^°'Feb!'i88'r'""}  Varieties.  83 
R    Podophilli  resinee,    .  ...  gr,  ii. 
Essentlge  ziugiberies,  .  .  .  .  .  ii. 
kSpirit.  villi  reetif.,    .         .         .         .         .  ^  ii. 
M.  S. — A  teaspoonful  in  a  wine-glassful  of  water  every  night  at  bed- 
time, or  every  second,  third  or  fourth  night,  as  required. — St.  Louis  Clmi- 
cal  Record. 
PuiiVis  Compositus.— Dr.  E.  T.  Blackwell  proposes  the 
following  modified  formula: 
In  each  teaspoonful. 
R    Senn^e  pulv.,      .....         8  grains. 
Sulphur,  loti,  .  .  .  .  .     8  " 
Sacchari  albi,  aa  ^ss,    .  .         .         .         8  " 
Foeniculi  pulv.,     '  ,         .         .         .         .     4  " 
Glycyrrhizjie  pulv.,  aa  ^ii,      .         .         .         4  " 
M.      '   '  — 
In  all,  32  grains,— 
laxative  16  grains,  excipient  16  grains, — an  equal  proportion. 
No  one  will  question,  I  think,  the  improvement  in  bringing  the  quantity 
of  sulphur  to  equal  that  of  the  senna,  which  it  so  much  surpasses  as  a  laxa- 
tive. Nor  does  it  prove  less  acceptable  to  the  taste,  while  it  is  better  tolera- 
ted by  the  stomach.— J/ec?.  Times,  Nov.  20th,  1880. 
Palatable  Quinia.— -Dr.  E.  R.  Dodsoii,  of  Baltimore,  writes  to  the 
"Maryland  Medical  Journal"  that  he  has  found  the  unpleasant  taste  of 
quinia  largely  ameliorated  by  giving  it  with  Liebig's  liquid  extract  of  beef, 
and  that  he  has  been  able  to  administer  it  in  this  way  in  cases  where 
otherwise  it  was  impracticable.  He  says  also  that  this  preparation  of  beef, 
taken  before  the  quinia,  appears  to  have  a  tendency  towards  preparing  the 
stomach  for  its  reception. — Chicago  Afedical  Review,  Decemher. 
Carbolic  Acid  in  Facial  Erysipelas. — Dr.  Rothe,  for  some  years 
past,  has  been  in  the  habit  of  using  the  following  application :  Acid,  car- 
bolic, sp.  villi.,  each  one  part;  ol.  terebinth.,  two  ^^arts ;  tinct.  iod.,  one 
part;  glycerin,  five  parts;  penciling  the  inflamed  skin  and  its  vicinity 
with  it  every  two  hours.  No  pain  or  sense  of  burning  is  produced,  and 
the  skin  is  usually  next  day  pale  and  wrinkled.  The  further  progress  of 
the  disease  is  more  effectually  arrested  than  by  any  other  remedy,  any  new 
patches  being  rapidly  efFticed,  so  that  in  three  or  four  days  the  facial  erysi- 
pelas is  usually  at  an  end.  The  penciled  places  should  be  covered  by  a 
very  thin  layer  of  wadding.  When  febrile  action  is  present  the  ordinary 
internal  measures  must  also  be  resorted  to. — Louisv.  Med.  News. 
Perfumed  Carbolic  Acid. — 
R    Acidi  carbol.  cryst.,      .  .  .  .1  part. 
Olei  limonis,  ....  3  parts. 
Alcoholis  (36°),  .  .  .  .  100    "  M. 
This  mixture,  which  appears  to  be  quite  stable,  and  has  only  the  odor  of 
lemon,  is  what  has  been  known  as  "  Lebon's  Perfumed  Carbolic  Acid," 
the  formula  for  w^iich  has  long  been  a  secret,  but  has  now  been  made 
known  in  the  "  Moniteur  Scieiitiflque,"  of  Paris.  The  antiseptic  j^roper- 
ties  are  in  no  way  affected  by  the  oil  of  lemon. — Med.  and  Surg.  Rep. 
