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For Water-brash. — Powdered phosphate of zinc, 10 parts ; calcined mag- 
nesia, 3 parts; powdered vanilla, 1 part. Mix. A teaspoonful in a wineglassful 
of water. — Dr. Monin, in JO Union Medicate. 
Olive Oil, as a menstruum for cocaine, was recommended by Dr. Andrews, 
of New York, at a meeting of the American Ophthalmological Society. By the 
plan of dissolving cocaine in oil, longer contact of the remedy is ensured, and a 
smaller quantity of it is required. Cocaine salts not being soluble in olive oil, 
the alkaloid should be used, only requiring a few minutes of gentle heating in a 
water-bath to dissolve it. 
Eingworm.— The following formulse have been recommended for the cure of 
ringworm of the scalp : — 1. To a drachm of calomel add one ounce of tincture of 
iodine. Allow to stand for a few days, frequently shaking. Paint the snot, 
and a clear margin beyond, with a camel’s hair brush. 2. Thymol, 1 drachm ; 
chloroform, 4 drachms ; olive oil, best, sufficient for 2 ounces. Mix well. Paint 
with a camel’s hair brush, having first cleansed the part well with soft soap and 
water. 3. An application of the 10 per cent, oleate of mercury, with the 
addition of one-seventh of acetic ether. 
Throat Application. — Dr. Tauber, of Ohio, recommends for painful deglu- 
tition of the ulcerative stage of tubercular laryngitis the following solution : 
Acidi carbolic! ... ... ... 3iss. 
Tine, iodi ... ... ... ... gss. 
G-lycerini ... ... ... ... 3ij. 
M. To be applied once or twice a day. 
— British Medical Journal. 
Terebene Smelling Salts. — The peculiar effect of terebene vapour, when 
inspired, in relieving hoarseness, and, when mixed with ammonia, of improving 
the voice generally, has led to the following formula being devised. Some 
members of a Vy T ell-known school of music speak highly of its voice-developing 
powers : — 
R Terebena pur. ... 
... 3ij. 
Sp. Ammon. Aromat. ... 
... 3jss. 
Chloroform 
... lRx. 
Oil. Citronel. ... 
... n^tv. 
Ess. Patchouli 
... gtij. 
Ammon. Carb. (in No. 20 powder) 
... 3j. 
Carmine Colouring 
... q.s. 
Dissolve the citronella and patchouli in the terebene, adding the chloroform 
thereto ; pour the mixture upon the powdered carbonate of ammonium, and, 
lastly, add the sal volatile, with which a sufficiency of cochineal colouring has 
previously been mixed. The object of this latter ingredient — which, of course, 
may be omitted if white “ salts” be preferred — is merely to give this prepara- 
tion a different appearance to the ordinary kind. These terebene salts when 
'nicely put up in handsome bottles, with well-fitting stoppers, sell quickly, and 
should become very popular amongst clergymen, public speakers, and vocalists 
generally, as well as in private circles. Not only may they usefully replace the 
common “ Preston” variety as an antidote to the effect of a close atmosphere, 
etc., but when inhaled for a few seconds at regular intervals for some time 
prior to speaking or singing they will be found to be quite as efficacious in 
enhancing the vocal powers as certain highly-priced and much vaunted appli- 
ances we wot of . — British and Colonial Druggist. 
