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white  glue.  The  requisite  quantity  of  extract  is  dissolved  in  40 
glycerin  and  added  to  the  hot  solution  of  15  glue  in  20  water  stirring 
constantly  until  the  mass  is  evenly  distributed. 
Bougies  of  salicylate  and  chloride  of  sodium  are  made  by  adding  the 
finely  triturated  chemicals  to  30  parts  of  gelatin  mass  No.  II. 
For  rectal  suppositories  mass  No.  Ill  is  used  excepting  for  hygro- 
scopic drugs  which  require  where  possible  an  anhydrous  mass,  either 
No.  I  or  Xo.  II. 
For  vaginal  balls  use  about  the  same  mass  as  is  used  for  bougies. 
Suppositories  or  balls  containing  iodide  or  bromide  of  potassium, 
bromide,  chloride  or  salicylate  of  sodium  or  ergotin  require  mass  No.  II. 
Suppositories  of  chloral  hydrate  are  made  with  gelatin  mass  No,  II, 
the  chloral  being  added  dissolved  in  a  little  water. — Phar.  Rundsch. 
(Prag),  1887,  p.  101. 
In  preparing  solution  of  acetate  of  iron  Oldtmann  collects  the  pre- 
cipitated hydrated  oxide  of  iron  on  a  strainer  and  allows  it  to  freeze ; 
this  mass  after  melting  can  be  readily  washed  and  pressed.  Solution 
of  acetate  of  iron  thus  prepared  is  clear  and  stable. 
Liquor  ferri  dialysati  as  frequently  obtained  has  not  the  proper 
specific  gravity.  By  subjecting  it  to  freezing  temperature  the  water 
will  freeze  out.  In  this  way  solution  of  dialysed  iron  can  readily  be 
concentrated  without  decomposition. — Phar.  Rundschau  XIII,  p.  90. 
Reactions  for  Antifebrin,  (Acetanilid). — To  test  antifebrin  for  ani- 
line Yvon  triturates  a  small  quantity  of  antifebrin  with  water  and 
then  adds  hypobromite  of  sodium.  If  the  antifebrin  is  pure  the  li- 
quid remains  clear  and  has  a  yellow  cast  •  if  aniline  is  present  a  red- 
orange  colored  precipitate  is  produced,  the  liquid  becoming  the  fame 
color. 
If  antifebrin  is  heated  with  mercurous  nitrate  a  green  coloring  mat- 
ter soluble  in  alcohol  is  produced.  This  reaction  can  also  be  used  for 
testing  urine.  The  urine  is  shaken  with  chloroform,  the  chloroform 
evaporated  and  the  residue  heated  with  a  small  particle  of  mercurous 
nitrate.  If  antifebrin  is  present  the  green  coloring  matter  is  pro- 
duced.— Ph.  Zeitung,  XXXII,  p.  53. 
Glycyrrhizate  of  Quinidine. — Hager  prepares  this  compound  as 
follows : — 1000  grams  of  coarsely  powdered  peeled  licorice  root  are 
macerated  in  1.5  litres  of  distilled  water  at  about  40°  C.  for  12  hours,  it 
is  then  displaced  with  a  mixture  of  1.5  litres  of  distilled  water,  70  cc. 
ammonia  water  (10  per  cent.)  and  15  grams  of  bicarbonate  of  ammo- 
