Pilulae Aloes Dilutae, B.P.C., Mild Aloes Pills.

Botanical name: 

Format explanation.
Related entry: Aloe

Synonym.—Marshall Hall's Pills.

Barbados Aloes 0.78 gramme  | 12 grains
Extract of Liquorice 0.78 gramme | 12 grains
Hard Soap, thinly sliced  0.78 gramme |  12 grains
Treacle 0.78 gramme | 12 grains
Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity.
To make 12 pills.

Dissolve the aloes in water, and strain; add the other ingredients to the strained liquid, mix, evaporate to a pilular consistence, and divide into 12 pills.

Dose.—1 or 2 pills.


The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.