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and iron salts. It is used in the treatment of ague and chronic 
stomachic troubles. 
Tussol. —A preparation introduced under the name as a 
remedy for coughs is a saline compound of antipyrin and 
mandelic acid. Another statement is that it is a benzoic 
compound of antipyrin, and still another that it is hydrocy¬ 
anic acid and antipyrin. 
Tannigene —A compound of tannic acid and acetic anhy¬ 
dride. It is a yellowish powder, tasteless, odorless, and 
slightly hydroscopic. It is insoluble in cold water and dilute 
acids, slightly soluble in hot water or in ether, easily so in 
alkalies and alcohol. Used in treatment of chronic diarrhoea. 
Paucine. —An alkaloid discovered in Merck’s labaratory 
in the pauco nut, the fruit of the pentaclethra macroph}dla, a 
native of the Congo region. It occurs in yellow scales, is 
insoluble in ether and chloroform, soluble in hot water and 
hot alcohol. 
Salubrin. —Salubrin is the name given to another new 
remedy, the composition of which appears to be : Acetic 
acid, 2 per cent.; acetic ether, 25 per cent.; alcohol, 50 per 
cent.; water, 23 per cent. It possesses a strong antiseptic 
and hcemostatic action, and is used in dressing wounds and 
bruises. 
Borol and Cutol. —These bodies are aluminium boro- 
tartrate and boro-tannate respectively. Borol is soluble in 
water, cutol insoluble. The latter contains 76 per cent, of 
tannin, 13 per cent, of alumina, and 10 per cent, of boracic 
acid. They are both strongly astringent, and are designated 
as medicaments for dermatological use. 
Paraform. —When form-oldehyde is heated for a certain 
length of time in an aqueous solution, it changes into para¬ 
form, a solid, white crystalline polymer, insoluble in water. 
It is used as an intestinal antiseptic. It has a strong, inhibi¬ 
tory action on the propagation of bacilli. One grain of para, 
form will sterilize 200 grains of urine. 
Lysidin. —A basic compound obtained in the state of hy¬ 
drochloride by heating ethylene diaming hydrochloride with 
sodium acetate. The water solution of this base is said to 
have a remarkable power of dissolving uric acid, and its 
application in the treatment of diseases arising from secretion 
of uric acid is being investigated. Lysidin is crystalline, of a 
light-red color, readily soluble in water, and possessing a 
peculiar taste. 
Zinc Subgallate. —Zinc subgallate is described as a non- 
