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ON  CONIA. 
Messrs.  Savory  and  Moore  have  also  prepared  gelatin  discs 
with  belladonna  for  dilating  the  pupil.  These  are  made  of 
several  degrees  of  strength,  containing  respectively  2o/oootnj 
5o,Vootn7  and  Too!oootn  °f  a  grain  of  atropine.  The  certainty 
of  action  of  these  discs  and  the  greater  convenience  in  use 
over  the  ordinary  mode  of  employing  belladonna  is  evident. 
Both  remedies  are  packed  in  very  small  glass  tubes,  each 
containing  150  discs. 
So  successful  has  this  mode  of  employing  remedial  agents 
been  found  in  practice,  that  Messrs.  Savory  and  Moore  are 
now  preparing  morphine,  ergotine,  iodide  of  potassium,  bromide 
of  potassium  and  bromide  of  ammonium  in  the  same  manner. 
— Chemist  and  Druggist,  May,  1864. 
ON  CONIA. 
By  Dr.  James  Young. 
Dr.  James  Young  read  the  following  remarks  on  "  Cicutine :" 
The  question,  What  is  Cicutine  ?  may  reasonably  be  asked 
by  some  here,  as  it  has  only  recently  been  introduced  as  a  me- 
dicinal agent,  and  has  no  place  assigned  to  it  in  the  British 
Pharmacopoeia. 
The  object  of  the  following  remarks  is  to  throw  some  light 
on  the  subject. 
It  will  suit  my  purpose  better  to  mention  first  the  physio- 
logical action  of  the  drug,  before  I  make  a  few  remarks  on  its 
histology.  Case  I. — In  the  month  of  November  last,  while  I 
was  in  attendance  on  a  lady  from  Fife,  I  had  occasion  to  have 
a  consultation  with  Professor  Simpson  relative  to  her  complaint. 
When  Dr.  Simpson  had  carefully  examined  the  patient — his 
diagnosis  being  neuralgia  of  the  pelvic  cellular  tissue — he  re- 
commended me  to  put  her  immediately  under  Cicutine.  I 
spoke  to  my  friend  Mr.  Mackay  regarding  this  new  drug.  He 
failed  to  obtain  any  of  the  granules  in  town,  but  speedily  re- 
ceived some  from  London,  or  Paris,  where  the  granules  are 
prepared  by  M.  Pelletier.  I  ordered  this  patient  to  take  three 
of  the  granules  per  clay,  until  she  had  taken  some  two  dozen 
or  more,  with  the  most  marked  results;  nay,  let  me  tell  you, 
