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FELLOW'S HYPOPHOSPHITES

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Glucose 1 lb.

Simple Syrup 1 pint

Hypophosphite Calcium 128 grains

Hypophosphite Potassium 48 grains

Ferri Sulp 48 grains

Sulphate Manganese 32 grains

Sulphate Quinine 14 grains

Sulphate Strychnine 2 grains

Water sufficient



Dissolve
the calcium and potassium hypophosphites in two fluid ounces of

warm water. Add to one ounce of water, three fluid ounces of the syrup and

dissolve in the mixture, by the aid of heat, the remainder of the salts.

Mix the solutions and set by a few hours, covered, to deposit the sulphate

of calcium which is formed. Filter into bottle containing the remainder of

the syrup, wash the residue with an ounce of boiling water, mix filtrate

and washings with the syrup; dissolve the glucose in the mixture, and add

through the filter enough water to make two pints. The formula would be

improved by substituting for the glucose, a refined extract of malt like

that prepared by Gebe, in Germany. The proportion of the medicinal

ingredients in the syrup it is true is small; I shall not warrant it to

perform miracles of cure. It is simply offered as a substitute for

Fellow's Hypophosphites; whatever therapeutic efficiency that nostrum has,

we may count upon obtaining equally from this syrup.



The above, about four pints, would cost about $1.00.



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