February 1, 1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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pulverulent slaked lime. It is very pliant and soon 
hardens. 
To unite copper and sandstone, take 3^ parts white 
-cad, 3 parts litharge, 3 parts hole, 2 parts broken glass, 
and rub up with two parts linseed oil varnish. 
As a polish for gravestones, basins, etc., a paint is 
imade of 9 parts of finely sifted and burnt brick clay and 
l part litharge, mixed with a sufficient quantity of lin¬ 
seed oil. 
For connecting cast-iron water pipes, 12 parts Roman 
cement, 4 parts white lead, 1 part litharge, and £ part 
colophonium are pulverized and mixed; from to 3 
pounds of it is triturated with old linseed oil, in which is 
Foiled 2 ounces of colophonium. 
Another for the same purpose is made of equal parts 
of burnt lime, Roman cement, potters’ clay and clay, 
separately well dried, finely ground, sifted, well mixed 
and triturated with linseed oil. Common lead lute for 
•stopping openings in apparatus is best made from litharge 
nnd red lead mixed with old boiled oil. In all cases the 
.surfaces must be clean. They stand well under water. 
As lead lutings are somewhat expensive, the following 
is recommended :—Take 2 parts red lead, 5 parts white 
lead, and 5 parts of the finest clay, and mix with boiled 
linseed oil. 
A good oil cement for wood, especially for antique 
carvings, is made of 1 part pulverized slaked lime and 2 
parts rye flour, mixed with linseed oil varnish. It takes 
-any desired color and polish. 
To make water holders tight we may use pulverized 
slaked lime and cod-liver oil. 
A cement to make chemical apparatus tight can be 
prepared from oil cake or pressed almond cake rubbed 
with water. 
MISCELLANEOUS CEMENTS, ETC. 
Furniture polish:—Moisten 120 parts beeswax with 
'oil of turpentine, and add 7 5 parts finely pulverized 
resin, and enough aniline red to give the desired maho¬ 
gany colour. 
Oil cement:—100 parts red lead, 250 parts white lead, 
200 parts pipe clay : mixed with boiled oil. 
Water cement: —100 parts slaked lime, 190 parts 
brick dust, 160 parts sand, 50 parts blacksmiths’ dross, 
-30 parts powdered lime; mix with water. 
Another:—600 parts iron filings, 100 parts ignited 
sand, 100 parts powdered slaked lime ; mix with water. 
Iron and blood cement:—100 parts pulverized lime, 
Oriturated w r ith bullock’s blood, 290 parts cement, and 
from 5 to 10 parts iron filings. 
FORMULAS FOR POULTICES. * 
The article “Cataplasm” in the new Dictionnaire des 
Sciences 3Ltdicalcs has been worked up by M. Brochin as 
completely as possible to the actual state of our know¬ 
ledge of this ancient method of treatment. Amongst 
ihe opinions of authors and the modern modes of com¬ 
pounding- cataplasms, M. Brochin cites those of Cayol, 
Broussais, Reveille-Parise, and especially Velpeau and 
Trousseau. The editor of the Journal de Medecine, from 
whom we quote this article, observes that he has had the 
opportunity of following the last-named illustrious phy¬ 
sician for some years, and never heard him order either 
a bath or a cataplasm; occasionally, however, and with 
a certain air of solemnity, he would order the poultice. 
This was made nearly as follows :— 
Extract of Stramonium, or 
Extract of Belladonna; 
Extract of Opium; 
Camphor in Powder; 
Water. Of each 10 parts. Mix. 
A breach poultice having been made, some camphorated 
alcohol is to be boiled with it; the paste should then 
* Practitioner, from the ‘ Journal de Medecine.’ 
be enclosed in a little muslm or tarletan, and the surface 
watered with the above mixture. It is then to be ap¬ 
plied, and covered with some impervious cloth and a 
large piece of flannel. M. Brochin leaves out the cam¬ 
phor in powder, and replaces it with ten parts of ether. 
This topical application, which is rather expensive, can 
be retained in place several days. Trousseau only em¬ 
ployed it in grave.cases, such as mono-articular arthritis 
with acute osteitis and puerperal arthritis. He pre¬ 
scribed calomel simultaneously, and insisted on perfect 
immobility of the limb. The following is a narcotic 
poultice prescribed by MM. Bouchat and Despres :— 
Powdered Ilyoscyamus Leaves; 
,, Conium Leaves ; 
„ Belladonna Leaves ; 
,, Solanum Tuberosum Loaves ; 
Linseed Meal. Of each 20 parts. 
Decoction of Poppy heads, q. s. 
Conium is also used in poultices specially intended for 
the relief of superficial cancers :— 
Bruised Carrots, 500 grains ; 
Powdered Conium Leaves, 30 grains ; 
Powdered Opium, ~ grain. 
The following is intended to act as a diuretic poul¬ 
tice :— 
Bruised Squill, 100 parts ; 
Nitrate of Potash, 10 parts. 
And this to render the emission of urine less painful: — 
Bruised White Onions, 6 in number; 
Leaves of Parietaria, 50 parts ; 
Decoction of Marshmallow, q. s. 
Both may be applied over the pubis. 
THE ADULTERATION OF FOOD ACT. 
The Local Government Board has officially announced 
its approval of the appointment of Dr. Whitmore, the 
medical officer of health, as public analyst of food, 
drink, and drugs, for the parish of St. Marylebone. The 
Bethnal Green Vestry have elected Dr. Sarvis as analyst 
for the district under the provisions of the Adulteration 
of Food Act; and at the last meeting of the Board that 
officer submitted a list of apparatus required for the 
duties of his office, and suggested that the room occupied 
as his office should be fitted up as a laboratory, and that a 
vote should be passed empowering him to spend a sum 
not exceeding £100. He estimated that the fittings and 
apparatus w-ould cost about £50, the chief requisite being 
a microscope, which would cost £22. The mention of 
the cost of the last-named item was received with much 
laughter, and Mr. Jackson, a vestryman, intimated that he 
possessed a laboratory wherewith he could do almost any¬ 
thing, and which only cost 205. Mr. Paterson, another 
vestryman, remarked that the microscope of Dr. Quekett, 
a man who attained the highest eminence for his analy¬ 
tical researches, cost only £2. The Vestry then ap¬ 
pointed a committee of seven to ascertain Dr. Sarvis’s 
requirements.— Times , Jan. 28. 
The Local Boards and Vestries of the parishes and 
districts within the metropolis, have now with two ex¬ 
ceptions, complied with the provisions of the Adultera¬ 
tion of Food Act, by the appointment of official analysts. 
The Act gives the local authorities the option of making 
the appointment by fixed salaries, by allowances for each 
analysis, or partly by salary and partly by allowance; 
and all these alternatives have been adopted by the 
various boards. In Mile-end Old Town, Dr. Corner, 
the medical officer of health, has been appointed analyst, 
the question of salary being left in abeyance. In St* 
Pancras, Dr. Stevens has been nominated. In Hackney, 
Dr. Tripe, the medical officer, has been elected, the point 
of salary being left open for future consideration. In St. 
