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doses  from  four  to  eight  times  per  day.  Neither  of  these  are  inviting 
forms  of  administration,  and  to  this  fact  may  be  attributed  the  lack 
of  the  extended  use  which  the  remedy  seems  to  merit.  The  fluid 
extract  and  syrup  are  more  modern  and  elegant  preparations  for  the 
exhibition  of  this  medicine,  and  the  following  formulas  for  these 
are  submitted : 
EXTRACTUM  GAEEGAE  EEUIDUM. 
Goats'  Rue  herb  in  No.  30  powder  1,000  grammes. 
Diluted  alcohol,  sufficient  quantity  to  make  1,000  c.c. 
Moisten  the  powder  with  500  c.c.  of  the  menstruum  and  pack  in 
a  percolator;  then  add  enough  of  the  diluted  alcohol  to  leave  a 
layer  above  the  drug,  and  when  the  percolate  begins  to  drop,  cork 
up  the  percolator  and  cover  it,  and  allow  the  materials  to  macerate 
for  two  or  three  days.  Then  proceed  to  percolate  until  the  drug  is 
exhausted.  Reserve  the  first  900  c.c.  of  the  percolate  and  recover 
from  the  remainder  the  alcohol  and  evaporate  to  a  soft  extract; 
dissolve  this  in  the  reserved  portion  and  make  the  finished  product 
measure  1,000  c.c.  by  the  addition  of  sufficient  diluted  alcohol: 
SYRUPUS  GAEEGAE. 
Fluid  extract  of  Goats'  Rue  15  c.c. 
Syrup  ......   105  c.c. 
Oil  of  fennel  seed   1  c.c. 
Mix. 
Hawthorn  Berries — Cratcegus  Oxyacantha  [Gartner) ;  Mespilus 
Cratcegus  (Linne). — The  hawthorn,  or  white  thorn,  is  another  Euro- 
pean  plant  that  has  long  been  used  in  household  medication.  The 
leaves,  the  bark  of  the  twigs,  the  flowers  and  the  fruit  have  all  been 
so  used. 
The  fruit  is  a  drupe-like  pome  about  four  or  five  lines  long,  oval 
in  outline,  externally  dull-red  in  color.  It  rarely  contains  more  than 
one  stony  kernel,  which  is  entirely  imbedded. 
The  fruit  is  said  to  possess  a  decided  action  as  a  cardiac  tonic. 
The  fluid  extract  is  the  proper  form  for  its  exhibition,  and  the  fol- 
lowing is  the  formula  adopted  by  the  writer : 
EXTR ACTUM  CRAT^GI  FI/UIDUM. 
Hawthorn  berries  in  No.  30  powder   1,000  grammes. 
Glycerin   50  c.c. 
Alcohol  and  water,  of  each  a  sufficient  quantity  to 
make   1,000  c.c. 
