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C. U. C. p. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



May, 1918 



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H. V. Arny, Librarian. 

 Adelaide Rudolph, Bibliography. 

 Hugo H. Schaefer, Queries. 



ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 



Elixir of Triple Phosphates. — D. T. 



G., New York. — This is a name fre- 

 quently applied to elixir of the phos- 

 phates of iron quinine and strychnine. 

 Curiously the synonym is not given in 

 the recent dispensatories or similar phar- 

 maceutical works. The earliest refer- 

 ence we find to the name is in a paper 

 by E. L. Patch (Proc. A. Ph. A., 36, 

 1891, 135) who calls it '"elixir of three 

 phosphates." 



Ethyl Hydrocupreine. *B. F. F. and 



J. M. T., New York, have inquired about 

 this new remedy, the last named querist 

 stating he had just received a prescrip- 

 tion for eye drops calling "ethyl hydro- 

 curpine." The chemical in question is 

 marketed under the trade name "opto- 

 chim" and has been recommended in 

 pneumonia, in scarlet fever and also in 

 opthalmic therapy. It is claimed to have 

 disastrous effects upon the eye, when ad- 

 ministered internally. For further de- 

 tails, see Year Book of the American 

 Pharmaceutical Association, 1913, 127; 

 1914, 135; and 1916, 377. 



Blanc de Berlene. — R. I., New York. 

 — We presume that the recipe you cite 

 really called for blanc de balcine, which 

 is the French name for spermaceti. 



