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Thomson. Edwin, discusses the making of compressed tablets, the 
care of the machine, the preparing of the materials to be compressed, 
and the use of lubricant to prevent the material from adhering to the 
dies. — Pharm. J., Lond., 1906. v. 22, p. 263. 
Rowell. H., discusses the making of compressed tablets and the 
necessary granulation of the various medicaments. For the latter, 
he suggests the use of oil of theobroma in etheral solution or of an 
emulsion of oil of theobroma with soap and tragacanth. — D.-A. 
Apoth. Ztg,. A, A,. 1906-7, v. 27. p. 87. 
MODE OF ADMINISTERING MEDICINES. 
Wilbert, AL I.. is quoted as giving some information regarding the 
origin of capsules, cachets, coated pills, and compressed tablets. — 
Drug. Circ. & Chem. Gaz., A. Y., 1906. v. 50. p. 300. 
ABSORPTION OF MEDICAMENTS. 
ATenges, J., discusses the possibility of administering active medic- 
aments, by local applications, in the vagina, reviews the literature 
relating to the absorption of poisons from the vagina, and reports a 
number of experiments made with a variety of drugs. — Ztschr. f. 
exper. Path. u. Therap.. 1906. v. 2. pp. 391—112. 
