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n. - Aromatic yellowish brown balsam used especially in cough syrups.

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  • = — Tincture of benzoin, one pint; tincture of tolu, one-half pint; oil rosemary, one-half ounce.
  • Dissolve in half a pint of boiling water, and when cool add wine of ipecac, syrup of balsam tolu, and essence of anise, of each one ounce.
  • Take mucilage of gum arabic, oil of sweet almonds, syrup of balsam tolu, and wine of ipecac, of each one ounce; tincture of opium, half an ounce.
  • Syrup of squills four ounces, syrup of tolu four ounces, tincture of bloodroot one and one-half ounces, camphorated tincture of opium four ounces.
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