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VARIETIES. 
Essence  of  Tea  Rose. 
Esprit  de  rose  pomade   1  pint. 
"     de  rose  triple   1  pint. 
Extract  of  rose  leaf  geranium   1  pint 
"  sandal  wood   i  pint. 
"  neroli  •       .  i  pint. 
"  orris        . .      .       .       .       .       .       .  |  pint. 
Annals  of  Pharmacy. 
Gallic  Acid  in  Niglit-sweats  of  Phthisis. — Under  the  usual  treatment  of 
phthisis,  (full  diet,  cod-liver  oil,  and  tonics,)  the  tendency  to  night-perspi- 
ration often  ceases  spontaneously.  If  it  becomes  desirable  to  expedite  the 
process,  it  may  be  done  by  the  sesquichloride  of  iron,  the  mineral  acids,  or, 
best  of  all,  by  the  gallic  acid.  The  following  is  the  prescription  for  a  night- 
draught  containing  the  latter: 
R.  Acidi  gallici.  gr.  vij- ;  morph.  acet.  gr.  £  ;  alcohol  q.  s.  (a  few  drops); 
syr.  tolutan.  £ss. ;  aquse  §j. 
The  night-pill,  as  we  find  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  Brompton  Hospital 
for  Consumption,  is — 
R.  Acid,  gallic,  gr.  v. ;  morph.  hydrochl.  gr.  \  ;  mist.  acac.  q.  s.  Ft.  pil.  ij. 
It  is  also  of  advantage  to  adopt  an  astringent  regimen  as  far  as  convenient. 
The  patient  should  be  directed  to  sleep  on  a  mattress,  alone,  and  not  heavily 
clothed  ;  he  should  wear  no  flannel  in  bed ;  as  dry  a  diet  should  be  taken 
as  conveniently  can  be  borne,  and  fluid  should  be  especially  avoided  in  the 
latter  half  of  the  day,  none  whatever  being  allowed  later  than  several  hours 
before  bed-time. — Southern  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal,  August,  1854, 
from  London  Med.  Times. 
Mammoth  Trees  of  California. — An  article  in  the  Sonora  Herald  of 
August  27,  1853,  contained  the  following  statements  respecting  the  Mam- 
moth Trees  of  California,  one  of  which  was  the  subject  of  Prof.  Gray's 
remarks  in  the  last  volume  of  this  Journal.  The  tree  thnt  has  been  cut 
down  waa  95  feet  in  circumference  at  the  ground,  and  300  feet  high. 
Another  tree  is  lying  near  by,  now  dead.  It  is  decayed  within,  and  con- 
tains a  cavity  which  for  250  feet  of  its  length  averages  10  or  12  feet  in 
height;  so  that  a  man  may  enter  it  on  horseback  and  ride  the  whole  dis- 
tance. From  its  diameter  near  its  base,  its  circumference  was  estimated 
at  110  feet,  and  it  was  judged  to  have  been  near  400  feet  high.  Another 
tree  still  standing  has  a  circumference  near  the  ground  of  97  feet,  its 
height  350  feet.  Not  far  distant  there  is  a  trio  of  trees,  the  united  circum- 
ference 92  feet,  and  height  300,  the  middle  one  rising  200  feet  without  a 
branch.  In  the  same  neighborhood  there  is  a  twin  tree,  with  a  circumfer- 
ence of  90  feet;  the  trunks  of  the  two  parts  are  joined  for  10  feet;  the 
height  is  325  feet.  A  single  tree  of  perfect  symmetry,  is  92  feet  in  circum' 
ference,  and  850  feet  high.    There  are  85  of  these  mammoth  trees  scattered 
