COMPOUND BARLEY WATER.

Take of the decoction of barley, 2 pints,

raisins, stoned, 2 oz.

figs, sliced, 2 do.

liquorice-root, sliced and bruised, ½ oz.

distilled water, 1 pint.

During the boiling, add the raisins first, and then the figs,

and, lastly, the liquorice, a short time before it is finished,

when the strained decoction ought to measure two pints.

These liquors are to be used freely, as diluting drinks in

_fevers_ and other acute disorders.