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Triturate  together  gradually ;  then  add  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
Rhenish  wine,  coagulate  by  heat  and  strain. 
Recommended  in  arthrodynia,  gout  and  paralysis ;  one  or  two 
pounds  are  to  be  consumed  during  the  night. 
A  number  of  formulas  are  also  given  in  which  beer  or  ale  is  used 
as  the  vehicle;  but  these  all  contain  other  drugs  in  addition  to  mus- 
tard. 
Formulas  similar  to,  or  identical  with  the  above,  are  also  given  in 
Geiger-Mohr's  Pharniacopcea  universalis;  but  as  indicated  by  the 
types  used  for  them,  these  preparations  were  at  that  time  but  rarely 
employed.  Yet  in  a  work  as  recent  as  Bernatzik  and  Vogl's  "  Arz- 
neimittellehre  "  (Vienna,  1886)  it  is  stated  that  mustard  is  occasion- 
ally, though  rarely,  used  as  a  diuretic  in  the  form  of  serum  lactis  sina- 
pisatum,  prepared  from  ground  mustard  50  gm.  and  milk  1  liter. 
Dorvault,  in  "  L'Officine,"  quotes  only  a  few  of  the  old  formulas 
which  appear  to  be  rarely,  if  ever,  employed  in  France.  But  Hager, 
in  "  Pharmac.  Praxis/'  gives  in  addition  to  various  others  a  formula 
for 
SYRTJPUS  SINAPIS. 
Simple  syrup   100  parts. 
Spirit  of  mustard   1  part. 
Dose,  a  tablespoonful,  in  bronchial  catarrh. 
Spiritus  Sinapis  of  the  German  Pharmacopoeia  is  a  solution  of  one 
part  of  volatile  oil  of  mustard  in  49  parts  of  alcohol. 
Aqua  Sinapis,  which  was  formerly  prepared  by  macerating  black 
mustard  in  water  and  distilling,  is  recommended  by  Hager  to  be 
made  by  dissolving  one  drop  of  the  volatile  oil  of  mustard  in  250 
gm.  of  distilled  water. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  NOTES. 
Abstracts  from  Theses. 
Fluid  Extract  of  Apocynum. — Jas.  Webb  Beckwith,  Ph.  G.,  ex- 
perimented with  different  menstruums  and  ascertained  that  one  com- 
posed of  three  parts  of  alcohol,  and  one  of  water,  and  containing  10 
per  cent,  of  glycerin  yielded  the  best  results.  Operating  upon  200 
grams  of  the  powdered  drug,  the  reserved  portion  measuring  170  cc, 
was  perfectly  clear  ;  after  evaporating  the  weak  percolate  to  the  con- 
sistence of  a  soft  extract,  dissolving  this  in  sufficient  of  the  menstruum, 
