1 28  Iodine-yielding  Algce.  {  ^"m^^  "'"iSr"'' 
Cod  LiveQ"  Oil  Emulsion. 
Take  of  cod  liver  oil,  ....  10  parts. 
Glycerin,     ......  1  part. 
Cold  decoction  of  Lam.  sacch.,        .         .  .    9  parts. 
Put  into  a  bottle  of  suitable  size  and  mix  by  agitation.  To  the 
liquid  may  be  added  some  small  proportion  of  essential  oil,  for  which 
purpose  the  writer  is  accustomed  to  employ  oil  of  eucalyptus.  This 
emulsion  has  been  subjected  to  some  crucial  tests  and  is  found  to  keep 
well ;  also  it  may  be  said  that  by  those  who  have  taken  it,  it  is 
deemed  "nice  "  in  flavor  rather  than  disagreeable.  It  obviously  pre- 
sents the  oil  in  a  condition  easy  of  amalgamation  with  the  contained 
food  in  the  stomach  and  thus  may  doabtless  favor  its  more  ready 
digestion  and  ultimate  assimilation. 
Tne  only  medical  opinion  as  yet  obtained  is  from  Dr.  Slade  King, 
of  this  town,  who  was,  at  my  instance,  the  first  to  employ  it  and  who 
reports  favorably  of  its  properties. 
It  may  be  added  that  it  is  now  undergoing  trial  in  hospital  at  the 
hands  of  Professor  Fraser,  so  that  probably  some  exact  information 
respecting  its  therapeutic  value  Avill  soon  be  forthcoming. 
The  writer  had  purposed  including  the  results  of  some  comparative 
experiments  made  with  various  antifermentatives  in  decoction  of  iam. 
saccharina,  but  the  length  he  has  already  trespassed  forbids  him  more 
than  stating  that  at  present,  after  six  weeks'  trial,  the  only  perfectly 
successful  results  have  attended  the  use  of — 
Salicylic  acid,  .....  gr.  to^i. 
Cinnamic  acid,     .         .         .         .         .     ^  gr.  to  5!.  _ 
Chloroform,     .         .         ,         .         .2  drops  to  ^i. 
Glycerin,  with      .  .         .         .         .5  per  cent. 
Oil  of  eucalyptus,       ....         2  per  cent. 
whilst  failure  followed  the  use  of  boracic  acid  2  gr.  to  s'l,  glycerinurtt 
boracis  ISn^^.  to  ^i,  glycerin  J  dm.  to  5i,  borax  2  gr.  to  ^i,  oil  of 
eucalyptus  2  drops  to  ^i,  lupulin  2  grs.  to  ,li. 
It  will  be  sufficiently  obvious  that  carefully  selected  living  plants,, 
after  proper  drying,  are  alone  fitted  for  the  preparation  of  these 
formulae. 
In  conclusion,  the  writer  would  express  his  deep  obligation  to  Mr. 
Hoi  mes  for  the  interest  shown  and  kindness  received  from  him  in 
matters  relevant  to  this  paper. — Ilfracombe,  Phar.  Jour,  and  Trans.,, 
Feb.  4,  1882. 
