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Pills of Iodide of Iron

Mix 1/2 until cold. To facilitate the cooling, the vestroy ounce iodine with 1 fluid ounce water in sel may be placed in cold water or a current a thin glass bottle; add 2 drachms iron wire of cold air. This will render the product in small pieces, and shake together until a both whiter and finer than when allowed to clear green solution is formed. Mix 1 troy cool by itself. The operation of melting ounce sugar, troy ounce marshinallow, 1 should be performed in a water-bath. On drachm gum-arabic, and 1 drachm reduced the large scale lard or suet is substituted for iron, all in fine powder, in a porcelain capsule . oil, by which means less wax is required.

Filter upon them, through a small filter, first The following is a good form where a cheap OINTMENTS, SALVES, AND CERATES. article is wanted: Clarified mutton suet, 5 pounds; white wax and spermaceti, of each pounds. As above. 4943. Compound Belladonna Ointment. Mix 1 drachm fresh extract of belladonna with 7 drachms of compound iodine

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