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Use as anodyne wash. 479. Compound Alum. Dissolve alum and white vitriol, of each one drachm, in one pint of water, and filter through paper. Use as astringent wash. 480. Zinc and Lead. Dissolve white vitriol and acetate of lead, of each seven grains, in four ounces of elder-flower water; add one drachm of laudanum (tincture of opium), and the same quantity of spirit of camphor, then strain. Use as detergent wash. 481. Acetate of Zinc. Dissolve half a drachm of white vitriol in five ounces of water. Dissolve two scruples of acetate of lead in five ounces of water. Mix these solutions, then set aside for a short time, and afterwards filter. Use as astringent wash; this forms a most valuable collyrium. 482. Sulphate of Zinc. Dissolve twenty grains of white vitriol in a pint of water or rose water. Use for weak eyes. 483. Zinc and Camphor. Dissolve a scruple of white vitriol in ten ounces of water; add one drachm of spirit of camphor, and strain. Use as a stimulant. 484. Compound Zinc. Dissolve fifteen grains of white vitriol in eight ounces of camphor water (Mistura camphoræ), and the same quantity of decoction of poppy heads. Use as anodyne and detergent wash: it is useful for weak eyes. 485. Confections and Electuaries. 486. Purpose. Confections are used as vehicles for the administration of more active medicines, and Electuaries are made for the purpose of rendering some remedies palatable. Both should be kept in closely covered jars. 487. Almond Confection.