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Lotion of Chloride of Soda

As the last, but substituting chloride of soda for chloride of lime. Or: Take of chloride of lime, 1/2 ounce avoirdupois; water, 3/4 Imperial pint; mix, &c., as before; then add of crystallized carbonate of soda, 3 drachms; previously dissolved in water, 1/4 pint; agitate the whole for 12 or 15 minutes, and filter, &c., as

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