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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS 
[February 4,1871 
unusual extent, it will be found convenient to be able to 
turn readily to a well-established formula that may 
afford relief to persons thus affected, and perhaps have 
the good fortune to make a cure. Therefore, to that 
end— 
1. Take Syrup of Squills, 
Syrup of Ipecacuanha, 
Camphorated Tinct. of Opium, of each, 1 oz. 
M. Dose, a teaspoonful for an adult every three 
hours. 
It promotes expectoration and causes relaxation. 
2. Take Syrup p of Wild Cherry Bark, 3 fl. oz. 
Syrup of Tolu, 1 11. oz. 
Prussic Acid, diluted, 16 minims. 
M. Dose for an adult, a dessert-spoonful every three 
hours. Tonic and sedative, and is highly useful in con¬ 
sumption. 
3. Take Syrup of Gum Arabic, 4 fl. oz. 
Muriate of Morphia, 1 gr. 
Oil of Sassafras, 1 drop. 
M. Dose, a teaspoonful every throe hours. 
This is like Dr. Jackson’s well-known 11 Pectoral 
Syrup.” 
4. Take Powdered Ext. of Liquorice, 
Powdered Gum Arabic, of each, 2 drms. 
Hot Water, 4 fl. oz. 
Make a mixture and add— 
Spirit of Nitrous Ether, 1 fl. drm. 
Antimonial Wine, 2 fl. drms. 
Tincture of Opium, 40 minims. 
M. A tablespoonful for a dose. 
This is an excellent remedy in the early stages of ca¬ 
tarrh ; it is the well-known Brown Mixture, or the 
“mistura glycyrrhizao composita” of the U. S. Pharma¬ 
copoeia. 
5. Take Decoction of Senega, 4 fl. oz. 
Syrup of Ipecac. 1 fl. oz. 
Syrup of Squills, \ fl. oz. 
Tartrate of Antimony, 1 gr. 
M. A teaspoonful for children two years of age and 
over. This is often given in croup. 
6. Take Gum Ammoniac, 
Ext. of Liquorice, of each, 2 drms. 
Vinegar of Squills, \ fl. oz. 
Fennel Water, 5| fl. oz. 
M. Dose, a teaspoonful for an adult every two hours. 
A stimulating expectorant in chronic bronchitis and 
catarrh. 
7. Take Muriate of Ammonia, ^ oz. 
Powdered Gum Arabic, 2 drms. 
Powdered Ext. of Liquorice, 3 drms. 
Water, 64 11. oz. 
Spirits of Nitrous Ether, 1J fl. drm. 
Vinegar of Squills, 3 fl. drms. 
M. A dessert-spoonful every two hours. 
_ A stimulating expectorant and alterative, and may be 
given in the advanced stage of bronchial disease. 
8. Take Copaiba, 
Balsam of Tolu, 
Powdered Gum Arabic, of each, | oz. 
Water, 6 oz. 
Aromatic Sulph. Acid, 20 minims. 
Make a mixture by well rubbing together. 
Dose, a tablespoonful. Given in chronic catarrh and 
bronchitis. 
9. Take Hypophosphite of Lime, 6 drms. 
Hypophosphite of Soda, 
Hypophosphite of Potash, of each, 2 drms. 
Dissolve, strain and add— 
Hot Water, 10 fl. oz. 
Sugar, 14 fl. oz. 
Dissolve, with a mild heat, strain and add— 
Orange-flower Water, fl. oz. 
M. Dose, a teaspoonful every three hours. 
The hypophosphites are recommended by Dr. Church¬ 
ill in phthisis and bronchitic consumption.— The Mew 
York Druggists’ Circular. 
Eye Seed. —A correspondent in the Gardeners’ Chro¬ 
nicle, says that some years ago, being on a tour in North 
Wales, he saw a plant—which some of his friends who 
were with him knew as Clary, and others as Wild Sage- 
—growing plentifully in the ruins of Denbigh Castle. 
The man who was in charge of the ruins gathered some 
of the berries, and recommended them to the party as a 
wonderful cure for eye disease. His mixed Welsh and 
English was difficult to understand, but the point ap¬ 
peared to be that the seed was good for checking inflam¬ 
mation, and might bo placed whole under the eyelids 
without doing harm. The plants appeared to agree with 
the description in Loudon’s ‘ Encyclopaedia of Plants’ of 
the wild Clary, the Salvia Verhenaca ; they were labiate, 
about a foot high, and the flowers were of a bluish pur¬ 
ple. The time of the year was about the beginning of 
July. 
Female Pharmaceutists in Holland. —Accord¬ 
ing to the editor of the Bit arm aceutische Zeitung , at the 
examination for pharmaceutical assistants recently held 
in Amsterdam, nine female candidates made application, 
five of whom had been educated there at the industrial 
school. The commission of examination was fully satis¬ 
fied of their capability. The Bharmaceutical Weeklg of 
Holland reiterates the views expressed on a former oc¬ 
casion, that these girls (Meisjes) are not adapted for 
city pharmacies, but that in the country, where the pre¬ 
scription business is naturally limited to certain hours, 
and where they could find time for improvement in 
domestic duties, they might become useful and valuable 
assistants. —American Journal of Bharmacg. 
Chloride of Lsime as a Cargo. —The National 
Company’s steamship 'England,’ which sailed for New 
York on the 12th instant, put back into Queenstown 
under the following circumstances. During a gale several 
barrels of chloride of lime, which formed part of the 
cargo, burst, the fumes arising from which compelled 
the firemen to leave the stokehole. With considerable 
difficulty, the men employed in the duty being nearly 
suffocated, five barrels were got on deck and thrown 
overboard. It was then deemed prudent for the safety 
of the passengers that the vessel should not continue her 
voyage. Several bucketfuls of rats were found dead 
from the effects of the lime.— Standard. 
Examination of the Eark of Coprosma gran- 
difolia for Alkaloids.— Mr. Skey, analyst to the 
Geological Survey of New Zealand, reports that he has 
examined a specimen of the Coprosma grandifolia and 
found that alkaloids generally, and those of the quinia 
group particularly, are cither entirely absent, or present 
only in so minute a quantity that the bark has no value 
as a drug on that account. The bark examined was 
bright yellow on its inner surface, very bitter and had a 
slightly hot, pungent flavour. Mr. Skey considers it 
the bitterest of any of the barks of that family that he 
had seen. The method adopted for the examination was 
as follows:—A decoction of 200 grammes of the pulverized 
bark in weak hydrochloric acid was slowly evaporated 
to half an ounce and then filtered. The filtrate yielded 
no precipitate with sulphocyanide of mercury, sulpho- 
cyanido of zinc or tannic acid. These reagents give dense- 
precipitates in a very weak decoction of the common grey 
bark.— Chan ic tl Mews. 
