Am.  . four.  Pharm  ) 
Sept.,  1881.  ( 
Pi^actical  Notes. 
455 
These  troches  have  been  used  with  good  success  by  M.  Poinsot, 
dentist,  in  various  affections  of  the  mouth,  such  as  aphthse,  scorbut,  etc. 
— Rep,  de  Phar.,  Feb.  p.  59. 
Tcenifuge  Electuary  foi^  Children. — C.  Slop  von  Cadenberg  recom- 
mends the  following  :  Pumpkin  seeds  deprived  of  their  testa  30  grams 
are  beaten  with  water  3  grams  until  a  pulpy  mass  is  obtained,  which 
is  mixed  with  honey  30  grams.  It  is  to  be  taken  in  the  morning  in 
two  doses,  to  be  followed  after  several  hours  with  15  grams  of  castor 
oil. — Phar.  Centralhalle,  1881,  p.  284. 
Cachous. — Dissolve  extract  of  licorice  root  in  warm  water  100 
parts;  add  powdered  catechu  30  parts,  and  gum  arabic  15  parts; 
evaporate  in  a  warm  bath  to  an  extract,  adding  cascarilla  bark,  vege- 
table charcoal,  orris  root  and  mastic,  of  each  2  parts,  and  when  nearly 
cold  add  peppermint  oil  2  parts,  tincture  of  ambergris  and  tincture  of 
musk  each  10  drops  (parts  =  grams  ?  Editor.)  Cut  the  mass  into 
pieces  of  suitable  size  and  shape.  These  will  of  course  be  black  or 
dark  colored.  It  has  recently  been  noticed  that  thymol  has  a  powerful 
deodorizing  effect  on  tobacco  smoke.  —  Canad.  Phar.  Jour.,  June, 
p.  365. 
Cigar  Flavors. — I.  Fluid  extract  of  valerian,  f^i;  tincture  of  tonka 
(1  :  8),  f  ^viii ;  aloohol  q.  s.  ad  f  ^xxxii. 
II.  Acid  valerianic,  fsiii ;  butyric  ether,  n^^x  ;  acetic  ether,  n^^xxxx  ; 
alcohol,  f  ^Ixiv. 
III.  Tinct.  valerian,  f  3iv  ;  butyric  ether,  f  ^iv  ;  tinct.  vanilla,  f^n  ; 
spir.  nitrous  ether,  f  ^i ;  alcohol,  f  ^v ;  water  sufficient  for  f  ^xvi. — Ibid. 
A  clear  concentrated  solutio7i  of  carbolic  acid  is  obtained  by  M. 
Perschne  by  adding  to  the  acid  an  equal  weight  of  glycerin. — Phar. 
Zeitschr.f.  Pussl.,  1881,  p.  398. 
Chlorophenols  are  less  corrosive  and  poisonous  than  phenol,  and  the 
trichlorophenol  has  probably  most  advantage  in  this  respect.  The 
greater  healing  power  of  a  mixture  of  carbolic  acid  and  chlorinated  lime 
seems  to  be  due  to  the  formation  of  chlorophenols,  which,  however, 
cannot,  without  danger,  be  prepared  in  this  manner  on  the  large  scale. 
By  treating  phenol  with  chlorine  a  red  crystalline  mass  was  obtained 
by  C.  O.  Cech,  from  which  white  crystals  were  obtained  by  pressure 
between  filtering  paper,  consisting  of  a  mixture  of  monodi-  and  trichlo- 
rophenol, which  may  be  purified  by  dissolving  in  alcohol  and  precipi- 
tating by  water.    These  chlorophenols  are  applied  by  impregnating 
