Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
June,  1877.  j" 
Tincture  of  Kino. 
ACONITE. — Very  useful  in  neuralgia,  in'com- 
i         i  bination  with  Pot :  Brom  : — 
Vide  Med  :  Gaz  :  p.  26,  vol.  v. 
Aconite  root  should  be  tasted  to  test  its  purity, 
i  It  is  inert  if  not  bitter. — Squibb,  Pamph  :  p.  21. 
8  in.  x  3  in.  in  size,  and  is  large  enough  for  most  purposes,  particularly 
as  it  is  only  important  facts  that  one  cares  to  preserve.  With  a  suffi- 
cient stock  of  these  slips  on  hand  I  am  prepared  for  work. 
In  reading  medical  journals  or  other  scientific  periodicals,  I  make  it 
a  rule  to  mark,  with  a  cross  or  other  sign,  on  the  margin  of  the  page 
any  article  or  paragraph  of  special  interest.  I  then  go  carefully  over 
the  periodical  a  second  time,  and  note  down  on  one  of  my  paper  slips 
any  fact  or  statement  that  I  wish  to  preserve,  heading  it  with  its  appro- 
priate catch-word  in  a  larger  hand,  and  referring  to  my  authority,  vol- 
ume and  page.  This  slip  I  place  in  its  proper  pigeon-hole,  and  thus  I 
am  provided  with  an  alphabetical  register  of  medical  notes,  which  I  can 
paste  together  by  their  folded  margins  or  arrange  and  put  into  book 
form  at  any  time.  C.  J.  Cleborne,  M.D. 
U.  S.  Naval  Hospital,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
TINCTURE  of  KINO  which  will  not  GELATINIZE. 
By  Peter  P.  Fox,  Ph.G. 
The  difficulty  of  preventing  the  tincture  of  kino,  U.  S.  P.,  from  gela- 
tinizing, has  induced  me  amongst  some  others  of  our  profession,  to 
experiment  with  the  use  of  pure  glycerin  in  its  preparation  ;  and  after 
having  tried  various  proportions  I  have  at  last  obtained  a  permanent 
preparation,  and  I  trust  done  something  towards  solving  the  query, 
"  How  can  tinctura  kino,  U.  S.  P.,  be  made  permanent  ?"  The  fol- 
lowing is  my  formula  : 
Kino  in  fine  powder,  .  .  .    360  grs. 
Alcohol,  Glycerin,  Water,  each  a  sufficient  quantity. 
Mix  four  measures  of  alcohol  with  one  of  water  and  one  of  glycerin,, 
then  proceed  as  directed  in  the  U.  S.  P.,  using  sufficient  of  the  above 
menstruum  to  make  half  a  pint  of  tincture. 
Prof.  Remington  has  had  a  sample  of  this  tincture  since  early  last 
fall,  and  at  this  time  it  shows  not  the  least  sign  of  becoming  thick. 
