ORANGE-FLOWER WATER; AQUA AURANTII FLORIS (B. P., Ph. L.), A. FLORUM AURANTII, L. "Water distilled from the flowers of _Citrus Bigaradia_, Risso, and _Citrus Aurantium_, D. C." (Ph. L.) Orange flowers, 10 lbs.; proof spirit, 7 fl. oz. (Ph. L. 1836.)
ORANGE-PEEL WATER; AQUA CORTICIS AURANTII (L. 1746). Rind of oranges, 5 oz.
ORIGANUM WATER; AQUA ORIGANI (P. Cod.), L. Dried flowers, 3 lbs.
PEACH WATER; AQUA PERSICae (P. Cod.), L. Fresh leaves, chopped small, 12 lbs.; as CHERRY-LAUREL WATER.
PEACH-LEAF WATER; AQUA PERSICae (P. Cod.). Fresh peach leaves, cut small, 2 lbs.; water, 4 lbs. Distil gently 3 lbs.
PARSLEY-SEED WATER; AQUA PETROSELINI (P. Cod.). From parsley seed, as angelica water.
PENNYROYAL WATER; AQUA PULEGII (Ph. L. & E.), AQUA MENTHae PULEGII (Ph.
D.), L. As MINT WATER (_above_).
PEPPERMINT WATER; AQUA MENTHae PIPERITae (B. P., Ph. L., E., & D.), L. As MINT WATER (_above_).
PIMENTO WATER; AQUA PIMENTae: (B. P., Ph. L., E., & D.). L. 1. Pimento, bruised, 1 lb.; or oil, 2 fl. dr.--2. (B. P.) Pimento, bruised, 1; water, 23, nearly; distil one half.
PLANTAIN-LEAF WATER; AQUA PLANTAGINIS (P. Cod.). From fresh plantain leaves, as lettuce water.
RASPBERRY WATER. Fresh raspberries, 6 lbs.
RED-ANT WATER; AQUA FORMICARUM. Distilled from red ants with water, q. s.
RHODIUM WATER; AQUA RHODII. Rhodium wood, 1 part; water, 8; macerate, and distil 4 parts.
ROSEMARY WATER; AQUA ROSMARINI, AQUA ANTHOS. Rosemary, in flower, 1 lb.; infuse 24 hours; distil 1 gall.
ROSE WATER; AQUA ROSae (B. P., Ph. L., E., & D.), L. Damask or hundred-leaved rose, 10 lbs. (Ph. L. & E.).--Otto 40 drops. (Ph.
D.)--Fresh cabbage-rose petals, 1; water, 2; distil 1 (B. P.).
RUE WATER; AQUA RUTae. Fresh rue, 1 lb.; macerate 24 hours; distil 1 gall.
SAGE WATER; AQUA SALVIae (P. Cod.), L. As LAVENDER WATER (_above_).
Sa.s.sAFRAS WATER; AQUA LIGNI Sa.s.sAFRAS (P. Cod.), L. Sa.s.safras chips, 3 lbs.
Sa.s.sAFRAS WATER; AQUA Sa.s.sAFRAS (P. Cod.). From sa.s.safras, as melilot water.
SCURVY-GRa.s.s WATER; AQUA COCHLEARIae (P. Cod.). Fresh scurvy gra.s.s, 8 lbs.
SPEARMINT WATER. See MINT WATER.
SPIRITUOUS WATERS. Many of the distilled spirits were formerly termed waters.
SPRUCE FIR WATER; AQUA ABIRTIS (P. Cod.). Bruised buds of spruce fir, 2 lbs.
STINKING GOOSE-FOOT WATER; AQUA CHENOPODII VALVARIae. Stinking goose-foot, 1 lb.; water, 6 lbs.; distil 3 lbs.; 1 to 2 oz. in hysteria.
STRAWBERRY WATER; AQUA FRAGARIae. Strawberries, 3 lbs.; water, q. s.; distil 3 lbs.
TANSY WATER; AQUA TANACETI (P. Cod.), L. Flowering tops, 6 lbs.
THYME WATER; AQUA THYMI (P. Cod.), L. As the last.
VALERIAN WATER; AQUA VALERIANae, A. RADICIS V. (P. Cod.), L. Root bruised, 3 lbs.
VANILLA WATER; AQUA VANILLae, L. Vanilla, coa.r.s.ely powdered, 1 lb.; salt, 5 lbs.; water 2-1/2 galls.; macerate for 24 hours in a covered vessel, then distil 1 gall.
VIOLET WATER; AQUA VIOLae. Violets, 1 part; water, 4; after 6 hours distil 2 parts.
