Syrup of Red Roses

Ingredients

• Red roses in moderately fine powder 1 ounce
• Sugar refined in coarse powder 18 ounces
• Dilute alcohol, sufficient quantity
• Water, sufficient quantity

Method

1. 1

   Moisten the roses with dilute alcohol, pack it firmly in a conical glass percolator, and gradually pour dilute alcohol on it until a fluid ounce of tincture has passed.

2. 2

   Set this aside and continue the percolation until 5 ounces more are obtained.

3. 3

   Evaporate this with gentle heat to 1.5 ounces, and mix it with 7 ounces of water.

4. 4

   Then having added the sugar, dissolve it with the aid of gentle heat, and strain the solution while hot.

5. 5

   Lastly, when the solution is cold, add the fluid ounce of reserved tincture, and mix them well.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sugar refined in coarse powder 48 ounces. Water i pint. Mix the lemon juice and water, and, having added the sugar, dissolve it with the aid of gentle heat, and strain the solution while hot. This syrup forms a cooling and grateful addition to beverages in febrile complaints, and serves to conceal the taste of saline purgatives in solution. It may be combined with cough mixtures and other liquid preparations of medicines that have a bad taste, and may be used ad libitum, as it is harmless in its effects upon the stomach or system. AROMATIC SYRUP RHUBARB. Rhubarb in moderately fine powder two ounces and a half. Cloves in moderately fine powder one-half ounce. Cinnamon in fine powder one-half ounce. Nutmeg in' moderately fine powder 2 drams. Syrup 6 pints. Dilute alcohol a sufficient quantity. Mix the powders and having moistened the mix- ture with 2 ounces of the dilute alcohol, introduce it into a conical percolator and pour dilute alcohol upon it until a pint of tincture has passed ; add to 154 DOMESTIC GUIDE. this the syrup previously heated and mix them thoroughly. This syrup of rhubarb is a warm stomach laxative too feeble for adult cases but well calculated for the bowel complaints of children which occurs so frequently in all our large cities during the summer season. The dose is for an in- fant with diarrhea I dram every 2 hours until the passages indicate by their color that the medicine has had its effect SYRUP OF RED ROSES. Red roses in moderately fine powder I ounce. Sugar refined in coarse powder i8 ounces. Dilute alcohol, sufficient quantity. Water, sufficient quantity

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