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Santonate of Soda
Put into a flask, 2 ounces santoninic acid, 4 fluid ounces pure caustic soda lye, and 12 fluid ounces distilled water. Heat the flask in a sand-bath or over a stove to 70° or 80° Fahr., until the solution while still hot, and add sufficient boiling water, through the strainer, to make it measure 3 pints when cold. Lastly, mix the whole thoroughly together. The above process is similar to that laid down in the U.
S. Ph., except in the addition of magnesia provement, as the gummy nature of the squills renders filtration unsatisfactory without it. santonine solution is complete; which usually before filtration, this being considered an imrequires about half an hour; then remove from the fire, and, when cold, it is conveniently evaporated. This syrup may also be prepared from the fluid extracts of squill and of seneka, by mixing 4 fluid ounces of each, evaporating the mixture by means of a sand-bath to a syrupy