In the classic " reduction to the pristine state, " the silver was then precipitated out of the aqua fortis by the addition of salt of tartar and then heated in a crucible to return it to its recognizable metallic form.
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An early recipe for " True Daffy " from 1700 lists the following ingredients : aniseed, brandy, cochineal, elecampane, fennel seed, jalap, manna, parsley seed, raisin, rhubarb, saffron, Salt of Tartar, and scammony.
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Le Mort's elixir, consisted of " honey, licorice, flowers of Benjamin, and opium, camphor, oil of aniseed, salt of tartar and spirit of wine, " became official as " Elixir Asthmaticum " in the London Pharmacopoeia of 1721.