Beer, Sulphu′′ric Acid

Syn. Sulphuric lemonade ; Cerevisia acid i sulphu′′rici , C. anticol′ica , L. Prep. 1. Treacle beer, or other weak mild beer or ale, to which a little concentrated sulphuric acid has been added, in the proportion of about 1 dr. to every 8 or 10 pints; the whole being well agitated together, and allowed a few hours to settle. 2. Treacle, 14 lbs. ; bruised ginger, 1 ⁄ 2 lb.; coriander, 1 ⁄ 2 oz. ; capsicum and cloves, of each 1 ⁄ 4 oz. ; water, 12 1 ⁄ 2 galls. ; yeast, 1 pint ; proceed as for ginger-beer, and when the fermentation is nearly over, add of oil of vitriol, 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. (diluted with 8 times its weight of water), and of bicarbonate of soda, 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. (di olved in a little water). It is fit to drink in 3 or 4 days. Uses, . It is taken with great benefit by workers in lead, especially by those employed in white lead works; also in cases of lead colic, poisoning by lead or its salts, . A tumblerful twice or thrice daily. It is both harmle and wholesome.