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Sale  of  Bichloride  Tablets. 
i  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1      March,  1914. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  Bernays,  special  large. — White  or  blue.  Corrosive 
mercuric  chloride  0.45  gm.  with  citric  acid. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  Clover. — White,  blue,  or  pink.  Corrosive  mercuric 
chloride  0.45  gm.  with  citric  acid. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  cyanide. — White  or  pink.  Mercuric  cyanide  0.5  gm. 
with  sodium  borate. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  detergent. — Sodium  bicarbonate,  sodium  borate,  sodium 
salicylate,  eucalyptol,  menthol,  and  oil  of  wintergreen. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  detergent,  improved. — Contain  in  addition  to  the  in- 
gredients mentioned  above,  sanguinarine  nitrate  and  hydrastine  hydro- 
chloride. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  diamond. — White,  blue,  or  pink.  Corrosive  mercuric 
chloride  0.5  or  0.125  gm.  with  citric  acid. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  external. — White,  green,  pink,  or  blue.  Corrosive 
mercuric  chloride  0.5  gm.  with  ammonium  chloride. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  La  Place. — Corrosive  mercuric  chloride  0.25  gm.  with 
tartaric  acid. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  mercuric  bichloride,  Young's. — Blue.    Nine  varieties. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  mercury  cyanide. — White  or  pink.  Mercuric  cyanide 
0.5  gm.  with  sodium  borate. 
Antiseptic  tablets  No.  3. — White  or  pink.  Mercuric  cyanide  0.5  gm.  with 
borax. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  St.  J.  Perry. — White  or  pink.  Mercuric  cyanide  0.5  gm. 
with  ammonium  chloride. 
Antiseptic  tablets  No.  6. — Very  soluble.  White  or  blue.  Corrosive  mer- 
curic chloride  0.5  gm.  with  citric  acid. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  potassium  permanganate. — Compressed.    Five  varieties. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  St.  J.  Perry. — White  or  pink.  Mercuric  cyanide  0.5  gm. 
with  borax. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  tartacid  sublimate. — Corrosive  mercuric  chloride  0.25 
gm.  with  tartaric  acid. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  Young's. — Blue.  Corrosive  mercuric  chloride."  Nine 
varieties. 
Antiseptic  tablets,  Wilson's. — White,  green,  pink,  or  blue.  •  Corrosive  mer- 
curic chloride  0.5  gm.  with  ammonium  chloride. 
The  tablets  in  this  list  containing  corrosive  mercuric  chloride  are 
marketed  in  16  varying  sizes,  5  different  shapes,  and  5  different 
colors.  Three  of  the  shapes  are  distinctive  and  probably  proprietary 
in  nature.  Obviously  the  most  objectionable  feature  is  the  con- 
fusion which  may  arise  from  the  totally  misleading  name  applied  to 
tablets  containing  highly  toxic  materials. 
The  possible  abuse  arising  from  the  use  of  a  totally  misleading 
name  for  poisonous  substances  is  further  emphasized  by  the  state- 
ment recently  made  by  one  of  the  agitators  for  legislation  to  provide 
a  distinctive  shape  for  "  antiseptic  tablets."  This  writer  says :  "  It 
is  a  known  fact  that  the  tablets  of  corrosive  sublimate  are  very  easily 
