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FANCY  AND  FASHION  IN  PHARMACY. 
the  bottom  or  top,  or  both,  loosened  and  sometimes  lost,  to  the 
great  annoyance  of  the  purchaser,  and  requiring  a  new  box 
with  every  renewal  of  the  prescription ;  this  is  obviated  by  the 
use  of  the  box  now  described,  A  flat  shape  is  not  without  ad- 
vantage, being  convenient  for  the  waistcoat  pocket,  and  allow- 
ing ample  space  on  the  top  for  labelling,  which  the  somewhat 
lengthy  directions  occasionally  required. 
JELLIES. 
Jellies  made  of  fixed  oils^  have  the  advantage  of  diminishing  the 
adhesion  of  these  to  the  mouth,  which  is  the  most  disagreeable 
property  of  this  class  of  remedies.  Cod-liver  and  castor  oil  jellies, 
as  patented  by  Queru,  of  New  York,  enjoy  a  large  sale,  and 
are  much  prescribed  by  physicians  ;  without  interfering  with  this 
patent,  the  physician  may  prescribe  jellies  of  any  of  the  fixed 
oils  or  of  copaiva,  by  a  recipe  somewhat  like  the  following  : 
Take  of  The  fixed  oil,  an  ounce. 
Honey, 
Syrup,  of  each,  half  a  fluid  ounce. 
Powdered  gum  arable,  two  drachms. 
Russian  isinglass,  forty  grains. 
Orange  flower  water,  six  fluid  drachms. 
Dissolve  the  isinglass  by  the  aid  of  heat,  in  half  an  ounce  of 
the  orange  flower  water,  replacing  the  water  as  it  evaporates. 
Triturate  the  other  ingredients  with  the  remainder  of  the  orange 
flower  water,  into  a  homogeneous  mass  in  a  warmed  mortar, 
then  form  an  emulsion  by  adding  the  solution  of  isinglass,  stir 
as  it  cools  and  set  aside  to  gelatinize. 
This  is  an  opaque  emulsion,  but  possesses  all  the  advantages 
of  this  form  of  preparation.  The  flavoring  ingredient  may  be 
changed  to  suit  the  taste,  bearing  in  mind  the  ascertained  fact 
that  the  bitter  almond  flavor  most  completely  disguises  that  of 
cod  liver,  and  perhaps  of  most  other  oils. 
WAFER  ENVELOPES. 
The  wafer  is  a  preparation  rarely  used  in  this  country,  but 
much  employed  abroad  for  enveloping  doses  of  medicine,  espe- 
