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Peach Water
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Rx
Ol Bitter Almonds gtts v
Alcohol [[symbol for 1 ounce]]
Agua [[symbol for pint]] ifs
[[?Nt]] et filter through Magnesia
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Thompsonian Composition
Rx
Pulv Zingiber [[?Eb i]]
  "     Myrrh [[symbol for 4 ounces]]
  "     Capsici [[symbol for ounce]] ij
[[?Nt]]
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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]]

Transcription Notes:
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."