WORMWOOD WATER; AQUA ABSINTHII (P. Cod.). Wormwood tops, 4 lbs.
_Uses, &c._ Distilled waters are mostly employed as vehicles or perfumes.
A few, as bitter-almond, cherry-laurel, and peach water, are poisonous in doses larger than a few drops. The dose of the aromatic or carminative waters, as those of dill, caraway, peppermint, pennyroyal, &c., is a wine-gla.s.sful, _ad libitum_.
_Concluding Remarks._ In the preparation of distilled waters for medical purposes the utmost care should be taken to prevent contamination from contact with either copper, lead, or zinc, since these metals are gradually oxidised and dissolved by them. In preparing them from the essential oils, silica, in impalpable powder, is the best substance that can be employed to promote the division and diffusion of the oil, as directed in the Ph. L. Magnesia and sugar, formerly used for the purpose, are objectionable; as the first not; only decomposes a portion of the oil, but the water is apt to dissolve a little of it, and is hence rendered unfit to be used as a solvent for metallic salts, more especially for corrosive sublimate and nitrate of silver; whilst the other causes the water to ferment and acetify.
In the distillation of waters intended for perfumery the utmost care is requisite to produce a highly fragrant article. The still should be furnished with a high and narrow neck, and the heat of steam, or a salt-water bath, should alone be employed. The first 2 or 3 fl. oz. of the runnings should be rejected, except when spirit is used, and the remainder collected until the proper quant.i.ty be obtained, when the whole product should be mixed together, as distilled waters progressively decrease in strength the longer the process is continued. When a very superior article is desired, the waters may be redistilled by a gentle heat, the first two thirds only being preserved. The herbaceous odour of recently distilled waters is removed by keeping them for some months, loosely covered in a cold cellar.
When distilled waters have been carefully prepared, so that none of the liquor in the still has 'spirted' over into the condensing worm, they keep well, and are not liable to change; but when the reverse is the case, they frequently become ropy and viscid. The best remedy for this is to redistil them. Waters which have acquired a burnt smell in the 'stilling' lose it by freezing. Distilled waters may be prevented from turning sour by adding a little calcined magnesia to them, and those which have begun to spoil may be recovered by adding 1 gr. each of borax and alum to the pint.
The doctoring is not, however, to be recommended, and should never be adopted for those used in medicine. A drop of solution of terchloride of gold added to these waters shows whether they contain any uncombined essential oil, by forming, in that case, a fine metallic film on the surface. After distilled waters have acquired their full odour, they should be carefully preserved in well-stopped bottles. Such houses keep a separate still for each of the more delicate perfumed waters, as it is extremely difficult to remove any odour that adheres to the body of the still and worm. The addition of the small quant.i.ty of spirit ordered in the Ph. E. and Ph. L. 1836, in the preparation of their waters, in no way tends to promote their preservation.
In general, the druggist draws off 2 galls., or more, of water from the quant.i.ties of the herbs, barks, seeds, or flowers, ordered in the Pharmacopias; hence the inferior quality of the waters of the shops. They do, however, very well for vehicles. The perfumers, on the contrary, use an excess of flowers, or at least reserve only the first and stronger portion of the water that distils over, the remainder being collected and used for a second distillation of fresh flowers.
The most beautiful distilled waters are those prepared in the south of France, and which are imported into England under the French names. Thus eau de rose, eau de fleurs d'oranges, &c., are immensely superior to the best English rose or orange-flower water, &c. The water that distils over in the preparation of the essential oils is usually of the strongest and finest cla.s.s. See ESSENCE, OILS (Volatile), SPIRITS (Perfumed), VEGETABLES, &c.
=WATERS (Eye).= _Syn._ COLLYRIA, L. _Prep._ 1. From distilled vinegar, 1 fl. oz.; distilled water 1/2 pint. Half a fl. oz. of rectified spirit, or 1 fl. oz. of brandy, is often added. In simple chronic ophthalmia, blear eyes, &c., also to remove particles of lime from the eyes.
2. Sugar of lead, 10 gr.; pure vinegar, 1/2 teaspoonful; distilled water, 1/2 pint. In ophthalmia, as soon as active inflammation ceases; also as the last.
3. Wine of opium, 2 fl. dr.; sulphate of zinc, 20 gr.; distilled water, 1/2 pint. Astringent and anodyne; in painful ophthalmia and extreme irritability.
4. Opium, 15 gr.; boiling water, 8 fl. oz.; when cold, add of solution of acetate of ammonia, 2-1/2 fl. oz., and filter. As the last.
5. Sulphate of zinc, 20 gr.; distilled water, 1/2 pint; dissolve. Au excellent astringent water in chronic ophthalmia, weak and irritable, eyes, &c.
