16  Abstracts  from  the  French  Journals.  {Amj£Z'vm&Tm* 
having  a  pleasant  acidulous  taste,  and  evincing  no  free  iodine,  on  the 
addition  ot  cold  gelatinized  starch.  It  remains  unchanged  on  expos- 
ure to  air.  Syrupy  glucose  is  used  in  place  of  the  solid  compound,  be- 
cause it  is  more  convenient  and  fulfils  the  same  purpose.  One  peculi- 
arity noticeable  with  its  use  is  the  fact  that  syrups  of  hydriodic  acid 
made  with  it,  and  containing,  at  first,  free  iodine,  from  faulty  manip- 
ulation, become,  on  standing  for  a  day  or  two,  colorless  from  the 
conversion  of  the  free  iodine,  by  the  glucose,  into  hydriodic  acid. 
ABSTRACTS  FROM  THE  FRENCH  JOURNALS. 
Translated  for  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
Rhamnus  Frangula  in  Odontalgia. — Dr.  Gretchinsky  writes 
to  the  Revista  de  Med.  y  Farm.,  that  he  makes  a  decoction  by  boiling 
15  to  30  gm.  of  the  bark  in  2  tumblers  of  water.  Patients  are 
directed  to  rinse  the  mouth  with  this  every  five  minutes  until  the  pain 
ceases ;  and  then  every  two  hours.  Cavities  may  be  filled  with  cot- 
ton dipped  in  the  tincture. — Repert.  de  Ph.,  November. 
Papayotin  in  Fissure  of  the  Tongue. — Schwimmer  is  said  to 
have  used  this  substance  successfully  in  cases  which  had  resisted  the 
action  of  chromic  acid,  iodoform  and  nitrate  of  silver.  He  employed 
the  following  formula :  Papayotin,  1  to  2  parts ;  glycerin  and  dis- 
tilled water,  of  each  10  parts.  Five  or  six  applications  should  be 
made  daily,  after  drying  the  fissures. 
Benzoinated  Gray  Oil. — Beausse  places  20  gm.  of  mercury  in 
a  matrass  and  adds  5  or  6  gm.  of  ethereal  tincture  of  benzoin,  with 
brisk  agitation.  When  the  globules  are  no  longer  visible  the  tincture 
is  decanted  and  the  vessel  re-corked  and  again  agitated.  The  mer- 
cury forms  a  soft  paste  on  the  sides  of  the  vessel.  All  the  material  is 
then  put  in  a  mortar  with  10  gm.  of  vaselin  and  30  of  liquid  vasel- 
in  and  well  triturated,  adding  also  the  washings  of  the  matrass  with 
ether.  "  The  preparation  requires  a  labor  of  four  or  five  hours." — 
Arch,  de  Ph.,  Nov.  5. 
Naphthol  Ointment. — Used  for  skin  diseases,  this  ointment 
should  contain,  according  to  Dr.  Lassar,  about  10  per  cent,  of  naph- 
thol, to  which — in  obstinate  cases — 10  per  cent,  of  camphor  may  be 
added.    The  naphthol  ointment  may  remain  in  contact  with  the  skin 
