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Fluid Extract of Scullcap

This is prepared from 1 pound of the dried leaves of scullcap (scutellaria) in precisely the same manner as directed for fluid extract of sumach in preceding receipt. (Am. Dis.) 4602. Fluid Extract of Life-Root is obtained from 1 pound recently dried life-root (senecio aureus) in the same manner as the sumach in No. 4600. (Am. Dis.) Each pint of the fluid extract contains nearly 24 ounces of alcohol. (See No. 4577.)

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