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Macerate for fourteen days, and add — 
Ext. Glycyrrhizaa, ^vj. 
Potass. Carbon, %iv. 
dissolved in a pint of water, and add — 
Tinct. Digitalis, ^vij. 
Freeman's Bathing Spirits. 
R Lin. Saponis, ^iv. 
Spirit. Vin. Rectif. 
Tinct. Lavand. Co. gtt. xxv. 
Oh Rorismar. 3ss. M. 
Robert White. 
[We insert the above on Mr. White's authority, in the belief that the 
formulae are correct, although we have no means of verifying them. — Ed. 
Pharm* Jour.] 
Albumen. — The albumen of eggs owes its density, and its adhesive 
and stringy properties, to the presence and the cohesion of a great num- 
ber of minute globules. (Turpin on the microscopic examination of the 
globules of milk in a pathological state.) These globules, according to 
the author, are nothing else than vegetable seeds, which are capable of 
germinating under the influence of moisture and heat. In a philosophical 
point of view, the white of egg, in its crude state, may be classed 
among the most tender and easily digested vegetables ; but it also eon- 
tains, as is known, a portion of sulphur, and it is this, probably, to- 
gether with the yolk, that renders eggs so salutary to many convales- 
cents. Itj has been observed, among other things, that the medicinal 
effect of eggs is remarkably deteriorated by boiling them with any fatty 
matter. This effect has been ascribed to the oxidation of the sulphur. 
Ibid, from Annates de Therapeutique, August, 1843. 
New Astringent Preparation of Rhatany. — By digesting rhatany root 
in sulphuric ether, a brown extract is obtained, which is perfectly 
soluble in distilled water, and causes a powerful sensation of astrin- 
gency, followed by heat and dryness, when placed on the tongue. This 
extract, invented by M. Tissier, of Lyons, has been employed with 
success in that city in passive haemorrhages, particularly those conse- 
quent on non-contraction of the uterus, occurring after prolonged labors 
