Extractum Hamamelidis, B.P.C. Extract of Hamamelis.

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Synonym.—Extract of Witch Hazel.

Hamamelis Bark, in No. 20 powder 100.00 | 20 ounces
Alcohol (60 per cent.), a sufficient quantity.

Exhaust the drug by percolation with the alcohol, evaporate the percolate to a soft extract.
Dose.—3 to 12 centigrams (½ to 2 grains).


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