Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  > 
Aug.,  1881.  J 
Pharmaceutical  Notes. 
395. 
Prepare  ten  grains  of  concentrated  extract  of  coca  by  the  vacuo  process ; 
then  thorouglily  incorporate  two  grains  of  cfucle  phosphorus  with  glycerin, 
or  mutton  suet,  to  insure  a  line  subdivision  of  particles ;  add  the  prepared 
coca,  and  the  remaining  ingredients  after  reducing  them  to  fine  powders^ 
Triturate  well  and  form  a  pill  mass  with  the  usual  incipients.  Make  into 
60  pills  and  sugar  coat  them. 
Pill  No.  2. 
Monobromide  of  camphor^e,    .  .  .8  grains 
Extract  nux  vomica,        .  .  .1  drachm 
Blood  root,    .  .  .  .  .    1  " 
Extract  buchu,    .  .  .  .         2  " 
Macerate  eight  grains  monobromide  of  camphor^e  in  two  drachms  of 
warm  water ;  let  it  stand  for  12  hours,  then  percolate  by  disj^lacement  with 
the  customary  apparatus,  and  add  one  drachm  of  extract  of  nux  vomica. 
Then  macerate  two  drachms  of  extract  buchu  in  one-half  ounce  of  warm 
water.  Let  it  stand  six  hours,  and  percolate  the  same  as  for  monobromide 
of  camphor^e;  mix  all  the  ingredients  in  a  porcelain  mortar.  Triturate 
and  apply  the  usual  heat  for  pharmaceutical  purposes  until  the  substance 
is  reduced  to  a  pill  mass,  to  which  add  the  usvial  incipients ;  make  into  60 
pills  and  sugar  coat. 
G.  H.  Chas.  Klie. 
Lowell,  N.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  July,  1881. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  NOTES. 
By  Robt.  F.  Fairthorne,  Ph.G. 
Cheap  and  convenient  moulds  for  camphor-ice,  cosmetique  etc.,  can  be- 
made  in  the  following  manner:  Cat  off  two  or  three  pieces  of  glass 
tubing,  each  12  inches  long  and  |  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  and,  having 
closed  one  end  of  each  piece  with  a  cork,  you  have  moulds  that  are 
everything  that  can  be  desired.  When  used  they  are  placed  in  ice 
water,  and  the  melted  camphor-ice  or  butter  of  cacao  is  poured  into 
them  and  allowed  to  become  solid,  when,  witli  slight  pressure,  they 
can  be  pushed  out  of  the  tubes  and  cut  up  into  suitable  sized  pieces, 
which  should  be  wrapped  up  in  waxed  paper  or  tin  foil  and  covered 
with  colored  paper.  The  sticks  of  camphor-ice,  etc.,  are  quite  orna- 
mental, especially  when  various  colored  wrappers  are  used.  Each 
piece  of  tube  of  the  length  named  will  be  long  enough  to  make  four 
sticks  of  the  ordinary  size. 
A  Device  for  MarJdng  Poisons. — H.  C.  Blair's  Sods,  of  this  city,, 
liave  constructed  a  novel  contrivance  to  guard  against  poisonous  sub- 
stances being  used  by  mistake  for  innocent  ones.  It  consists  of  a  small 
wooden  ball  about  |  of  an  inch  in  diameter  attached  to  the  bottle  or 
