EXTRACTA NARCOTICA CUM SACCHARO, ETC. 221 
where the employment of ergotized rye is considered ad- 
vantageous. 
Comptes Rendus, July 17th, 1843, and Chem. Gaz. 
ART; LI.— EXTRACTA NARCOTICA CUM SACCHARO, AND 
MOSCHUS CUM SACCHARO, according to M. Gauger. 
Narcotic extracts are frequently ordered in a pulverulent 
form, mixed with sugar. As the mixing of them with sugar 
is accompanied with considerable difficulty, from the alco- 
holic extract being generally very adhesive, and it is im- 
possible, even with the greatest pains, to scrape the whole 
from the sides of the mortar and pestle employed — a diffi- 
culty ^which becomes greater when adhesive or resinous 
substances are added.to them, such as Sulph. Jlurat.Antim., 
Calomel, Guaiacum, and other powders; furthermore, as 
these extracts are usually administered in very small doses, 
and it must be of importance to the physician that the pa- 
tient should receive accurately the quantity ordered, — M. 
Gauger advises preparing mixtures of such extracts and su- 
gar in the following manner, and keeping them on hand. 
Six oz. of alcoholic extract, freshly prepared in summer, 
are dissolved in a sufficiently large mortar of porcelain and 
glass pestle, the weight of which hps been previously taken, 
in from 3xiv. to §ij. of alcohol of 0.S15 to 0.793 spec, grav., 
and then two and a half pounds of pulverized white sugar 
gradually added under constant stirring. When the whole 
has been properly mixed, a leaf of blotting paper is tied 
round the mortar, which is then placed in a moderately 
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