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poisonous  nature  of  these  mushrooms,  the  author,  after  having 
dried  and  pulverized  them,  administered  six  drachms  to  two 
bitch-dogs  with  young,  which  soon  caused  them  to  abort. — 
(Annal.  M^d.  vetr.  Beige,  and  Rep.  de  Ph.) 
Distilled  Water  of  Oopaiha. — Dr.  Edward  Langlebert  calls 
attention  to  this  new  distilled  water,  which  he  has  employed 
about  a  year  in  urethral  blennorrhagia. 
Every  physician  knows  that  copaiba  taken  in  the  stomach 
acts  locally  after  passing  the  kidneys,  by  aid  of  the  urine,  and 
this  action  has  been  attributed  to  a  certain  modification  which 
it  undergoes  by  the  vital  chemistry  of  the  economy.  The  author 
views  it  as  a  case  of  distillation  in  which  the  urine  becomes  the 
aqueous  solvent  of  the  oil  of  copaiba. 
It  is  this  idea  which  suggested  to  him  the  employment  of  the 
Distilled  Water  of  Copaiba  as  a  vehicle  for  urethral  injections. 
The  following  are  some  of  the  injections  which  he  has  most  fre- 
quently prescribed  ; 
Distilled  water  of  copaiba,  three  fluid  ounces. 
Sulphate  of  zinc,  six  grains. 
Tincture  cf  catechu,  fifteen  minims. 
Mix. 
Distilled  water  of  copaiba,  three  fluid  ounces. 
Sulphate  of  zinc,  four  and  a  half  grains. 
Lapis  divinus,  one  and  a  half  grains. 
Mix. 
Distilled  water  of  copaiba,  three  fluid  ounces. 
Sulphate  of  zinc,  six  grains. 
Levigated  oxide  of  zinc,  a  drachm. 
Mix. 
Distilled  water  of  copaiba,  three  fluid  ounces. 
Tannic  acid  or  catechu,  fifteen  grains. 
Mix. 
Numerous  experiments  have  convinced  the  author  that  these 
