Wine of Vipers. Syn. Vinum viperinum (Ph. L., 1746). Prep. Dried vipers, 2 oz.; white wine, 3 lbs. Macerate for 7 days.
Wine of White Hel′lebore. Syn. Vinum veratri (Ph. L.), Tinctura veratri albi†, L. Prep. (Ph. L.) White hellebore, sliced, 8 oz.; sherry wine, 1 quart; digest for 7 days, press, and filter.—Dose, 10 drops, gradually increased to 25 or 30; as a substitute for colchicum, in gout and rheumatism, &c. It is less manageable than wine of colchicum, and is now seldom employed.
Wine of White Hellebore (Opiated). Syn. Moore’s eau médicinale; Vinum veratri opiatum, L. Prep. From wine of white hellebore, 3 fl. dr.; tincture of opium, I fl. dr.—Dose. As the last.
Wine of Wormwood. Syn. Vinum absinthii (P. Cod.). Prep. Dried wormwood leaves, 3 oz.; white wine, 5 pints; proof spirit, 6 oz. Macerate the leaves in the spirit, in 24 hours add the wine, macerate for 10 days, and strain.
Wines, Medicated (Dr B. Lane’s). Syn. Vinous essences; Essentiæ vinosæ, Liquores vinosi, L. Prep. From an infusion or solution of the drug, of about 3 or 4 times the usual strength, fermented with a little yeast, and about 3 or 4 lbs. of sugar per gallon; the fermented liquor being afterwards set in a cool cellar until fit for bottling. Compounds of CALUMBA, CASCARILLA, GENTIAN, OPIUM, RHUBARB, SENNA, and VALERIAN, have been thus prepared. That of OPIUM is made of only twice the strength of the common tincture.
WINE-STONE. Crude tartar or ARGOL.
WINE TESTS. Prep. 1. (Hahnemann’s.) From quicklime, 1 oz.; flowers of sulphur, 11⁄2 oz.; mix, and heat them in a covered crucible for 5 or 6 minutes; put 2 dr. of the product and an equal weight of tartaric acid (separately powdered), into a stoppered bottle, with a pint of water, and shake them well; let the liquid settle, pour off the clear portion, and add of tartaric acid, 11⁄2 dr.
2. (Dr Paris’s.) From sulphide of calcium and cream of tartar, of each (in powder), 1⁄2 oz.; hot water, 1 pint; agitate, &c., as before; decant the cold clear liquid into 1-oz. phials, and add 20 drops of hydrochloric acid to each of them.
Obs. The above tests will throw down the least quantity of lead from wines, as a very sensible black precipitate. As iron might be accidentally contained in the wine, the hydrochloric acid is added to the last test, to prevent the precipitation of that metal.
WIN′TER-GREEN (American). Syn. Pipsissewa; Chimaphila (Ph. L. & E.). Pyrola (Ph. D.), L. The herb of Chimaphila umbellata. It is astringent, diuretic, tonic, and stomachic; and has been successfully administered in loss of appetite, dyspepsia, dropsy, chronic affections of the urinary organs, scrofula, &c. It must not be confounded with ordinary winter-green (box berry, chequer b., partridge b., mountain tea), which is the Gaultheria procumbens, a plant belonging to the Ericaceæ, whilst the former plant belongs to a genus of the Pyrolaceæ. See Decoction, Extract, and Oils (Essential).