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]Vriscellai>coas Notes. 



SPANISH PRESCRIPTIONS. 

 Bronchitis. — Dr. R. Rivas. 



Beech wood creosote, 8 decigrammes; 

 Iodoform, 4 decigrammes; 

 Helanin, 2 dicigrammes. 

 Mix and make twenty pills. Five to be taken 

 during the day. 



Flatulent Dyspepsia.— Dr. Fernando Munoz. 

 Brucine, 10 centigrammes; 

 Qaassine crystallized, 10 centigrammes- 

 Rhubarb, 3 grammes; 

 Essence of aniseed, 10 drops. 



To be made into sixty pills. One to be taken 

 after each meal. Or 



Socotrine aloes, 20 centigrammes: 

 Extract of nux vomica, 20 centigrammes; 

 Powdered belladonna, 20 centigrammes. 

 To be made into twenty pills. One pill after 

 each meal. 



Epistaxis. 

 The following solution is recommended to be 

 sniffed up the nose: — 



Trichloracetic acid, i gramme; 

 Water, 30 grammes. 

 Mix. 



When the bleeding is arrested the following 

 mixture is to be freely applied on cotton wool: 

 Phenol, 15 grammes; 

 Benzoic acid, 15 grammes; 

 Tannic acid, 15 grammes: 

 Collodion, 100 grammes. 

 And in every case it is recommended to plug 

 the posterior nares with tampons of lint wetted 

 with the above. 



Vomiting. 

 Menthol, 4 grammes; 

 Oilve oil, 10 grammes. 

 Mix, 



Six or ten drops to be taken on a lump of loaf 

 B\ii%,a.x.—Gazeta Medica de Cadiz. 



Syrup of Chickory. 



Dry chickory leaves 115 grms. 



Water 500 " 



White sugar 690 " 



Infuse the dry leaves of the chickory in the 

 water ; strain the fluid through serge with strong 

 pressure; add the sugar and make a syrup by 

 beating and clarifying. Syrup of chickory and 

 rhubarb made in a similar way is a verypleasan 

 aperient for children. 



Syrup of Absinthe. 



Absinthe 30 grms. 



Water 345 



Loaf sugar 620 " 



Make an infusion; strain the liquor through 

 serge ; allow it to clear by standing ; add the 

 sugar and produce the syrup by simple solution. 



Syrup of Verjuice. 



Juice of unripe grapes 345 grms. 



Pure sugar 620 " 



Dissolve the sugar in the juice by the heat of 

 a salt water bath. 



Syrup of Marshmallow. 



Marshmallow root, scraped and cut. 25 grms. 



Water 145 ' ' 



Simple syrup 690 " 



Cut the marshmallow root in small pieces, in- 

 fuse them in water for 12 hours; strain the liq- 

 uid without pressure; add the syrup; concentrate 

 by boiling until the proper consistency is ac- 

 quired, and then strain through serge. 



Syrup of Orange Flowers. 



Orange flower water 345 grms. 



Loaf sugar 620 " 



Make a syrup by simple solution of the sugar 

 without heat. 



Syrup of Tar. 



Tar water of the silver pine 345 grms. 



Loaf sugar -.620 " 



Make a syrup by simple solution. 



Syrup of Citron. 



Prepared with the distilled water of citron 

 peel in the same way as syrup of orange flow- 

 ers. 



Syrup of Orange Peel. 



Prepared with water distilled from orange 

 peel in the same way as syrup of orange flow- 

 ers. — Translated from the Spanish Pharniaco- 

 pceia. 



Camphoid. 



Camphor, 20 parts; absolute alcohol, 20 parts; 

 Pyroxyllin, i part, each by weight — this prepa- 

 ration dries quickly and forms an elastic film 

 which does not wash off — it is useful for paint- 

 ing over wounds, etc., and as it is a solvent for 

 carbolic acid, chrysarobin, hydronaphthol, ich- 

 thyol, iodine, iodoform and salicj'licacid, it is of 

 value in dermatological treatment. -/^ar//«t/a/i?. 



1,219 metric tons (35,122 flasks) of quicksilver 

 was produced from the California mines in 



1895. 



