■22,1  Bashams  Mixture  and  Hallers  Elixir.  { km^™\l%rm' 
Mix  the  oil  of  orange  with  the  alcohol  and  water  and  percolate  the 
aromatics,  recovering  one  thousand  grams  of  percolate  by  pouring  suf- 
ficient water  upon  the  top  to  accomplish  the  purpose.  Dissolve  the 
ammoniacal  glycyrrhizin  in  a  small  quantity  of  boiling  water,  and  add 
to  the  rest  after  mixing  with  the  syrup. 
If  an  agreeable,  simple  elixir  is  at  hand,  the  ammoniacal  glycyrrhizin 
may  be  simply  dissolved  in  it,  in  the  proportion  of  one  gram  in  fifty 
grams  of  simple  elixir. 
If  it  is  desired  to  administer  sulphate  of  quinia,  all  that  is  necessary 
is  to  sour  into  a  teaspoon  or  glass  a  small  quantity  of  the  elixir,  add 
the  sulphate  of  quinia,  and  swallow  before  the  bitter  salt  dissolves  to 
any  extent ;  then  follow  with  a  fresh  teaspoonful  of  elixir,  and  the 
deception  is  complete. 
BASHAM'S  MIXTURE  AND  HALLER'S  ELIXIR. 
Mr.  Editor — Inquiry  having  been  made  for  mistura  Basham,  I  for- 
ward, the  formula  for  insertion  in  your  journal.  The  favor  it  has  ob- 
tained renders  it  desirable  that  it  should  be  published  !  in  some  pharma- 
ceutical journal : 
R.    Tinct.  ferri  chloridi,  .  .  .  .3  parts, 
Acidi  acetici  dil.,       ....  4  parts, 
Liq.  ammonii  acetatis,       .  .  .  .32  parts, 
Curacoa,     .....  8  parts, 
Syrupi  cortic.  aurantii,       .  .  .  .12  parts, 
Aquae  q.  s.',  ft.,  ....  64  parts. 
Under  the  names  of  Elixir  Halleri  and  Tinctura  Halleri  the  follow- 
ing mixture  has  been  much  prescribed,  which  is  officinal  in  the  Ger- 
man Pharmacopoeia,  as  Mixtura  sulfuric  a  acida  : 
R.    Acid  sulphuric,    .  .  .  .1  parr, 
Alcohol  ('835),  ...  3  parts. 
These  are  parts  by  weight,  and  if  made  by  volume  the  following 
quantity  should  be  taken  : 
Acid  sulphuric,  ....  f34-4 
Alcohol,  ....  f3z8f 
Yours,  &c,  Thos.  S.  Wiegand. 
1  See  also  formula  in  this  journal,  1876,  p.  137. 
