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Compound Tincture of Benzoin

Macerate 3 troy ounces benzoin, troy ounce socotrine aloes, both in coarse powder, and 2 troy ounces storax, for 14 days in 2 pints alcohol; filter through paper. (U. S. Ph.) 4568. Compound Tincture of Cardamom. Take 6 drachms cardamom, 2 drachms caraway, 5 drachms cinnamon, 1 drachm cochineal, all in moderately fine powder; mix together, and moisten with fluid ounce diluted and displace, with diluted alcohol, 6 fluid alcohol; pack it in a cylindrical percolator, through paper. (U. S. Ph.)

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