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Universal Tincture
Bruise the following ingredients and digest for several days in 18 ounces brandy: 10 drachms aloes; 8 drachms each white agaric, rhubarb root, zedoary root, gentian root, galanga root, gum myrrh, and molasses electuary; 2 drachms saffron, and 4 ounces sugar. Express and filter. mary, 16 ounces water, and 20 ounces 95 per cent. alcohol.