2. (Brown; Pâsta g. fusca; Pâte de r. brune.) Refined juice, 4 oz.; white sugar, 2 lbs.; gum Arabic, 3 lbs.; water, 4 pints; proceed as last.
3. (Opiated; Pâte de r. opiace.—P Cod.) To the last add of extract of opium, 15 gr.
4. (White; Pâte de réglisse blanche.) As No. 2, substituting the powder of the decorticated root for the extract. All the above are pectoral; the second is also slightly anodyne. They are useful in tickling coughs, hoarseness, &c.
Paste, London. Syn. Pasta londinensis. Equal parts of caustic soda and unslaked lime. Reduce to a fine powder in a warm mortar, and mix intimately. Keep it in well closed bottles, and when required for use take as much as is sufficient, and make it into a paste with water.
Paste, Marsh-mallow. Syn. Pasta althææ, L.; Pâte de guimauve, Fr. Prep. (P. Cod. 1816.) Decorticated marshmallow root (French), 4 oz.; water, 1⁄2 gall.; macerate for 12 hours, strain, add white sugar and gum Arabic, of each 21⁄2 lbs.; dissolve, strain, evaporate without boiling to the thickness of honey, constantly stirring, and add, gradually, the whites of 12 eggs, well beaten with orange-flower water, 4 fl. oz., and strained; continue the evaporation and constant stirring until the mass is so firm as not to adhere to the fingers, then proceed as before.
Obs. It should be very white, light, and spongy. In the P. Codex of 1839 the marshmallow root is omitted, and the name is changed to that of ‘pâte de gomme,’ a compound long sold for it in the shops. Both are agreeable pectorals. See Paste of Gum Arabic.
Paste, Odontal′gic. Syn. Pasta odontalgica, L. Prep. 1. Pellitory (in powder), 1 dr.; hydrochlorate of morphia, 3 gr.; triturate; add, of honey, 2 dr.; and oil of cloves, 6 drops.
2. Powdered mastic, pellitory, and white sugar, of each 1 dr.; chloroform, q. s. to form a paste. It must be kept in a stoppered bottle. See Toothache, and below.
Paste, Or′ange. Prep. From orange flowers, 2 lbs.; bitter and sweet almonds, of each blanched, 21⁄2 lbs.; beaten to a perfectly smooth paste. An agreeable cosmetic. See Paste, Almond.
Paste, Or′geat. Prep. From blanched Jordan almonds, 1 lb.; blanched bitter a. and white sugar and honey, of each 1⁄4 lb.; beaten to a paste, with orange-flower water, q. s. (or neroli, a few drops), and put into pots. As a cosmetic or to make orgeat milk. For use, rub 1 oz. with 1⁄2 pint of water, and strain through muslin.