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Lime  Water. 
[  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
l    February,  1904. 
(3)  to  the  finely  pulverized  product  of  the  roasted  seeds  from  which 
a  portion  of  the  fat  has  been  removed,  sometimes  designated  as 
"  breakfast  cocoa  "  or  "  powdered  cocoa." 
Chocolate. — (i)  The  solid  or  plastic  mass  produced  by  grinding  to 
fineness  the  kernel  of  the  roasted  seeds  of  Theobroma  cacao  without 
removing  any  of  the  fat,  sometimes  called  "  plain  chocolate"  or 
u  bitter  chocolate  ;  "  (2)  the  same  product  to  which  have  been  added 
sugar  and  various  flavoring  substances,  sometimes  called  "  sweet 
chocolate"  or  "  vanilla  chocolate." 
It  is  interesting  to  note  our  tendency  to  interchange  "o"  and  "a" 
in  certain  words.  "  Cacao "  wants  to  become  or  has  become 
"  cocoa  ;  "  "  cafe  "  has  become  "  coffee ;  "  and  "  Curacao  "  has  become 
"  Curacoa." 
LIME  WATER. 
By  M.  I.  Wubkrt, 
Apothecary  at  the  German  Hospital,  Philadelphia. 
Despite  the  fact  that  lime  water  is  probably  the  best  known  and 
most  widely  used  of  all  pharmaceutical  preparations,  its  peculiarities 
and  shortcomings  have  received  but  little  attention  by  investigators 
and  pharmacists. 
The  fact  that  it  may,  and  sometimes  does,  fall  far  short  of  what  is 
usually  understood  by  the  term,  lime  water,  has  repeatedly  been 
noted,  while  the  reason  for  this  shortcoming  is  no  doubt  to  be  found 
in  the  fact  that,  in  by  far  the  greater  number  of  pharmacies,  the 
care  for  and  the  making  of  this  preparation  is  usually  entrusted  to 
the  apprentice,  or  boy  about  the  place. 
That  lime  water  is  deserving  of  greater  attention  will  become  evi- 
dent when  we  realize  the  very  important  part  that  it  has,  from  time 
to  time,  taken  in  the  armamentarium  of  the  physician  and  also 
recognize  the  great  harm  that  may  possibly  result  from  the  use  of 
a  comparatively  inert  preparation. 
Lime  water  has  been  used  from  the  earliest  times,  and  is  to-day 
recognized  as  one  of  the  most  valuable  remedies  in  a  number  of 
affections  of  the  gastro-intestinal  tract,  particularly  in  the  treatment 
of  infants  and  children.  Lime  water  is  well  known  as  an  efficient 
antacid,  and  is  also  used  quite  extensively  as  a  local  application  or 
as  a  necessary  ingredient  in  preparations  designed  for  external  use, 
notably  the  well  known  lime  liniment  or  carron  oil.    It  is  also  used 
