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TiNCTUKA  Jalaps  Composita  s.  Tinot.  Purggas. — Jalap  80  p.,  tur- 
peth  root  ]0  ix,  scammony  20  p.,  alcohol,  GOprct.,  960  p.;  macerate  for  10 
■days,  express  and  filter.  Dose,  15  to  60  grams.  It  is  known  in  France  as 
JEau  de  vie  allemande;  also  as  Lavolky''  purgative  elixir;  sweetened  with 
sugar,  it  is  the  Elixir  antiglaireux  de  Ouillie. — Dorvault. 
Tonic  in  Nervous  Debility.— Tinct.  cinchonge  comp.  ^iv,  tinct. 
liydrastis  ^iii,  acid,  phosphoric,  dilut.  .^i.  Mix.  Dose:  a  teasj^oonful  in 
•water,  tliree  or  four  times  a  day. — N.  Y.  Med.  and  Surg.  Jour. 
BoRACic  Acid  for  the  Eyes. — The  experiments  made  by  Dr.  Theobald 
"with  boracic  acid,  in  certain  ophthalmic  diseases,  having  proved  of  marked 
advantage  in  its  application,  he  was  led  to  try  it  in  affections  of  the  eye 
attended  with  discharge,  and  has  found  it  a  most  efficacious  remedy.  From 
its  possessing  only  slight  astringent  power,  he  is  disposed  to  attribute  much 
of  its  good  effects  to  its  antiseptic  properties,  with  which  is  combined  a 
certain  amount  of  sedative  or  anodine  i^ovver,  as  shown  in  its  operation 
in  cases  of  scrofulous  keratitis.  He  employs  solutions  of  from  two  to  four 
or  more  grains  to  the  ounce,  whicli  are  dropj^ed  into  the  eye  three  or  four 
times  a  day. — Oil  and  Drug  News. 
Salicylated  Starch  IN  Eczema. — Kersch  ("Wiener  Medicinisches 
IBlatt,"  No.  1,  1881),  strongly  recommends  salicylated  starch  in  the  treat- 
ment of  eczema.  It  is  prepared  by  gradually  mixing  small  quantities  of 
pure  starch  with  a  two  to  three  per  cent,  alcoholic  solution  of  salicylic 
acid.  When  the  starch  has  settled,  the  quantit.y  of  solution  present  should 
be  sufficient  to  furnish  a  layer  over  it.  The  residual  solution  should  then 
be  poured  off;  the  salicylated  starch  pressed  in  stout  muslin  and  dried  at 
a  temperature  of  176°F-  The  eczematous  patches  are  first  depri\^dof  their 
scales  by  the  use  of  a  two  per  cent  solution  of  carbolic  acid  and  potash 
soap.  Then  dried  with  absorbent  antiseptic  cotton,  subsequently  mois- 
tened with  a  two  per  cent,  alcoholic  solution  of  salicjiic  acid  and  then 
thickly  covered  with  the  salicylated  starch.  The  remedy,  even  allowing 
forKersgh's  enthusiasm,  seems  to  have  acted  well,  and  is  worthy  of  more 
•extended  trial.  —  CJdcago  Med.  Review,  May  20. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
This  Association  adjourned  last  year  to  meet  again  on  the  fourth  Tuesday 
<23d  day)  of  August,  1881,  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 
As  this  point  is  the  farthest  west  that  a  meeting  has  been  held,  and  is  a 
prominent  railroad  center,  it  is  expected  that. a  large  gathering  of  jiharma- 
cists  will  take  place,  and  many  new  members  from  beyond  the  Alleghanies 
join  the  Association. 
The  Local  Secretary,  Wm.  T.  Ford,  reports  that  arrangements  are  being 
made  with  the  various  railroads  for  reduction  in  rates,  and  the  Local  Com- 
mittee have  secured  a  place  for  the  Exhibition  which  promises  to  be  very 
fine. 
A  trip  to  Colorado  and  Utah  or  New  Mexico  is  in  contemi^lation  at  much 
less  than  the  ordinary  cost,  which,  with  the  interesting  reports  of  the 
