socotrine

Updated: May 14, 2025

Take of Extract of Socotrine Aloes, eight grains, Compound Extract of Colocynth, forty-eight grains, Hard Soap, twenty four grains, Treacle, a sufficient quantity To make twenty four Pills. One or two to be taken at bedtime occasionally.

Pye Henry Chavasse - Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children

Behind his counter he was a superior being, calmly conscious of special knowledge and worth; outside he was a weak-kneed, purblind, motorman-cursed rambler, with ill-fitting clothes stained with chemicals and smelling of socotrine aloes and valerianate of ammonia. Mr. McGowan was also striving to catch the bright smiles tossed about by Rosy.

O. Henry - The Four Million