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in this form owing to the marked bitter taste of the liquid prepara- 
tions. — Am. J. Pharm., Phila., 1906, v. 78, p. 33. 
He regrets that the popular pill of aloin, belladonna, and strych- 
nine with cascara was not admitted. — Ibid., v. 78, p. 34. 
PILULJE ALOES. 
Francis, John M., thinks the point has been reached where aloes 
may well be abandoned for an equivalent amount of aloin; it is ob- 
tainable of uniform quality, at low price, and practical experience 
shows that it is a wholly satisfactory substitute ; moreover, the prefer- 
ence of the consumer is for a small pill. — Bull. Pharm., Detroit, 1906, 
v. 20, p. 143. 
PILULiE CATHARTICS COMPOSITE. 
Francis, John M., asserts that the substitution of 20 gm. resin of 
jalap for 30 gm. of the extract amounts to almost doubling the jalap, 
for, on the basis of the yield from the drug, 20 gm. of resin is equiva- 
lent to approximately 60 gm. of extract. — Ibid., v. 20, p. 143. 
PILULS PERRI CARBON ATIS. 
Francis, John M., thinks glucose might well replace sugar and 
glycerin. When properly made and coated, Blaud’s pills will keep 
indefinitely ; he has assayed pills fourteen years old, which were still 
of full strength. Without a gelatin or sugar coating they deteriorate 
rapidly. — Ibid., v. 20, p. 143. 
The inspectors of pharmacies point out that while the homemade 
pills of ferrous carbonate are usually of good quality, the commercial 
Blaud's pills are quite unsatisfactory; they are not soluble in cold 
water and do not dissolve with effervescence in hydrochloric acid. As 
met with, they generally contain oxide of iron. — J. de pharm. d’An- 
vers., 1906, v. 62, p. 85. 
Evans Sons Lescher and Webb report a test of the keeping proper- 
ties of Blaud’s pills, which were put aside for three years, and pre- 
served their full activity. They were kept in ordinary corked pill 
bottles and no particular pains were bestowed upon their storage. — 
Analytical Notes for 1906, E., L. & W., Bond., 1907, p. 10. 
The Ph. Brit. Committee of Reference in Pharmacy suggest that 
the formula for pills of ferrous carbonate be amended, introducing 
glucose in place of sugar. — Chem. & Drug., Lond., 1906, v. 69, p. 864. 
Scheinert, R., suggests that a portion or all of the potassium car- 
bonate in the Ph. Germ, formula for pills of ferrous carbonate might 
be substituted by sodium carbonate. — Ber. d. pharm. Gesellsch., Berl., 
1906, v. 16, p. 349. 
An editorial calls attention to the fact that 1906 marks the seventy- 
fifth anniversary of the introduction of Blaud’s pill and reproduces 
