CHAPTER XXIII.

OPIATES.

THE uses of opiates are the same as powders; they differ from the latter only by the addition of honey or syrup. To prepare them, melt one pound of good honey; skim it carefully; add seven ounces of syrup of sugar; stir the mixture, and pour into a marble mortar, into which throw the prepared powder a little at a time, rubbing until completely incorporated and perfectly homogeneous. Aromatize with essences of cinnamon, cloves, mint, etc. When a half-liquid opiate is obtained pour into jars.

Grind the cochineal with the alum and a little

water; add the honey-then the other ingredients; lastly, aromatize with oil of mint.

Triturate in a marble mortar, and add

Tincture of cinnamon

2 drachms.

Place the ground almonds and one pint of the rose water in a stewpan. With a slow and steady beat cook the almonds until they become pasty, constantly stirring the mixture, otherwise the almonds will be burnt to the bottom of the pan and impart to the whole an empyreumatic odor. When the almonds are nearly cooked, the remaining rose water is added; finally the paste is put into a mortar and well rubbed; the perfume and spirit are then added. Before potting this paste it should be passed through a sieve.

Other pastes, such as the pate de pistache, pate

de cocos, pate de guimauve, etc., are prepared in

Pound well together and pass through a fine sieve.

Other meals can be prepared in the same

Melt the spermaceti in the oil of almonds; heat so as to bring the mixture to the consistency of