454  Practical  Notes.  -f  ^"^.j-^^''.^,^'''"- 
(       OPpt.,  1881: 
The  compound  liquorice  powder  is  made  into  a  mass  of  a  pilular 
consistence  with  the  prune  paste,  and  divided  into  lozenges  weighing 
about  half  a  drachm  each,  which  will  be  found  pleasant  and  act  as  a 
laxative  in  doses  of  one  or  two. 
A  purgative  lozenge  can  be  made  from  the  following,  and  will  not 
be  disagreeable,  namely : 
Pulverized  Senna  leaves,  .  .  .4  ozs. 
"         Sugar,     .  .  .  .         4  ozs. 
"        Jalap,  .  .  .       ,     .     ^  oz. 
Gum  arable,        .  .  .6  drs. 
Aromatic  powder,         .  .  .  .6  drs. 
Prune  paste,  sufficient  quantity  to  make  a  mass  and  divide  into  large 
troches. 
Syrup  of  Chloral. — It  is  a  difficult  matter  to  cover  the  peculiar 
acrid  taste  of  chloral,  but  I  have  found  this  difficulty  overcome  to  a 
considerable  extent  in  the  formula  here  given,  viz. : 
\\    Chloral,  hydr.  cryst.,         .  .     .       •  3i  grs.  xx 
Aqufe  menth.  pip.,       .  .  .  f^iii 
Curaeoa  cordial,     ....  f^iv 
Syrup  acacia,  .  .  .    q.  s.  ut  ft.  f^ii 
PRACTICAL  NOTES  FROM  FOREIGN  JOURNALS. 
By  the  Editor. 
Troches  of  Borax  are  difficult  to  prepare  by  the  usual  method  for 
preparing  troches,  because  with  gum  arable  a  mass  scarcely  plastic  and 
difficult  to  divide  is  obtained,  while  tragacanth  yields  an  extremely 
elastic  mass  impossible  to  divide.    F.  Vigier  recommends  the  follow- 
ing process  : 
Take  of  Borax,       ....  100  grams. 
Powdered  sugar,            .  .  900 
Carmine  No.  40,      .             .  .  0-15 
Tragacanth  in  Hakes,    .  .  2*50 
Distilled  water,       .            .  .60 
Tincture  of  benzoin  (Siam),  .  10 
Prepare  a  mucilage  from  the  tragacanth,  and  one-half  each  of  the- 
water  and  tincture.  Mix  the  sugar  with  the  carmine,  and  add  one- 
half  of  this  sugar  in  small  quantities  to  the  mucilage  ;  then  add  the 
remainder  of  the  water  and  tincture,  and  with  this  mixture  incorporate 
the  powdered  borax  and  remainder  of  the  sugar,  previously  thoroughly 
mixed.  Divide  the  mass  into  troches,  each  weighing  1  gram,  anci 
containing  O'lO  gram  of  borax. 
