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thoroughly  exhausted.  Evaporate  over  a  water-bath  until  all 
the  alcohol  is  driven  off ;  set  it  aside  to  cool,  that  the  resinous 
portion  extracted  may  be  deposited,  which  separate  and  add  to 
the  alcoholic  portion  first  obtained  ;  then  proceed  with  the  evap- 
oration  until  reduced  to  eight  fluid  ounces,  and  mix  the  two 
products  ;  allow  it  to  stand  48  hours  and  then  filter, — Journ.  and 
Trans.  Md.  Qoll  Fharm,  March,  1861. 
ELIXIR  OF  THE  VALERIANATE  OF  AMMONIA. 
By  Trovillo  H.  K.  Enos. 
Bead  before  the  Maryland  College  of  'Pharmacy^  Feb.  14:thj  1861. 
A  preparation,  known  as  ^^Pierlot's  solution  of  valerianate 
of  ammonia"  has  long  been  in  use  among  the  physicians  in 
Philadelphia;  but  the  disagreeable  taste  and  odor  of  the  "solu- 
tion" having  been  found  objectionable  to  patients,  the  pharma- 
ceutists have  been  led  to  suggest  some  mode  of  disguising  both, 
and  presenting  the  preparation  in  a  pleasant  and  agreeable 
form  of  administration,  without  materially  altering  its  efi'ect ; 
and  the  form  of  an  elixir  has  been  generally  adopted. 
Having  received  several  prescriptions  for  the  preparation,  and 
believing  it  to  be  the  duty  of  the  dispensing  pharmaceutist  to 
prepare  as  much  as  possible,  such  preparations,  instead  of  de- 
pending for  a  supply  on  foreign  sources,  I  have  devised  the  fol- 
lowing formula,  which  will  be  found  to  answer  the  purpose  in- 
tended, and  I  hope  may  be  useful  to  others. 
Take  of  Acid.  Valerianic,  1  fluid  drachm. 
Ammon.  Carbonas,  a  sufficient  quantity  to  neutral- 
ize the  acid. 
Alcohol, 
Syrup.  Simplex,  of  each  1  fluid  ounce. 
Ext.  Aurantii  cort.,  2  fluid  drachms. 
Aqua  Flor.  Aurantii,  |  a  fluid  ounce. 
Aqua  destillata,  a  sufficient  quantity  to  make  four 
fluid  ounces. 
Dilute  the  acid  with  about  4  fluid  drachms  of  water  and  neu- 
tralize with  the  ammonia,  then  add  the  alcohol  holding  the 
aromatic  extract  in  solution,  the  syrup  and  orange  flower  water, 
and  finally  filter. 
