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Chlorodyne (Mix together Add to this)
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Dry colchicum, 60 parts; in sherry, 125 parts. 20 drops for a dose. (Paris Codex.) 4 ounces of the fresh root, sliced, macerated in 1/2 pint of proof spirit. (Want.)