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and  may  be  given  in  doses  of  0-5  to  ro  four  or  five  times  a  day. 
Pulmin  is  the  corresponding  combination  of  creosote  and  formal- 
dehyde. This  is  said  to  be  a  yellowish  powder  without  odor  or 
taste  and  may  be  given  in  the  same  size  doses  as  pulmoform  (Fhar. 
Centralh). 
Quinine,  according  to  Dr.  H.  Marx  (Muench.  Med.  WocJi ,  1902), 
is  a  more  efficient  antiseptic  than  carbolic  acid.  He  recommends 
the  use  of  a  1  per  cent,  solution  made  up  as  follows  : 
5'  Quinine  hydrochlorate. 
15*  Alcohol. 
480-  Water. 
Warm  slightly  before  using  so  as  to  have  the  quinine  in  complete 
solution.  In  addition  to  the  antiseptic  properties,  this  solution  is 
also  said  to  be  styptic  and  deodorizing. 
Rheumatin,  the  salicylate  of  salicylic-acid-ester  of  quinine,  is  a 
white  powder  sparingly  soluble  in  water.  As  its  trade  name  would 
indicate,  it  is  being  recommended  as  a  specific  in  cases  of  rheuma- 
tism, given  in  doses  of  roo  three  or  four  times  a  day. 
Salochinin,  the  salicylic-acid-ester  of  quinine,  is  being  recom- 
mended as  a  tasteless  substitute  for  quinine.  According  to  the 
published  reports,  the  active  dose  is  from  I -00  to  3-00  daily. 
Rhubarb. — Tschirch  and  Heuberger,  in  an  advance  note  (Schweiz, 
Wochs.  f.  Chem.  u.  Phar.,  1902,  p.  282)  announce  that  they  have 
made  an  elaborate  analysis  of  rhubarb.  They  find  among  the  sub- 
stances that  need  not  be  considered  in  connection  with  the  physio- 
logically active  bodies  contained  in  this  drug,  a  pectin-like  body 
(Cholestrin),  some  gallic  acid,  and  a  dextro-rotatory  sugar. 
Of  the  pharmacologically  active  ingredients  they  recognize  two 
groups  of  glucosides:  (1)  A  tannoglucoside  (rheotannoglucoside) ; 
(2)  an  anthraglucoside  (rheoanthraglucoside).  These  glucosides  are 
always  accompanied  by  their  decomposition  products,  and  are  sepa- 
rated with  difficulty.  Among  the  decomposition  products  of  anthra- 
glucoside the  authors  consider  chrysophanic  acid,  methyl  ether 
rheum  emodin  and  rhein. 
Sodium  Carbonate. — Gehe  &  Co.,  in  their  "  Handelsberichte  "  lor 
April,  1902,  report  an  interesting  fact  in  reference  to  this  salt.  It 
appears  that  the  Aztecs  of  Mexico  and  Central  America  used 
sodium  carbonate  to  facilitate  washing  long  before  the  discovery  of 
Mexico  by  the  white  man.    Sodium  carbonate  occurs  native  in  sev- 
