1919 Home made beverages

Essences and Extracts

chloroform,

2

glycerine, 2

dr.;

alcohol, 70 per

oz.;

cent., to 3 pt. 5.— Amylic alcohol, 2 parts; aldehyde, 2 parts; acetic ether, 5 parts; butyric ether, 5 parts; formic ether, 5 parts;_ sebacic ether, 1 part; valerianic ether, 5 parts; glycerine, 5 parts; oil peach kernels, 5 parts; alcohol, 100 parts (all by measure). 1. — Acetic ether, 5 oz.; acetate of amyl, 10 oz.; glyce- rine, 10 oz.; alcohol, 100 oz. 2. — Amyl acetate, 1 oz.; pear juice, 2 oz.; glycerine, 2oz.; cologne spirit, 11 oz. Mix them and filter. 3. — Deodorized alcohol, 500 parts; proof spirits, 200 parts; pure pear juice, 200 parts; pear ether, 100 parts. Color lightly with tincture of red sanders. 1. — Oil of peppermint (Mitcham), 1 fl.oz.; rectified spirit, 1 pt.; mix by agitation. White. This is the usual strength of that sold in the shops. The correspond- ing preparation of the new Br. Ph., "spiritus menthse piperitae," has more than double this strength, being made with 1 fl.oz. of oil to 9 fl.oz. of rectified spirit. 2. — To the product of No. 1 (above) add about J^ oz. of herb peppermint, parsley leaves, spinach leaves, and digest for a week, or until sufficiently tinged; or agitate the essence with 10 or 12 gr. of sap green, previously rubbed down with about a teaspoonful of hot water. A delicate light green. The ignorant do not conceive it to be good and pure unless it has a pale greenish tint. Used in toothache and to disguise foulness of the breath, but chiefly as a flavoring ingredient by confec- tioners, cooks and druggists. Peppermint (essence, water) is a great favorite in domestic and popular medicine as a remedy in flatulence, colic, nausea, sickness, etc., and to disguise the flavor of nauseous substances. The dose of the essence is 10 to 30 drops on sugar, or mixed up with 2 15 Pear Peppermint