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MISCELLANY. 
Ethereal Liniment of Oil of Ergot, 
R Oil of ergot - 4 grammes. 
Sulphuric ether - 12 " 
Mix and keep it in a well stoppered bottle. 
This mixture is very probably more active ttian the following. 
Ibid, from Jour, de Chim. Med. 
Liniment of Oil of Ergot of Rye. 
Tfc Oil of ergot - 4 grammes. 
Oil of sweet almonds 12 " 
Mix by simple agitation. 
Ibid from Ibid. 
Pills of Oil of Ergot of Rye. 
R Oil of ergot .... 1 gramme. 
Yolk of egg - 1 „ 
Powder of mallow - 1 ,, 
M. and F. S. A,, a perfectly homogeneous mass, to be divided into 20 
pills, which should be silvered. 
Ibid from^Ibid. 
New Purgative JErated Sea Water. — An apothecary of Fecamp, on the 
coast of Normandy, has added to Pharmacy a new preparation, which 
he calls eau de mer gazeuse. He procures sea water at some leagues' 
distance from the shore, and from a certain depth; this he filters, to de- 
prive it of its animal and vegetable impurities, which prevents its keep- 
ing wholesome, and he then charges it, like soda water, with carbonic 
acid. The preparation thus formed has been submitted to the French 
Academy of Medicines, and M. Royer has reported that it is a stronger 
purgative than seidlitz water; that it may betaken without repugnance, 
and is even agreeable to the taste of some; that no inconvenience has, in 
his experience, resulted from its use , and that it appears to exert a 
favorable effect in scrofulous patients. This testimony would seem to 
be decided and satisfactory enough on behalf of the'preparation ; but, as 
if litigation and splitting straws were to be the perpetual characteristics 
of French debates, the Academy would not suffer a recommendation of 
the article in question to proceed from it until the word purification had 
been expunged, and the filtration substituted in the detail of the process 
by which the animal and vegetable impurities are removed from the 
water. — Ibid from Gaz. Med. 
