Simon Paulli relates, that he has cured many malignant fevers by the use of a de-coction of them; which he says powerfully promoted sweat and urine without greatly irritating nature, and also raised the spirits and quenched thirst.
Fernelius relates, that by long coction they entirely lose their purgative virtue.
He calls the Nile most fecundating and nutritive, on account of the moderatecoction effected by the sun’s rays, which leave behind the nutritious part of substances, and evaporate that which is superfluous.
Continue the coction with a gentle fire, always stirring the matter, till it becomes so thick that a drop of it fixes, as it cools, into the consistence that Soap ought to have.
The water used in this coction generally becomes milky, like an emulsion; because it contains many oily particles, that are dispersed in it just as in an emulsion.
It is presumed that the pig is prepared for coction as in the foregoing, namely cleaned, washed, boned, etc.
Our very own bouquet garni, a bunch of various aromatic herbs, inserted during coction and retired before serving.
It is usually prepared by the large manufacturers, by exhausting the capsules, by coction with water; hence the inferior quality of the extract of the shops, which contains a considerable quantity of inert matter.
From tincture of guarana (seeds of Paullinia sorbilis), prepared by coction with proof spirit.
On the large scale, this extract is almost universally prepared by exhausting the root by coction with water, as in the last formula.
From lignum vitae shavings or sawdust, exhausted by coction with water; as soon as the mass becomes thick, 1-8th of rectified spirit is to be added.
Ordinary flint glass is affected by long coction in water, whilst crown glass, which contains less alkali, is unaltered by that trial.
When prepared by coction with water till exhausted of soluble matter, black hellebore root yields about 40% of extract.
The extract of the shops is usually prepared by exhausting the root by coction with water.
Opium, exhausted by coction with water, the residuum treated with spirit of wine, and the mixed tincture and decoction evaporated to an extract.
One of these which prevailed throughout the Hippocratic works is that of Coction and Crisis.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coction" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: boil; boiling; decoction; ebullition; seething
