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brane are thereby increased, and tumefaction reduced. 6 A y 

 February 4, 143. 



PERMANGANATE OF POTASH FOR COLD IN THE HEAD. 



We find, continued mention made in the foreign journals 

 of the value of permanganate of potash as a remedy in cases 

 of cold in the head attended with severe sneezing. For use 

 in such cases, a solution is prepared of about one and two 

 thirds grains of permanganate in two fluid, ounces of water. 

 Of this solution, twenty to sixty drops are to be poured into 

 a tumblerful of water, and a table-spoonful is to be snuffed 

 up the nostrils every two hours ; and, if there be any soreness 

 in the throat, the same liquid is to be used as a gargle. It 

 will, perhaps, be better to apply this solution by means of the 

 fountain syringe, or some other of the methods adopted for 

 injecting salt and water, as a cure for catarrh. 5 A, Janu- 

 ary, 1871,100. 



COD-LIVER OIL BUTTER. 



An ingenious pharmaceutist has lately adopted the method 

 of making cod-liver oil into a butter, for the purpose of being 

 administered to such patients as find an objection in the taste 

 of the oil itself. This is done by combining the oil with a 

 concrete or butyraceous fat, thus bringing it into a form in 

 which it can be used as butter on bread, or made into pills. 

 It is also suggested that, by mixing cod-liver oil with mustard, 

 Ggg, and the other ingredients used in making salad dressing, 

 the taste can be so disguised as to render it a palatable arti- 

 cle for putting upon various articles of food. 8 A, February 

 1,30. 



HYPODERMIC INJECTIONS. 



A committee appointed by the Royal Medical and Chirur- 

 gical Society of London to investigate the hypodermic meth- 

 od of administering medicine reports as follows : 



1. That, as a general rule, only clear neutral solutions of 

 drugs should be injected. 



2. That, whether drugs be injected under the skin, or ad- 

 ministered by the mouth or rectum, their chief physiological 

 and therapeutical effects are the same in kind, though vary- 

 ing in degree ; but, 



