C. U. C. 1'. ALUMM lOL'RNAI. 



utes a red color is produced when cotton- 

 seed oil is present. 



Mistura Ferri Aperiens. R. J. F., 

 New York. — The following- recipe for 

 the ahove named prej^aration is in the 

 "Pharniacoi^oeia of the Philadelphia 

 Hospital" {Proc. A. Ph. A., 49-1901- 



581). 



Ferrous sulphate 0.65 gramme 



Magnesium sulphate 4.00 

 Diluted sulphuric acid 0.5 cc. (mil) 

 Syrup of ginger 4.0 



Infusion of quassia 



enough to make 15 cc. (mils) 

 Dose. — One tables])oonful. 



Rhubarb and Soda Mixture without 

 Glycerin. — T. J. B., New York had a 

 German prescription calling for "Mix- 

 tura rhei et sodae sine glycerin" and 

 turns to us for help. We suspect that 

 the doctor desired the imofficial infusion 

 of rhubarb emi)loyed in Germany which 

 has the following recipe : 



Infusion of rhubarb (8:175) 



175 grammes 

 Sodium bicarbonate 10 



Oil of peppermint 3 drops 



Syrup enough to make 200 grammes 



The Composition of Proprietary 

 Preparations. — A number of queries to 

 the composition of proprietary remedies 

 have been answered by telephone during 

 the past month, by reporting analyses 

 published by chemists in various bureaus 

 devoted to such work. For various rea- 

 sons, at this time we will not print the 

 answers to such queries, but will refer 

 our readers to the two publications of 

 the American Medical Association. "The 

 Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary 

 Medicines" and "Nostrums and Quack- 

 ery" as well as to the Bulletins of the 

 food and drug departments of the States 



of Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana and North 

 Dakota, all of which we have in the 

 library. 



Lotio Alba.— S. R. M.. Xew Y..rk.— 

 .\ recipe bv ( )tto Raubenheimer for this 

 j)rei)aration appearing in the Journal of 

 the American Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion for 1914. j). 6(^2, is as follows: 



Zinc sulphate 5 grammes 



Sulphuretted potassa 5 



Rose water 



enough to make 125 cc. (mils) 



Dissolve each chemical in 60 cc. ( mils) 

 of the rose water. ])our the filtered pot- 

 assa solution into the filtered zinc sul- 

 phate solution and then add the rest of 

 the rose water. 



Legal Queries. — During- the month, 

 we have answered a number of queries 

 relating to pharmacy laws, local, state, 

 and national, emphasizing each time thai 

 the information given was merely the 

 per.sonal opinion of a layman. For this 

 reason we do not print such answers, 

 since in serious legal matters a lawyer 

 should be consulted. 



Liquor Carbonis Detergens. — O. R., 

 New York. — In the Real Encyklopaedie 

 der Gesammten Pharmazie, there is a 

 recipe for this preparation directing that 

 it be made by mixing one part of puri- 

 fied coal-tar with two parts of tincture 

 of soap bark. In the forthcoming edi- 

 tion of the National Formulary there 

 will be a recipe for a similar preparation 

 under the name liquor picis carbonis. 



Names of Manufactures. — We gladly 

 furnish our (|uerists with information 

 concerning the manufacturers of g(X)ds 

 handled by the drug trade, but for 

 obvious reasons, such answers are not 

 published in this department. 



