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VARIETIES. 
Saccharate  of  Lime.  By  M.  Trousseau. — The  virtues  of  this  prepaiation 
are  due  to  the  fact  that  sugar  in  solution  is  capable  of  absorbing  a  very 
large  quantity  of  lime.  The  compound  is  made  by  saturating  simple  syrup 
with  lime,  and  then  filtering  it.  A  perfectly  transparent  mixture  is  thus 
obtained,  which  is  not  troubled  by  admixture  with  water,  and  is  character- 
ized by  an  extremely  alkaline  taste.  This  syrup  combining  with  water  in 
any  proportion,  is  a  convenient  and  valuable  mode  of  administering  lime. 
The  attention  of  physicians  was  first  called  to  the  article  by  Doctor  Capi- 
taine,  adjunct  to  the  Faculty  of  Medicine,  and  it  was  first  employed  by 
myself  at  the  Necker  hospital,  in  the  treatment  of  the  chronic  diarrhoeas  of 
children.  The  dose  for  an  infant  is  from  a  fourth  to  half  a  drachm,  and  for 
an  adult,  from  one  drachm  to  two  and  a  half.  At  the  Necker  hospital,  I 
was  in  the  habit  of  mixing  a  small  portion  of  this  preparation  with  the 
milk  allowed  each  suckling  during  the  day,  and  it  seemed  to  me  to  obviate 
the  tendency  of  the  milk  to  acidity  in  the  stomach,  and  to  prevent  the  disposi- 
tion to  diarrhoea  so  common  in  children  of  a  certain  age  at  particular  sea- 
sons. In  comparing  the  effects  of  the  saccharate  of  lime  with  those  of  the 
bicarbonate  of  soda,  I  found  the  former  to  possess  marked  advantages. — 
The  Virginia  Med.  and  Sur.  Jour,  from  Trousseau,  Traite  de  Therapeutique. 
Dose  for  administration  in  cases  of  Poisoning,  in  which  the  Nature  of  the 
Poison  is  unknown. — After  freely  evacuating  the  stomach  by  emetics,  the 
following  formula,  proposed  by  a  pharmaceutist  of  Montpellier,  may  be  pre- 
scribed. 
J$/.    Calcined  magnesia,  i 
Pulverized  charcoal,  v  Equal  parts  in  a  sufficient  quantity  of  water, 
Sesqui-oxide  of  iron,  3 
This  preparation  is  perfectly  innocuous,  and  is  very  likely  to  be  effica- 
cious, for  its  ingredients,  though  simple,  are  antidotes  to  the  most  active 
and  commonest  poisons. —  The  Virginia  Med.  and  Sur.  Jour,  from  Bulletin 
de  Therapeutique. 
Process  for  Electro- Plating  China  Ware. — A  specimen  of  china,  coated 
with  silver,  was  exhibited.  Hitherto  the  art  of  electro-plating  has  been 
chiefly  confined  to  metallic  bodies,  owing  to  their  affinity  for  such  deposits. 
The  patent  recently  taken  out  by  Mr.  Kidgway,  of  the  Staffordshire  Pot- 
teries, extends  it  to  Parian  figures,  ornamental  china  and  glass,  and  to  every 
description  of  Ceramic  ware. 
The  advantages  are  manifold,  when  it  is  considered  that  this  art  may  be 
applied  to  the  most  beautiful  models,  so  as  to  retain  all  their  sharpness  and 
effect,  without  the  cost  of  dies  and  other  heavy  charges  to  which  the  metallic 
department  is  subject,  thereby  cheapening  the  article;  while,  by  means  of 
chasing  and  embossing,  richness  is  given. 
The  mode  of  effecting  the  electro-deposit  is  as  follows  : — In  the  first  place, 
the  articles  are  steeped  in  strong  alcohol,  or  certain  gelatinous  solutions, 
