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Syrup of Santonate of Soda

Boil 18 fluid ounces syrup until it marks 320 Baumé; let it cool a few minutes, then add 30 grains santonate of soda dissolved in 1 consistence; triturating this with the carbonate ounce distilled water. You obtain 18 fluid of magnesia, and proceeding precisely as in ounces of a transparent syrup, without a bit- the above formula. ounces iodide of potassium.

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