaçoa and in Venezuela. The juice, which exudes from the tree spontaneously, becomes hard upon exposure. The commercial article varies greatly in size, sometimes occurring in irregular-shaped pieces of one or two inches in diameter, whilst at others it is met with no larger than a mustard seed. The pieces are usually of a reddish-brown or light yellow colour. They have a resinous agreeable odour, with a balsamic, bitter, slightly acrid taste. Tacamahaca dissolves partially in alcohol, and entirely so in ether and fixed oils. It is composed of resin and a little volatile oil. There are several varieties of this substance. At one time Tacamahaca enjoyed a high reputation as an internal remedy for urinary and scorbutic affections. It is now only occasionally employed in medicine as an ingredient in ointments and plaster. Sometimes it enters into the composition of incense. In properties it is very similar to the turpentines.
TAF′FETAS. Plasters on silk are occasionally so called. For Taffetas Anglicum, see Court plaster; for Taffetas vesicans, see Vesicants.