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Styptic  Colloid. — The  following  will  instantly  coagulate  blood,  form- 
ing a  consistent  clot,  under  which  wounds  will  readily  heal : 
Collodion.  ....  100  parts. 
Carbolic  acid,  .  .  .         10  " 
Tannic  acid,        .  .  .  .     5  " 
Benzoic  acid,  .  .  .  5  " 
Mix  the  ingredients  in  the  above  order.— Chemist  and  Dimggist. 
Use  of  Pyrogallic  Acid.— M.  Vidal,  after  using  pyro^alhc  acid  with 
care  in  the  treatment  of  psoriasis,  has  tried  a  salve  with  good  effect  to  heal 
phagedenic  ulcers  and  to  cicatrize  chancres.  He  applied  it  to  the  ulcer 
daily  for  three  days,  and  states  that  the  psLin  caused  is  only  moderate,  and 
lasts  but  from  eight  to  ten  minutes.  The  formula  he  recommends  is  acid 
pyrogallic  20  grams  and  lard  or  vaseline  100  grams. — Bull.  Soc.  de  Therap. 
Camphorated  Chloro-tannate  of  Iodine  is  the  name  given  by  Dr. 
•  Q.  C.  Smith,  of  Austin,  Texas,  to  the  following  preparation  which  is  used 
as  a  topical  application  to  bleeding  ulcers  and  cancers  of  the  cervix  uteri : 
B    Chloral  hydrate,      .  .  .  •  3i 
Iodine,  -  .  .  .  gss 
Oil  of  camj^hor,       ....  ^vi 
Dissolve  and  add  suflftcient  tannic  acid  to  bring  the  mixture  to  the  con- 
sistence of  thick  syrup. — Southern  Practitioner^  April,  1882. 
Iodoform  Insanity.— According  to  Max  Schede  ("  Centralblatt  fiir 
Chirurgie,"  No.  8,  1882),  the  use  of  iodoform  externally,  particularly  in 
children,  has  been  attended  by  marked  psychical  symptoms  even  at  times 
amounting  to  true  insanity.  General  mental  confusion  has  in  at  least  two 
instances  been  traced  to  it,  recovering  when  local  applications  of  iodoform 
to  wounds  have  been  removed,  and  reappearing  on  their  reapplication.  He 
has  had  also  one  case  of  deep  melancholia  result  from  its  use ;  two  cases  of 
raptus  melancholieus  and  the  three  cases  of  simple  dei^ression.  It  is  prob- 
able that  iodoform  only  has  these  effects  in  patients  of  a  neuropathic  did^- 
theHis.— Chicago  Med.  Review^  March  15. 
Carbolic  Acid  Poisoning.— Dr.  Inglessi  ("Bulletin  Gen^rale de  Tli(?ra- 
X^eutique  ")  has  arrived  at  the  following  conclusions  respecting  this  :  First. 
The  symptoms  by  the  external  application  of  carbolic  acid  are  the  same  as 
those  which  arise  from  the  absori)tioii  of  the  poison  by  the  stomach  from 
