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whole section was headed " Vina/^ although not containing a 
drop of wine in any of the preparations it contained. In the 
teeth of the temperance societies, the College have, however, re- 
stored real wine to the present edition. A nd to show, moreover, 
the determined " spirit" in which they are resolved to resist 
new-fangled innovations, the)^ have introduced a formula for 
the preparation of " Mistura Spiritus Vini Gallici;" Anglice, 
egg-flip. We assure you, reader, it is no joke; here it is, page 
143. " Take brandy and cinnamon water, of each four fluid 
ounces; the yolks of two eggs; half an ounce of purified sugar; 
two minims of oil of cinnamon. — Mix." We have it in contem- 
plation to make some experiments on this preparation, during 
our leisure hours. 
The directions for making simple syrup are, ten pounds 
of sugar to three pints of water; this is by far too much. 
Liniment of verdigris is still retained in its old form, 
although it is notorious, that when made some time it does 
not contain one particle of copper; it should always be pre- 
prepared extemporaneously, by rubbing up the distilled ver- 
digris of commerce with honey. The change of names is 
sometimes most absurd in this department: think of calling 
mucilage of gum, " mistura accacise;" this same mistura 
acacia; is used for making several pill masses: — the very 
worst thing they could have chosen. But we leave the cata- 
logue of errors, first recording our hope that the "Pharmaco- 
poeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis" may never 
become the " Pharmacopoeia Britannica." 
John Aldridge. 
Dublin Journal of Medical Science. 
