AmNov.r,*i887arm'}     Practical  Notes  from  Various  Sources.  557 
Collodion  of  salol. — Dissolve  salol,  4  gm.  in  ether,  4  gm.,  and  add 
elastic  collodion,  30  gm.    Used  for  chapped  skin. 
Liniment  of  salol. — Olive  oil,  60;  salol,  10;  lime-water,  60  gm. 
Used  as  an  application  for  burns. 
Suppositories  of  salol. — Cacao  butter,  40 ;  white  wax,  3'5  ;  salol,  10 
gm. ;  for  10  suppositories. 
Dentifrice  elixir ;  salol  mouth-wash. — Salol,  3;  alcohol,  150;  oil  of 
star  anise,  0*5;  oil  of  geranium,  0'5  ;  oil  of  peppermint,  1*0  gm. 
Jelly  of  spogel  seed. — One  part  of  the  seeds  of  Plantago  Ispaghula, 
Roxb.,  yields  with  20  parts  of  water  a  tasteless  jelly,  which  is 
preferable  to  the  jelly  of  quince  seed,  and  is  particularly  useful  in 
diarrhoeas.  The  entire  seeds  are  also  given  internally;  they  swell 
considerably  from  the  absorption  of  moisture,  and  in  the  large  intes- 
tines give  off  a  quantity  of  thick  mucilage. — Jour,  de  Med.  de  Paris, 
Sept.  4,  p.  329. 
Linimentum  mentholi. — Menthol,  5  parts ;  olive  oil,  45  parts  ;  and 
lime-water,  50  parts.— Rundschau,  Prag. 
Tinctura  saponis  viridis. — Dr.  Unna  uses  this  formula :  green  soap, 
100  ;  strong  alcohol,  50  ;  and  oil  of  lavender,  0*2  parts.  This  forms 
a  convenient  vehicle  for  the  external  application  of  chloroform,  oil  of 
turpentine,  tar,  benzol  and  ether,  of  which  equal  parts  may  be  dis- 
solved in  the  solution.  At  the  temperature  of  the  body  the  tincture 
will  dissolve  40  per  cent,  of  carbon  bisulphide. 
Oil  of  sassafras  is  stated  by  C.  E.  Dodsley  (Brit,  and  Col.  Drug.) 
to  completely  mask  the  odor  of  iodoform,  for  one  ounce  of  the  latter 
only  four  drops  of  the  oil  being  required. 
Detection  of  nitrobenzol  in  oil  of  bitter  almonds. — 2  cc.  of  the  suspected 
oil  are  well  shaken  with  34  cc.  of  45  per  cent,  alcohol.  Pure  oil  of 
bitter  almond  will  dissolve  completely ;  but  nitrobenzol  or  mirbane 
oil  will  gradually  subside  from  the  liquid  in  the  course  of  twenty-four 
hours. 
Caustic  Paste  of  Jules  Felix. — Mix  in  a  mortar  the  following 
substances  in  powder:  Starch,  37  parts ;  wheat  flour,  112  parts;  bichloride 
of  mercury,  1  part;  dry  chloride  of  zinc,  110  parts;  iodol  pure,  10  parts; 
croton  chloral,  10  parts;  monobromated  camphor,  10  parts;  crystallized 
carbolic  acid,  10  parts.  Then  add  gradually  a  sufficient  quantity  of  dis- 
tilled water  to  form  a  homogeneous  paste  without  lumps  of  the  consistence 
of  putty.  This  paste  will  keep  an  indefinite  length  of  time. — Lancet,  Au- 
gust 6,  1887. 
