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Fluid Extract of Stillingia
Cut fresh root of stillingia, 16 troy ounces, into small pieces; cover with alcohol, and digest for 24 hours. Then transfer to a percolator, and pack it so as to run slowly add alcohol gradually, returning the first that passes until it runs clear. Reserve the first 12 fluid ounces percolated; then continue the percolation, with diluted alcohol, until the residuum is nearly exhausted; add 8 ounces white sugar to this dilute percolate, and evaporate by moderate heat to 4 fluid ounces. Add to this the reserved tincture, and 1 fluid drachm oil of caraway, and make 1 pint fluid extract. The dose is from 2 to 5 drops.