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PHARMACEUTICAL  GLEANINGS. 
evaporated  to  one-fourth,  and,  when  cold,  treated  with  alcohol  as 
Jong  as  that  liquid  causes  a  precipitate.  The  liquid  is  now  filtered 
and  evaporated  to  the  consistence  of  honey,  and  set  aside.  The 
residue  of  the  ergot  is  then  mixed  with  its  original  weight  of  al- 
cohol, digested  during  three  days,  expressed  and  filtered.  The 
liquid  thus  obtained  is  mixed  with  the  syrupy  aqueous  liquid  and 
evaporated  to  the  consistence  of  a  thick  extract.  The  product 
amounts  to  about  21  per  cent,  of  the  weight  of  the  ergot,  and,  ac- 
cording to  M.  Stickel,  possesses  advantages  over  any  of  the  prepa- 
rations herelofore  recommended,  embracing  as  it  does  all  the  active 
products  isolated  in  the  processes  of  Wiggers,  Bonjean,  Hazer  and 
Ebers. — Journal  de  Chem.  Med. 
Hydro-alcoholic  Extract  of  Matico. — Treat  powdered  matico 
with  a  mixture  of  three  parts  of  alcohol  835°  and  two  parts  of 
water,  by  maceration  and  displacement,  evaporate  the  tincture 
carefully  on  a  water-bath  to  the  consistence  of  an  extract.  This 
extract  has  a  black  color,  a  bitter  taste,  and  a  decided  odor  of  the 
plant.  It  is  employed  in  the  form  of  pills  and  to  make  a  syrup. — 
Ibid. 
Liquid  to  Preserve  Bead  Bodies. — M.  Suquet  recommends  the 
following  liquid  as  an  injection  for  preserving  bodies  from  decom- 
position. Take  a  solution  of  carbonate  of  soda,  sp.  gr.  20°  to  22° 
Baume,  pass  into  this  liquid  a  current  of  sulphurous  acid  obtained 
by  heating  a  mixture  of  sulphuric  acid  and  saw  dust,  until  all  the 
carbonic  acid  is  displaced  and  the  sulphurous  acid  is  in  excess,  when 
the  solution  should  have  the  sp.  gr.  24°  B.  It  is  then  poured  into 
a  tub  containing  zinc  filings,  and  allowed  to  remain  until  it  becomes 
neutral,  which  is  known  by  its  not  effecting  polished  steel  when, 
after  being  dipped  in  it,  it  is  exposed  to  the  air. 
A  gallon  to  a  gallon  and  a  half  of  this  liquid  is  necessary  for 
one  body,  which  should  be  thrown  in  by  one  of  the  carotid  arteries. 
—Ibid,  Dec.  1852. 
Fly  Poison  without  Arsenic. — The  following  preparation  is 
much  used  in  Switzerland  for  the  destruction  of  flies: 
Quassia  8  parts,  water  500  parts,  molasses  125  parts.  Boil 
the  quassia  and  water  ten  minutes,  strain  and  add  the  molasses. 
