British pharmacopoeia 1867 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Medical act (1858).

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1880
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Credit: British pharmacopoeia 1867 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Medical act (1858). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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cusso. Kousso. The flowers and tops of Brayera anthelmintica, DC.; Hooker''s Journ. Bot., 3rd ser. vol. ii. plate 10. Collected in Abyssinia. Characters.—Flowers small, redclish-brown, on hairy stalksr outer limb of calyx five-parted, the segments oblong or oblong- lanceolate, reticulated. Dose.—j to ounce. • • Preparation. Infusum Cusso . . ^ ounce to 4 fluid ounces DECOCTUM ALOES COMPOSITUM. Compound Decoction of Aloes.* Take of Extract of Socotrine Aloes . . 120 grains Myrrh 1 of each .... 90 grains Saffron J Carbonate of Potash . . .60 grams Extract of Liquorice . . .1 ounce Compound Tincture of Cardamoms . 8 fluid ounces Distilled Water . . . .' a .sufficiency Reduce the extract of aloes and myrrh to coarse powder, and put them together with the carbonate of potash and extract of liquorice into a suitable covered vessel with a pint of distilled water; boil gently for five minutes, then add the saffron. Let the vessel with its contents cool/then add tbe tincture * This decoction contains 4 grams of extract of aloes in a fluid ounce, while that of the Pharmacopoeia of 1864 contained 5-6 grains, and that of the Lord. PA. contained 3'3 grains.