Formulae for making tinctures, infusions, syrups, wines, mixtures, pills, &c., simple and compound, from the fluid & solid extracts / prepared at the laboratory of Tilden & Co., New Lebanon, N.Y. Established in 1848.

  • Tilden & Co.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Formulae for making tinctures, infusions, syrups, wines, mixtures, pills, &c., simple and compound, from the fluid & solid extracts / prepared at the laboratory of Tilden & Co., New Lebanon, N.Y. Established in 1848. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    QUERCUS ALBA. White Oak. The White Oak is a forest tree attaining the height of from sixty to ninety feet, growing throughout the Union, but is more abundant in the middle States. The bark is officinal. MEDICAL PROPERTIES. Tonic, astringent and alterative. As an astringent it is very valuable ; given in intermittent fevevs, obstinate and chronic diarrhea, used as a gar- gle, and in baths for children. Applied externally as an ointment to ill- conditioned ulcers, piles, &c. PREPARATIONS. Fluid Extract Dose, 1-2 to 1 Dram. Solid Extract 10 to 20 Grains. Pills 2 Grains each. TINCTURE OF WHITE OAK. Fluid Extract Two Ounces. Diluted Alcohol One Pint. Dose—Half to one ounce. COMPOUND INFUSION OF WHITE OAK. Fluid Extract of White Oak '. One Ounce. '• Blue Flag Two Drams. Gentian Two Drams. Water Seven Ounces. Dose—Six drams. SYRUP OF WHITE OAK. Fluid Extract Two Ounces. Syrup Fourteen Ounces. Dose—Four drams to one ounce. GARGLE OF WHITE OAK. Fluid Extract One-and-a-half Ounces. Alum Half Dram. Brandy One Pint. Ellis.