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HINDU CHEMISTRY
The Eight Varieties of Urine
"The eight varieties of urine are those of the sheep, the goat, the cow, the buffalo, the elephant, the camel, the horse and the ass."[1]
Preparation of Kshāra (Alkali)
"A young butea frondosa is to be cut to pieces and dried and finally reduced to ashes. The ash is to be lixiviated with four or six times its weight of water and strained (through linen) 21 times."[2]
Pill Iron Compound
"Into the composition of pill iron compound pyrites and the rust of iron enter."[3]
A Collyrium
"The ingredients of a collyrium are conch-shell, coral, lapis lazuli, iron, copper, the bone of the
