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Varieties. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharnis. 
Mar.,  1877. 
Yerba  santa,  the  leaves  of  Eriodyction  glutinosum,  have  been  used  by  Dr.  GabeL 
of  Aurora,  111.,  in  several  cases  of  bronchitis  with  very  good  results.  The  prepara- 
tion employed  was  a  saturated  tincture  made  with  70  per  cent,  alcohol,  and  given 
in  doses  of  15  minims  or  less,  combined  with  glycerin,  three  or  four  times  a  day.. 
It  is  stated  that  the  agent  is  a  remedy  in  atonic  conditions  only,  and  that  in  inflam- 
mation it  is  worse  than  useless. 
Cancer  Remedies — Dr.  J.  L.  Horr,  of  Cumberland  Mills,  Me.,  states  in  the. 
"  Bost.  Med.  and  Surg.  Journ.,"  Oct.  5,  1876,  that  the  late  Dr.  Lombard,  formerly 
famous  in  that  region  as  a  "  cancer  doctor,''''  applied  the  inspissated  juice  of  Phyto- 
lacca decandra  in  the  form  of  a  plaster  until  sloughing  took  place,  using  afterwards 
a  simple  dressing  like  simple  cerate.  For  large  tumors  a  paste  composed  of  chloride 
of  zinc  and  powdered  sanguinaria  was  employed  until  an  eschar  was  produced,  after 
which  the  same  plaster  was  used. 
Preservation  of  Syrup  of  Iodide  of  Iron. — H.  F.  Meier,  in  the  "Druggists^ 
Circular,"  Dec,  1876,  proposes  for  this  purpose  the  addition  of  some  hydriodic 
acid,  which  he  prepares  by  dissolving  153  grains  of  pure  tartaric  acid  in  4  fluid- 
ounces  of  alcohol,  adding  to  a  solution  of  166  grains  of  potassium  iodide  in  2 
fluidounces  of  water,  filtering  from  the  precipitated  potassium  bitartrate  and 
evaporating  the  filtrate  to  2  fluidounces.  Each  fluid  drachm  contains  8  grains  of 
anhydrous  acid,  and  is  stated  to  be  sufficient  to  preserve  at  least  4  pounds  of  this 
syrup. 
Carbolated  Camphor,  recommended  by  Dr.  Soulez,  in  the  "  Bulletin  de  Therap.," 
is  made  by  dissolving  25  grams  of  camphor  and  9  grams  of  crystallized  carbolic 
acid  in  one  gram  of  alcohol.  It  forms  pale  yellow,  oily  liquid,  having  a  slight  odor 
of  camphor,  miscible  in  all  proportions  with  olive  and  almond  oils,  and  solidifying 
when  heated  to  boiling  and  then  thrown  into  cold  water. 
Iodized  phenol  is  recommended  by  Dr.  Rob.  Battey,  of  Rome,  Ga.,  as  a  new  ute- 
rine escharotic  and  alterative.  It  is  prepared  by  combining  with  a  gentle  heat  half 
an  ounce  of  iodine  with  one  ounce  of  crystallized  carbolic  acid.  The  preparation 
is  solid  in  cool  weather. 
For  some  purposes,  a  preparation  containing  more  carbolic  acid  has  been  found 
serviceable  ;  it  is  made  by  mixing  ij  oz.  iodized  phenol,  1  oz.  crystallized  carbolic 
acid  and  \  oz.  water;  this  preparation  is  permanently  liquid. — Amer.  Pract.,  Feb. 
New  Anaesthetic  Agent — Rabuteau,  in  a  memoir  read  before  the  Academie  des 
Sciences,  states  that  he  has  investigated  the  physiological  properties  and  mode  of 
elimination  of  hydrobromic  ether.  He  has  satisfied  himself  that  this  anaesthetic 
agent,  which  possesses  properties  intermediate  to  those  of  chloroform,  bromoform 
and  ether,  might  be  advantageously  employed  to  produce  surgical  anaesthesia.  The 
hydrobromic  ether  is  neither  a  caustic  nor  an  irritant.    It  can  be  ingested  without 
