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Peach Water [preprinted double line] Rx Ol Bitter Almonds gtts v Alcohol [[symbol for 1 ounce]] Agua [[symbol for pint]] ifs [[?Nt]] et filter through Magnesia [red underline] Thompsonian Composition Rx Pulv Zingiber [[?Eb i]] " Myrrh [[symbol for 4 ounces]] " Capsici [[symbol for ounce]] ij [[?Nt]] [red underline] Hair Wash to prevent the hair from falling off Rx Ol [[?Ricini]] [[symbol for dram]] x " Bergamot [[strikethrough]][[symbol for ounce]] ss [[/strikethrough]] [[symbol for dram]] fs Pulv Camphor [[unknown symbol]] i Alcohol [[symbol for ounce]] vi Agua Ammon [[symbol for dram]] iij Tr Cantharides [[symbol for dram]] fs Agua Cologne [[symbol for dram]] v [[?Nt]]
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mandc: gtts v = 5 drops Oij = two pints Apothecary numbers were written in lower case Roman Numerals with "j" often substituted for "i", esp the terminal letter, so I read this Capsici quantity as 2 ounces. ss and fs means one-half. i =1; ii or ij = 2; iij = 3; etc.Cantharidus: sea shell? I think there is definitely a strikethrough on the Nt - a "t" at the end would not look like this. Cantharides is not a shell-it's so-called Spanish fly. mandc: To me the symbol that looks like ?|"Eb" is the author's stylized pound symbol for "lb."
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