April 1, 1871.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS 
790 
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[61.]—COLD CREAM. 
R. Cetacei, 
Cerae Alb., aa ^ss 
01. Amygd. D. ^iv 
Otto Ros® gtt. xx. 
M. Geo. 33. Gurgen, Kimbolton. 
[166.]— BLACK INK. 
R. Gall® Aleppo Cont. ^lb. 
Ligni H®matoxyli 2 oz. 
Gum. Acaci® 3 oz. 
Ferri Sulpk. 4 oz. 
Alum. Sulpk. 1^ drm. 
Cupri Sulpk. 1^ drm. 
Aqu® Moll. 1 gall. 
And a small quantity of muriate of soda dried, and a few 
drops of creasote. 
Tkis is a good ink. It must be done by cold digestion, as 
beat takes out tko starch from tke galls, which increases tke 
tendency to mouldiness; and I always dry tke sulpkate of 
iron.— j. H. 
[183.]—HOLBECK TINCTURE. 
R. Tr. Rkei Co. ^iij 
Tr. Cardam. Co. 3j 
Tr. Opii %ss 
Sp. Vini Rect. 5 iss 
Aqu® Pur® 3'j- „ . 
Tuis is a Leeds form, taking its name, from some peculiarity 
unknown to me, from a place called Holbeck, near Leeds. 
It is a stimulant and partly antispasmodic; tke dose skould 
be regulated by tke quantity of tr. opii it contains,—J. H. 
r ' [186.]—BAKING-POWDER.—“ Farina ” will find tke 
following a good formula*:— 
R. Sod® Bicarb. 3xvj 
Pulv. Acid. Tart. 5 xiv 
„ Magnes. Carbon. £vj 
„ Farin® gxij 
M. Rub through a sieve.— Harry. 
“Senega ” sends tke following excellent receipt:— 
R. Pulv. Acid. Tart. 8 oz. 
Pulv. Sod® Bicarb. 9 oz. 
Rice Flour 10 oz. 
M. A teaspoonful to every pound of flour. 
R. Sod® Bicarb. 1 lb. 
Farin® 1 lb. 
Pulv. Alum £ lb. 
Magnes. Carb. £ oz. 
Dry in oven separately. Magnesia may be put on tke 
Hour. If Scotch farina can be got, it is better than English 
ordinary farina. Mix. 
P.S.—Acid. tart, may be used, if preferred; but the writer 
has found quite as ready a sale for it with pulv. alum.— 
J. H. 
[188.]—WATERPROOFING.— 
Bisulpk. Carbon, ^ij 
Gutta Perclia §ss 
G. Asphalt. §ij 
(Brown Amber) 5 s s 
01. Lini 3 x ’j’ 
Misce. 
Dissolve tke gutta percha in tke bisulpk. carbon., tke asphalt 
and amber in tke oil, and mix well.—D. L. J ONES. 
[198.]—COD-LIVER OIL.—Can any of your readers give 
a short descriptive process of tke manufacture of cod-liver oil 
at Newfoundland?— Alpha. 
[*** Papers on this subject have already been published 
in tke Pharmaceutical Journal: by Professor Soubeiran, 
2nd Ser., Vol. VIII. p. 39; and by Mr. Howden, 2nd Scr., 
Vol. VI. p. 191, and Vol. IX. p. 31.2. Information as to tke 
different methods of preparation will be found also in Cooley’s 
Encyclop®dia.— Ed. Pharm. Journ.] 
[199.]—GAS BLADDERS. — Will any correspondent 
kindly furnish me with a method for keeping bladders in 
a soft pliable condition, suitablo for experimenting with 
gases?— Nil sine Lahore. 
[200.]—LEMONADE.—M ill any reader oblige me with a 
good recipe for making lemonade without a machine 1 — 
Harry. 
[201.]—SOLID YEAST.— “Aroma" wishes to be furnished 
with the formula for solid yeast given in tke transactions of 
the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. 
[202.]—SYRUP OF SANTONINE.— J. E. B. M. wishes 
for a form for making syrup of santonine. 
[*** 0 ,ir correspondent will find tke information lie re¬ 
quires in tke abstract from Dr. Harley’s paper on Santonin, 
ante, p. 667 .—Eh. Pharm. Journ. J 
[203.]—MILK OF MAGNESIA.—Will any reader favour 
me with a recipe for the preparation sold under tkis name ?— 
Vincit Amor Patrial 
[204.]—LINIMENTUM RUBRUM.—Can any of our 
dispensers give me a formulary for tkis article, used some¬ 
times in prescriptions ?— Vincit Amor Patrije. 
[205.]—COD-LIVER OIL AND QUININE.—Can any 
correspondent kindly oblige me through tke medium of your 
paper with a formula for an elegant preparation of cod-liver 
oil and quinine or cod-liver oil, quinine and iron?—T. E. R. 
[*** Some information on tkis subject will be found in tke 
Pharmaceutical Journal, 1st Ser., Vol. XV. p. 475, and 
Vol. XVII. p. 36.— Eh. Pharm. Journ.] 
[203.]—PEPSINE WINE.—Will any reader kindly fur¬ 
nish me with a good formula for making pepsine wine?— 
James Doubell. 
[207.]—SOAP POWDER.—I shall feel obliged by being 
supplied with a recipe for soap powder, suitable as a toilet 
soap. —D. S. Anherson. 
[208.]—ALUMINIUM.—Wanted, tke address of a worker 
in tkis metal; or where shreds or shavings of same may be 
cheaply procured.—P. C. 
[209.]—CORN SOLVENT.— T. would feel obliged by 
being informed of a good solvent for soft and hard corns. 
[210.]—COD-LIVER OIL JELLY.— “ Senega ” would 
feel obliged if any correspondent would send him a formula 
for cod-liver oil jelly. 
[211.]—HORTICULTURAL INK.—Can any of your 
correspondents give me a good receipt for making horticul¬ 
tural ink? Beasley has been tried.—A. P. S. 
[212.]—WOOD STAIN.— “ Pyroligneous ” wishes for a 
good recipe to stain wood oak-colour. 
[213.]—LIQ. AMMONITE VALERIANATIS.—Can any 
of your readers give me a formula for liq. amrnoni® Valeri¬ 
ana! is ?—A. B. 
[214.]—SOLUTION OF ATROPIA.— Associate P. S. 
(Exeter) wishes to be informed how eight grains of atropia 
can be held in solution in aq. dcstil. gj without tke addition 
of spirit or acid, sulpk. dil. ? To be used for complaints of 
tke eye. 
[*** According to Ivlcver’s table, published in last week’s 
Journal, p. 763, it might be effected by glycerine or a mixture 
of glycerine and water.—E h. Pharm. Journ.] 
Erratum. —On p. 737, No. [159], “Aniseed Cordial,” 
for Sp. Vin. Rect. 3xiij, vead Sp. Vin. Rect. 3viij. 
