Note 491 — PHARMACOLOGIA. (continued 3)

Lisbon Diet Drink. Decoctum Lusitanicum.—℞. Sarsap: concis: Rad: Chinæ, āā ʒj—Nucum Jugland: Cortice Siccatarum, No. xx. Antimonii Sulphureti ℥ ij. Lapidis Pumicis pulverisat;—Aquæ distillat: lib: x.—The powdered antimony and pumice stone are to be tied in separate pieces of rag, and boiled along with the other ingredients. The use of the pumice stone is merely mechanical, to divide the antimony.