Properties.—A pale amber-colored liquid, having a distinctive odor and taste and a slightly acid reaction. Its specific gravity should not be more than 0.941, nor less than 0.925 at 15.6° C. (60° F.), corresponding, approximately, to an alcoholic strength of 39 to 47 per cent, by weight, or 46 to 55 per cent, by volume, of absolute alcohol.
Dose.—Same as that for whisky.
SPIRITUS JUNIPERI COMPOSITUS—COMPOUND SPIRIT OF JUNIPER
Derivation.—Oil of juniper, 8; oil of caraway, 1; oil of fennel, 1; alcohol, 1,400; water to make 2,000.
Compound spirit of juniper is similar to gin in its therapeutic action. Contains about 15 per cent more alcohol. Gin is made by distillation of fermented malt and juniper berries. Gin differs from the other alcoholic preparations therapeutically in being more diuretic.
Dose.—Same as that for whisky.
RUM (not official)
Rum is made from a fermented solution of molasses by distillation. It contains, by weight, from 40 to 50 per cent of absolute alcohol. Rum does not differ physiologically from alcohol. There is no authoritative Latin name for rum.
Dose.—Same as that for whisky.