Chlorate of Potassa Lozenges

Chlorate of Potassa Lozenges
Item# R-457

Product Description

This recipe is taken directly from the book, "Lee's Priceless Recipes: 3000 Secrets for the Home, Farm, Laboratory, Workshop and Every Department of Human Endeavor" by Dr. N.T. Oliver. Published in Chicago by Laird & Lee, Publishers. Circa 1895.

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Clorate of Potassa Lozenges.

1. Each lozenge contains 1-1/2 grains of chlorate of potassa. Used in phthisis, sore throat, etc. Dose, 6 to 12 a day.

2. Chlorate of potassa, in powder, 3.600 grains (8-1/4 ounces), refined sugar, in powder, 25 ounces, gum acacia, in powder, 1 ounce, mucilage 2 ounces, distilled water 1 ounce, or a sufficiency; mix the powders, and add the mucilage and water to form a proper mass; divide into 720 lozenges.