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Santonin Lozenges

Take 5 troy ounces white sugar in powder, 1 troy ounce fine starch, 10 grains finely powdered tragacanth; the whole well mixed with the white of 5 eggs previously beaten to a dense froth; place in a porcelain dish over the water-bath, and, with constant stirring, keep at a celain vessel, and, with constant stirring, evaporate to the consistence of a thick extract, either in a vacuum or by the heat of a vapor bath of 140° to 160° Fahr. One part of the extract will represent 10 parts of fresh milk. (Hager.)