1895 American Bar-Tender by R. C. Miller

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Ground; macerate for 24 hours with gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent, and 6}( gallons of water; distil over tdl running 45 per cent; macerate the distilled hquor for 48 hours with ounces of peppermint and 12 ounces of Pontic wormwood; press and filter. 177. Fining with Milk. % of a pint of good milk, boiled and cooled again, mixed with 10 gallons of liquor; it will soon settle it. 178, Fining with Eggs. 2 egg white's beaten to froth; add a little alcohol; mix it with 10 gallons of liquor; it will soon settle it. 179. Fining with Potash. lYz ounce of carbonate of potash, dissolved in one pint of water; mixed with 10 gallons of liquor will soon settle it. 180. Fining with Alum. 3 drachms of powdered calcinated alum dissolved in alcohol, and mix with 10 gallons of liquor, will soon settle it. 181. Fever Drops. lbs of calamus root, do. zedoary. 1Y do. ginger. 3% do. dried orange apples. Ground; macerate for 8 days in 5 gallons of alcohol, 80 per cent; strain, press and filter; then add 4 to 6 ounces of alcoholic extract of Peruvian bark dissolved in 5 gallons of alcohol, 80 per cent. Filter. Dose 3 to 4 teaspoonsful a day.

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