Note 668 — PHARMACOLOGIA. (continued 7)
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A fluid extract, prepared by decoction from the twigs of this species of Fir, is the well known Essence of Spruce, which, when fermented with melasses, forms the popular beverage, called “Spruce Beer,” (Cerevisia Pini Laricis.)
True Riga Balsam, Beaume de Carpathes, from the shoots of the Pinas Cembra, previously bruised, and macerated for a month in water.
This same fir also affords Briançon Turpentine.
Hungarian Balsam.—A spontaneous exudation from the P. Pumilio, or Mugho Pine.