AmAJgustPi^m'}    Abstracts  from  the  French  Journals.  401 
over  the  basic  salt,  being  soluble  in  its  weight  of  water,  while  the 
latter  requires  twenty-two  times  that  quantity.  To  make  it,  M.  Cler- 
mont (Com.  Bend.),  dissolves  in  distilled  water,  1  eq.  (548  gm.)  neu- 
tral sulphate  of  quinine,  and  mixes  this  with  a  solution  of  2  eq.  (208 
gm.)  of  dried  chloride  of  barium.  After  separating  the  sulphate  of  ba- 
rium, the  liquor  is  evaporated  (below  100°),  leaving  the  solid  neutral 
hydrochlorate  of  quinine.  The  solution  of  this  salt  is,  of  course,  bitter, 
but  is  entirely  free  from  any  caustic  quality,  thus  making  it  as  desirable 
for  hypodermic  use  as  it  is  for  delicate  conditions  of  the  stomach. 
Saccharated  Casein. — M,  Leger  says  further,  (See  Amer.  Jour. 
Phar.,  1887,  p.  350),  that  this  substance  keeps  well ;  at  the  end  of  three 
years  a  sample  exhibited  had  also  lost  a  portion  of  its  odor.  A  very 
small  quantity  of  ol.  neroli,  added  at  the  time  of  preparation,  completely 
neutralizes  the  odor.  When  allowed  to  stand,  emulsions  from  the  sac- 
charate  coagulate  like  milk,  and  the  coagulum  retains  the  fatty  body. 
A  Remedy  for  Burns,  proposed  by  M.  Dubois  (Jour,  de  Med.  de 
Nantes),  consists  in  allowing  the  contents  of  a  siphon  of  Seltzer  water  to 
flow  slowly  over  the  affected  parts.  It  quiets  the  pain  almost  instantly, 
and  the  writer  believes  it  hastens  the  final  cure.  He  ascribes  the  good  ef- 
fect to  the  carbonic  acid  gas,  and  to  the  local  lowering  of  temperature. 
Rapid  Preparation  or  Collodion. — M.  Chevreau  proposes 
(Jour,  de  Phar.,  June),  that  the  ether  be  poured  first  upon  the  pyroxy- 
lin while  agitating  the  mass,  and  the  alcohol  added  as  soon  as  absorp- 
tion is  completed. 
Antiseptic  Insufflations  for  Whooping-Cough. — According 
to  the  Arch,  de  Phar.,  July,  several  practitioners,  convinced  of  the 
microbian  nature  of  whooping-cough,  are  using  intra-nasal  insufflations 
of  antiseptic  powders  for  it.  Michael  (of  Hamburg)  recommends 
powdered  benzoin  once  a  day.  Moizard  uses  a  powder  composed  of 
benzoin  and  salicylate  of  bismuth  of  each'  5  gm.,  and  sulphate  of  quinine 
1  gm.,  three  or  four  times  daily.  Each  naris  must  be  insufflated.  A 
rubber  tube  is  used ;  the  powder  is  introduced  into  one  end,  which  is 
fixed  in  the  naris ;  the  other  end  is  placed  in  the  mouth,  and  the  pow- 
der blown  to  its  place. 
JSaphthalin  is  said  to  have  been,  used  successfully  by  Rossbach 
(Jour,  de  Phar.  d'  Alc-Lor.),  in  chronic  diarrhoea.  Bouchard  considers 
it  valuable  for  obtaining  antisepsis  in  cholera  and  typhoid  fever.  It 
is  serviceable  in  vesical  affections  when  the  urine  is  to  be  disinfected. 
In  the  form  of  pomade  it  is  used  for  eczema  and  psoriasis.    It  serves 
