504       Recent  Literature  Relating  to  Pharmacy.    { A  October,^'™" 
dilute  hydrochloric  acid  (i  in  200),  the  alteration  takes  place  readily 
and  the  full  amount  of  strophanthidin  separates  suddenly  in  fine 
needles.  On  the  contrary,  pseudo-strophanthin  requires  much 
stronger  acid,  which  must  be  heated  to  the  point  boiling  before  the 
insoluble  product  of  alteration  begins  to  separate  in  flocks. — Franz 
Feist,  in  Apotheker  Zeitung,  XV,  469 ;  through  Pharrn.  Jour.,  1900, 
P-  314. 
PHILADELPHIA  HOSPITAL  FORMULARY. 
{Continued  from  page  437.) 
SYRUPI. 
Syrupus  Hypophosphitum  Cum  Ferro. 
Bach  teaspoouful  contains  : 
Ferrous  Lactate   1  gr.     0*065  gm« 
Acid,  Lactic   2  m.        o'i2  c.c. 
Syrup,  Hypophos.,  to  measure  1  fl.dr.  4  c.c. 
Dose  :  One  or  more  teaspoonfuls. 
Philadelphia  Hospital. 
Syrupus  Fotassii  Iodidi. 
Each  teaspoonful  contains  : 
Potassium  Iodide   10  gr.        o*6  gm. 
Syrup,  Sarsap.  Comp.,  to  measure  1  fl.  dr.  4  c.c. 
Dose  :  One  to  two  teaspoonful?. 
Syrupus  Fotassii  lodidi  Compositus. 
Bach  teaspoonful  contains  : 
Potassium  Iodide   10  gr.        o-6  gm. 
Mercuric  Cdloride,  Corrosive   ^  gr.      0-003  gm- 
Syrup,  Sarsap.  Comp.,  to  measure  1  fl.  dr.  4  c.c. 
Dose  :  One  to  two  teaspoonfuls. 
Syrupus  Quinines 
Bach  teaspoonful  contains  : 
Quinine  Hydrochlorate   2*5  gr.       0-15  gm. 
Ac.  Hydrochlor. ,  Dil   1*25  m.      0-075  c.c. 
Glycerin   7-5  m.       0-45  c.c. 
Syrup   22  5  m.         1*3  c.c. 
Water,  Chloroform,  to  measure   60  m.  4  c.c. 
Dose  :  One  to  four  teaspoonfuls. 
TINCTURE. 
Finctura  Digitalis. 
(Fat-free.) 
Bach  teaspoonful  represents  : 
Powdered  Digitalis  (Fat-free)   8*5  gr.       0-55  gm. 
Water,  Ammonia,  sufficient. 
Diluted  Alcohol,  to  measure   1  fl.  dr.       4  c.c. 
