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THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OK PHARMACY 



Liquid Albolene Russian Liquid Pctrolatuui 



Liquid Cosmoline Russian Mineral Oil 



Liquid Fossiline Russian Paraffin Oil 



Liquid Geoline Russol 



Liquid Paraffin Saxol 



Liquid Petrolatum Terraline 



Liquid Saxoline Tcrralbolia 



Liquid Vaseline Usoline 



Mineral Glycerin Waterwhite-Mineral Oil 



Mineral Oil White Paraffin Oil 



A preparation similar to that official 

 in the Pharmacopoeia of the United 

 States as liquid petrolatum has been in- 

 cluded in many, if not all, of the foreign 

 pharmacopoeias, the official title under 

 which this preparation is recognized be- 

 ing as follows: 



Petrolatum liquidum, U. S. Pharma- 

 copoeia ; Paraffinum liquidum, pharmaco- 

 poeias of Great Britain, Germany, the 

 Netherlands, Japan, Belgium, Austria, 

 Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Servia, 

 Italy, Hungary and Russia; Oleum Par- 

 affinse, Spanish Pharmacopoeia; Vas6lin- 

 um liquidum, French Pharmacopoeia, 

 and Oleum Vaselini (as a synonym) 

 pharmacopoeias of Danmark and Russia. 



The requirements of the several phar- 

 macopoeias differ somewhat and the spe- 

 cific gravity as given is as follows : 

 U. S. P. VIII, 1905. . . . 0.870 to 0.940 at 25° 

 Ph. Brit. IV, 1895 0.885 to 0.890 at 15.5° 



B. P. C. II, 1911, usual- 

 ly 0.87s or lower at 15° 



Ph. Germ. V, 1910, at 



least 0.885 at 15° 



Ph. Ross. VI, 1910 0.880 to 0.885 at 15° 



Ph. Hung. Ill, 1909. . . 0.88 to 0.89 at 15° 



Ph. Ital. Ill, 1909 0.875 to 0.890 at 15° 



Ph. Fr. V, 1908, about. 0.875 at 15° 



Ph. Serb. II, 1908, about 0.880 at 15° 



Ph. Svec. IX, 1908.... 0.88 to 0.90 at 15° 



Ph. Helv. IV, 1907. . . . 0.880 to 0.885 at 15° 



Ph. Dan. VII, 1907, at 



least 0.880 at 15° 



Ph. Austr. VIII, 1906, 



at least 0.880 at 15° 



Ph. Belg. Ill, 1906, not 



below 0.880 at 15° 



Ph. Japon. Ill, 1906... 0.875 to 0.945 at 15° 

 Ph. Ndl. IV, 1905, not 



below 0.860 at 15° 



Ph. Hisp. VII, 1905... 0.840 at 15° 



For pharmaceutical purposes, liquid 

 petroleum may be divided into two 

 grades, the lighter or more limpid oil, 

 used extensively as a vehicle for oil 

 sprays, and the heavier, more viscid oil 

 generally recognized in European phar- 

 macopteias and used as an ingredient of 

 ointments and more recently as a reme- 

 dy in the treatment of intestinal stasis. 



PARKE, DAVIS & CO.'S NEW 

 OFFERINGS. 



"Russian Oil, Aromatic, P. D. & Co.," 

 "Russian Oil, Unflavored, P. D. & Co.," 

 "Agar, P. D. & Co." These are names 

 that you will soon see on prescriptions. 

 They are the titles of some very efficient 

 mechanical laxatives which Parke, Davis 

 & Co. are making known to physicians 

 through the media of a long list of medi- 

 cal journals and a staff of detail repre- 

 sentatives that covers the country. 



For the information of druggists who 

 are not as yet acquainted with this agent, 

 it is pertinent to say that Russian Oil 

 (P. D. & Co. )is a mineral oil distilled 

 from Russian petroleum. It is notable 

 for its high specific gravity, its resultant 

 high viscosity and its great lubricating 

 power — features in which it is markedly 

 superior to the cheap petrolatums of low 

 specific gravity. The product is water- 

 white, odorless and tasteless. It is not 

 a laxative in the generally accepted 

 sense of the term, but an intestinal 

 lubricant. Parke, Davis & Co. supply 

 Russian Oil, Aromatic, and Russian Oil, 

 Unflavored. 



