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Enquire within upon everything
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Robert Kemp Philp
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[TO-MORROW,
POOR--OR
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ITSELF
DENIED.]
674.
Decoction.
Decoction,
or
boiling,
is
employed
to
extract
the
mucilaginous
or
gummy
parts
of
substances,
their
bitter,
astringent,
or
other
qualities,
and
is
nothing
more
than
boiling
the
ingredients
in
a
saucepan
with
the
lid
slightly
raised.
Be
sure
never
to
use
an
iron
saucepan
for
astringent
decoctions,
such
as
oak-bark,
galls,
&c.,
as
they
will
turn
the
saucepan
black,
and
spoil
the
decoction.
The
enamelled
saucepans
are
very
useful
for
decoctions,
but
an
excellent
plan
is
to
put
the
ingredients
into
a
jar
and
boil
the
jar,
thus
preparing
it
by
a
water
bath,
as
it
is
technically
termed;
or
by
using
a
common
pipkin,
which
answers
still
better.
No
decoction
should
be
allowed
to
boil
for
more
than
ten
minutes.
675.
Extracts.
Extracts
are
made
by
evaporating
the
liquors
obtained
by
infusion
or
decoction,
but
these
can
be
bought
much
cheaper
and
better
of
chemists
and
druggists,
and
so
can
tinctures,
confections,
cerates
and
plasters,
and
syrups:
but
as
every
one
is
not
always
in
the
neighbourhood
of
druggists,
we
shall
give
recipes
for
those
most
generally
useful,
and
the
method
of
making
them.
676.
Precautions
to
be
observed
in
Giving
Medicines.
677.
Sex.
Medicines
for
females
should
not
be
so
strong
as
those
for
males,
therefore
it
is
advisable
to
reduce
the
doses
about
one-third.
678.
Temperament.
Persons
of
a
phlegmatic
temperament
bear
stimulants
and
purgatives
better
than
those
of
a
sanguine
temperament,
therefore
the
latter
require
smaller
doses.
679.
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