t  17^  ..:^*:^r.  f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm-, 
84  Varieties.  \  Feb.,i882. 
from  the  readiness  with  which  the  sulphur  separates  it  is  inelegant  and 
inconvenient,  while  it  is  not  quite  satisfactory  in  its  results.  A  far  more 
efficacious  mode  of  using  sulphur  is  to  dust  the  face  with  pure  precipitated 
sulphur  every  night  with  an  ordinary  puff  used  for  toilet  purposes. 
Recently  two  sevei^  cases  of  acne  of  two  years'  standing  which  had 
resisted  the  ordinary  methods  of  treatment,  yielded  at  once  to  sulphur 
thus  applied.  If  the  sulphur  be  scented  with  oil  of  lemon  or  roses  it  will 
form  an  elegant  cosmetic— iowisv.  Med.  Neivs,  Nov.  12. 
Lotion  for  Freckles.— 
B    Hydrarg.  bichlor.,    ....  gr.  vi 
Acid,  muriat.  dil.,           .            .  • 
AquJB,      .  .  .  .  •  f^iv 
Aleoholis, 
Aquai  rosai,  .  .  •  f^ii 
Glycerinaj,         ....  f5i  M. 
Apply  at  night,  and  wash  off  with  soap  in  the  morning.— C*mc.  Lancei 
and  Clinic,  Nov.  26, 1881. 
Chromic  Acid  for  the  Removal  of  Warts.— Dr.  W.  Allen  Jamie- 
son  says  in  "Practitioner"  for  September,  1881,  that  chromic  acid,  one  to 
one  of  water,  is  by  far  the  best  remedy.  The  skin  round  each  wart  is  first 
protected  by  painting  it  with  oil,  and  then  the  wart  itself  is  soaked  Avith 
the  solution  of  chromic  acid ;  this  absorbs  water  from  the  tissues,  coagu- 
lating and  hardening  the  albuminous  tissues  at  the  same  time,  and  the 
unsightly  warts  soon  disappear.  These  warts  seldom  appear  after  puberty 
on  the  hands,  but  a  healthy  girl,  well  grown,  aged  fifteen,  came  to  the 
writer  some  time  since  with  dozens  of  them  on  her  hands,  which  had 
annoyed  her  for  six  years.  Of  course  they  much  interfered  with  work, 
being  always  in  the  way.  Steady  use  of  the  chromic  acid  removed  them 
in  a  few  weeks. '^—J/ed.  and  Siirg.  Reporter,  Nov.  26,  1881. 
Chloride  of  Zinc  as  a  Test  for  Alkaloids.— Starting  from  the 
idea  that  the  color  reactions  in  alkaloids  are  caused  by  subtraction  of 
water  from  the  reagents  used,  Signor  Czumpelitz  recently  devised  a 
method  of  distinguishing  alkaloids,  and  successfully  used  chloride  of  zinc 
for  the  purpose.  The  substance  to  be  examined  is  perfectly  dried  and  then 
moistened  with  two  or  three  drops  of  chloride  of  zinc  solution  (one  gram 
of  chloride  of  zinc,  30  cc.  of  hydrochloric  acid,  and  30cc.  of  distilled  water) 
then  the  substance  is  dried  anew  in  a  water-bath.  In  this  way  strychnine 
is  colored  vermilion,  thebaine  yellow,  narceine  olive  green,  delphine 
brown  red,  berberine  yellow,  veratrine  red,  quinine  pale  yellow,  digitaline 
chestnut  brown,  salicine  violet  red,  santonine  violet  blue,  cubebine  car- 
mine red. 
Coca  a  Cure  for  Morphinism.—"  La  Independencia  Medico  "  quotes 
the  following  case :    A  lady  had  been  in  the  habit  of  alleviating  her  suffer- 
1  Twelve  years  ago  we  have  used  chromic  acid  for  the  removal  of  warts  with  one  or  two  applications. 
The  top  of  the  wart  was  moistened  with  water,  a  small  quantity  of  the  crystallized  acid  was  applied 
and  allowed  to  dissolve  and  to  dry  again,  care  being  taken  to  prevent  its  spreading  over  the  skin.  No 
pain  was  experienced  and  a  second  application  was  rarely  necessary. — Editor.  Am.  Jour.  Phar. 
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