PHARMACEUTIC NOTICES. 
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ART. XLVIII.— PHARMACEUTIC NOTICES. No. xiv. 
By Augustine Duhamel. 
Vinum Secalis Cornuti. Ergot is given in powder, 
infusion, or decoction. Our Pharmacopceia does not recognise 
any officinal preparation of this substance. For the purpose 
of administering it in an extreme state of division, and with a 
view to its preservation in a convenient form, it has been 
recommended to be given in tincture, which is commonly- 
prepared and kept by druggists. The strength varies from 
one to eight in different shops. 
The formula of Dr. Dewees, by whom it was principally 
used, is eight ounces of ergot to a pint of rectified alcohol, with 
the addition of one ounce of cinnamon bark. But as the highly 
stimulating property of the vehicle here employed, has been 
in some cases found objectionable, and a better substitute 
suggested in the preparation of a wine imbued with its virtues, 
I would recommend, for the sake of uniformity, an adherence to 
the formula here proposed, which so far, and it has been a 
long time used, — has given general satisfaction. 
Take of Ergot in coarse powder, §ij. 
TenerifFe wine, Oj. 
Macerate for 14 days, and filter. 
Tinctura Saponis Camphorata. The authors of the 
Pharmacopoeia have not particularized the quality of soap to 
be employed in the preparation of the liquid opodeldoc. In 
making this liniment, in pursuance of the direction indicated 
by the formula of the United States Pharmacopoeia, — " Take 
of soap, &c." — I made use of the American white soap, and 
the consequence was a formation of the solid opodeldoc ; 
regarding the proportion of soap as an error, I then added a 
quantity of alcohol equal to that first employed, which gave 
me a tincture of soap, though not a permanent preparation, for 
being put aside, there was a constant and gradual precipitation 
