THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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t (Bvigitval srofr 
DIABEH(EA MIXTUEES. 
The American Druggist gives the following among other formulae : — R Tinet. 
capsici., fl. dr., 1 ; spir. menthse pip., fl. dr., 2; tinct. opii., fl. dr., 3; tinct. catechu, 
co., tinct. kino., tinct. krameriae, spir. camphorae, aquae, aa fl. dr., 4. Mix. 
Dose — 30 to 60 minims. 
The British Medical Journal writes: — The administration of very small 
frequently-repeated doses of calomel is recommended by Dr. Musser, of Phila- 
delphia, in the treatment of summer diarrhaea and vomiting of infancy. In 
severe cases he recommends a powder containing one-eighth to one-twentieth of a 
grain of calomel, combined with one-twelfth to one-fourth of a grain 
of Dover’s powder if there be much pain, fever, or restlessness. These 
ingredients, combined with a small quantity of powdered sugar, make a very 
minute powder, which is placed dry on the tongue and washed down by a 
spoonful of water, with or without stimulant. He recommends that the dose 
should be repeated every half hour at first. 
Aetificial Milk foe Infants. — Dr. J. M. Keating gives the following 
formula for a prepared cow’s milk for infant feeding. He has compressed 
tablets prepared after the following formula : — Sugar of milk, twenty-six 
grains ; calcii lactopkosphatis, one-sixth of a grain ; calcii carbonatis, one- 
twelfth of a grain ; sodii bicarbonatis, one-half of a grain ; potassi bicarbonatis, 
one-twelfth of a grain ; sodii chloridi, one-sixth of a grain. For a young infant 
he says : — Take three ounces of boiling water and stir in one ounce of ordinary 
milk ; to this add three tablets and dissolve thoroughly, place the mixture in a 
nursing bottle, and add one ounce of good, fresh cream. Shake well, and give 
to the child at about the temperature of the body. This is for a child of a 
month old. For older children the quantities are increased in proportion. — 
'Provincial Medical Journal . 
A Hew Lip Salve — 
Cocoa butter 
Castor oil ... 
Extract of catechu ... 
Oil of sweet birch ... 
Oil of aniseed 
Heuealgic Ointment — 
Menthol 
Cocaine 
Chloral 
Vaseline 
To be applied to the painful part (Galezowski). 
10 drachms 
3 „ 
1 „ 
8 drops 
20 „ 
■Jnl. Pharm. et Chim. 
45 grains 
15 „ 
10 „ 
5 drachms 
— Jnl. Pharm. et Chim . 
Coens. — The application of liquor potassag two or three times a day is said to 
have an excellent effect upon corns. It will remove them in the course of a month 
or so. A thousand and one things have been recommended and tried for corns, 
but where is the one good and effective remedy ? 
A Cuee foe a Cold. — When a cold sets in, the following treatment is recom- 
mended by a contemporary : — A dose of thirty grains of pot. bromide is given. The 
dose to be repeated in six hours, and, if necessary, a third dose six hours later. 
When the discharge begins, fifteen drops of tinct. belladonna are to be taken every 
hour or two till the throat feels dry. The painting of the mucous membrane of 
the nose with cucaine gives great relief, and aids in completing the cure. 
