THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF PHARMACY 



usual feel to the touch (as might occur 

 in the dark), and the next step would 

 be to place the tablet in the mouth and 

 swallow. This meant that bichloride, 

 which is used only externally, and to be 

 dissolved in large quantities of water, 

 for its legitimate and intended adminis- 

 tration, should be put up in other than 

 tablet or powder form, in order to ob- 

 viate the dangers of error. 



I, therefore, devised a special ampoule, 

 mentioned above. This, at first, sounds 

 very simple. All one has to do is to 

 snap the stem of the ampoule, empty 

 the contents into required quantity of 

 water, and the solution is ready for use. 

 Now, where are the advantag-es? 



T. — Xobodv can swallow a glass bot- 

 tle. 



2. — The blind, the aged, are properly 

 warned. 



3. — No possible mistake can be made. 



4- — Solution is practically completed 

 on acount of its concentration in liquid 

 form. 



5. — The color, red, bespeaks of danger. 



6. — When snapping the stem the am- 

 poule must he shaken in order to be 

 emptied, requiring a certain amount of 

 thought and deliberation, which from a 

 psychological standpoint interrupts the 

 mental agitation of the intended suicide. 

 These advantages, as may well be seen, 

 really and truly overcome the common 

 dangers of the Bichloride Tablets. 



