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RICORD'S COUGH PILLS. 



Morphiffi hydrochloratis gr. v. 



Extract! hyoscyami •■' viii. 



Ead. belladonna, pulv., 



Ead. glycyrrhizffi pulv., 



Mellis aa " xl v. 



Balsami tolutani, 



01. theobromai aa " Ixxv. 



Make into 100 pills. Each contains 1-20 grain of liydrochlorate 

 (muriate) of morphia. 



Dose: One pill every 5 or G hours in chronic bronchitis, accompanied 

 with couarh. 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



ETRUSCAN REMAINS IN PERUGIA. 



The Etruscan remains of Perugia are few, owing partly to the great fire, 

 which, in the year 41, destroyed almost the entire cit3^ Enough of the 

 ancient wall, however, still exist to show the manner in which the Etrus- 

 cans built, the immense blocks of stone being put together without cement. 

 A few miles outside of the city, in 1840, some laborers plowing in a field 

 were astonished to see the oxen sink down in the earth. Investigation 

 proved that they had broken through the roof of an Etruscan tomb; which 

 was speedily uncovered, and found to consist of ten chambers, and to be 

 full of stone coffins, ornaments, lambs, drinking vessel, and all the parapher- 

 nalia of pagan obsequies, in perfect preservation. Most of the coffins have 

 been removed and opened, and many curious objects found in them, which 

 are exhibited at the University Museum, and a visit to the tombs them- 

 selves is one of the most interesting excursions about the city. Among 

 the principal treasures of that museum are the Etruscan inscriptions which 

 have been discovered in great numbers in the neighborhood of the city. 

 One of them is the largest on record, consisting of forty-five lines. But its 

 meaning, and even its subject, still remains undetermined, even after the 

 investigations of the best authorities on Etruscan subjects. One is offered 

 quantities of "Etruscan relies " such as bronze idols and stone spear heads, 

 all over the city, but it is well to doubt their genuineness. Of the Eoman 

 rule in Perugia there are abundant memorials. In fact one feels that a 

 thousand years is but a little space in history, as one recalls the past of this 

 ancient city — (yet not so ancient as some of its neighbors) — which was 



