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PHARMACEUTICAL   NOTICES.  A*  -  21 
in  substituting  it  for  extract  of  jalap,  as  its  remedial  strenj 
is  greater  than  that  of  jalap.) 
The  following  is  the  formula  : — 
Take  of  Comp.  Ext.  of  Colocynth,  in  powder,  half  an  ounce  ; 
Podophyllin,  forty-five  grains ; 
Calomel,  three  drachms  ; 
Gamboge,  in  powder,  forty  grains. 
Mix  them  together  ;  then  with  water  form  a  mass,  to  be 
divided  into  one  hundred  and  eighty  pills. 
These  two  preparations,  unlike  the  former,  will  certainly  com- 
mend themselves  to  the  profession,  as  the  advantage  derived 
from  them  is  apparent,  owing  to  their  uniform  strength. 
Two  or.  three  pills  administered  to  an  adult,  will  invariably 
produce  from  three  to  six  evacuations,  and  their  operation  is 
perfectly  free  from  any  griping.  They  operate  in  from  three 
to  five  hours. 
Allopathic  Sugar  Pellets. — Acting  upon  the  suggestion  of 
Mr.  Stearns,  in  his  valuable  paper  published  in  the  last  pro- 
ceedings, I  present  to  the  Association  the  following  pellets,  not 
prepared  according  to  so  many  homoeopathic  attenuations,  but 
containing  in  a  compact,  agreeable  form,  the  full  dose  of  the 
different  valuable  remedies  they  represent. 
Aconitia   globules,  one-hundredth  of  a  grain  each. 
Atropia,         «        one-fiftieth,  " 
Conia,  "        one-twentieth,  " 
Digitalin,       "        one-fiftieth,  " 
Strychnia,      "        one-thirty- second,  " 
Veratria,        "        one-sixteenth.  " 
The  simple  pellets  were  medicated  by  saturating  them  for 
twenty-four  hours  in  an  alcoholic  solution  of  the  respective  prin- 
ciples, and  agitating  them  in  a  shallow  capsule  until  the  alco- 
hol evaporates. 
Globules  may  be  prepared  thus,  from  all  the  different  active 
principles,  and  they  would  certainly  be  of  great  service  to  the 
physician,  as  he  could  carry,  in  a  small  space,  all  the  important 
drugs  he  is  now  obliged  to  have  in  large,  cumbersome  bottles. 
My  reason  for  employing  active  principles  instead  of  saturated 
tinctures  or  fluid  extracts  was,  to  preserve  as  much  as  possible 
