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Tincture of Black Hellebore
4496. Tincture of American Helle- Moisten 4 troy ounces black hellebore in bore. Moisten 16 troy ounces American moderately fine powder, with 1 fluid ounce Hellebore (veratrum viride), in moderately diluted alcohol. Pack it in a cylindrical perfine powder, with 4 fluid ounces alcohol. colator, and gradually pour diluted alcohol Pack it firmly in a cylindrical percolator, upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. and displace, with alcohol, 2 pints of tinc- (U. S. Ph.) ture. (U. S. Ph.) 4507. Tincture of Mandrake (Podo-