6. Sulphate of copper, 10 gr.; camphor mixture (julep), 1/2 pint; dissolve. In the purulent ophthalmia of infants.
I. TABLE _exhibiting the Composition of several of the more celebrated_ MINERAL WATERS.
16 fl. oz. in the following Ingredients:--
+---------------+--------+---------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------
Nitrogen
Carbonic
Sulphuretted
Carbonate
Carbonate
Carbonate
Sulphate
Sulphate
in cubic
anhydride
hydrogen in
of
of
of
of
of mag-
WATERS.
inches.
in
cubic inches.
sodium
magnesium
calcium
sodium
nesium in
cubic
in
in
in
in
grains.
inches.
grains.
grains.
grains.
grains.
+---------------+--------+---------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------
CARBONATED.
Seltzer
17
4
5
3
Pyrmont
26
10
45
55
Spa
13
15
45
15
Carlsbad
5
5
15
85
Pouges
30
10
12
12
Saint Parize
22
05
115
+---------------+--------+---------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------
CHALYBEATE.
Tunbridge
059
1
{trace }
003
Cheltenham
{ of }
Chalybeate
25
{oxygen}
05
227
6
Brighton
22
+---------------+--------+---------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------
SALINE.
Seidlitz
25
08
180
Cheltenham
15
11
Pure Saline
Bristol
35
15
15
Buxton
02
13
Bath
12
08
15
Scarborough
a trace
20
Bareges
uncertain
25
ditto
Plombieres
22
03
23
Kilburn
35
854?
05
1
12
37
Leamington
New Bath
04
a trace
a trace
19
Leamington
Old Bath
03
ditto
75
7 +---------------+--------+---------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------
SULPHUROUS.
Harrogate
08
1
23
07
25
13
Moffat
05
06
12
Aix-la-Chapelle
55
12
42
Cheltenham
Sulph. Spring
15
235
5 +---------------+--------+---------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------
---------------+--------+--------+---------+----------+-------+-------+-------+---------+------------+
Sulphate
Chloride
Chloride
Chloride
Ferric
Silica.
Temper-
Total of
AUTHORITY.
of
of
of magne-
of calcium
Oxide.
ature.
saline
WATERS.
calcium
sodium
sium in
in
contents.
(Repeated.)
in
in
grains.
grains.
grains.
grains.
---------------+--------+--------+---------+----------+-------+-------+-------+---------+------------+
CARBONATED.
Seltzer
17
Cold
29
Bergman.
Pyrmont
85
15
06
ditto
306
Ditto.
Spa
02
06
ditto
83
Ditto.
Carlsbad
45
a trace
03
165
198
Klaproth.
Pouges
22
25
05
Cold
284
Ha.s.sentratz.
Saint Parize
135
ditto
25
Ditto.
---------------+--------+--------+---------+----------+-------+-------+-------+---------+------------+
CHALYBEATE.
Tunbridge
017
030
003
005
028
ditto
086
Scudamore.
Cheltenham
Parkes
Chalybeate
25
413
08
ditto
738
& Brande.
Brighton
4
3
075
14
014
ditto
929
Marcet.
---------------+--------+--------+---------+----------+-------+-------+-------+---------+------------+
SALINE.
Seidlitz
5
45
ditto
1928
Bergman.
Cheltenham
45
50
Parkes
Pure Saline
ditto
805
& Brande.
Bristol
15
05
1
74
6
Carrick.
Buxton
03
02
003
82
183
Pearson.
Bath
9
33
a trace
02
116
148
Phillips.
Scarborough
9
ditto
Cold
29
Saunders.
Bareges
a trace
05
120
3
Ditto.
Plombieres
15
03
?
66
Vanquelin.
Kilburn
55
25
55
02
a trace
Cold
642
Schmeisser.
Leamington
New Bath
14
53
15
08
ditto
883
Lambe.
Leamington
Old Bath
18
41
ditto
735
Ditto.
---------------+--------+--------+---------+----------+-------+-------+-------+---------+------------+
SULPHUROUS.
Harrogate
77
11
15
ditto
94
Garnet.
Moffat
45
ditto
45
Ditto.
Aix-la-Chapelle
5
143
212
Bergman.
Cheltenham
Parkes
Sulph. Spring
12
35
03
Cold
65
& Brande.
---------------+--------+--------+---------+----------+-------+-------+-------+---------+------------+
II. TABLE _exhibiting the Composition of the princ.i.p.al_ MINERAL WATERS of GERMANY, _and of the_ SARATOGA CONGRESS SPRING _of_ AMERICA, _re-arranged expressly for this work._