IODINE  FEOM  THE  ASHES  OF  SEA-WEEDS. 
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citrate  of  magnesia  with  the  escape  of  abundance  of  carbonic 
acid  gas  ;  it  is  drank  while  effervescing.  The  fluid  magnesia 
is  recommended  as  a  vehicle  for  bitter  infusions,  covering  their 
taste,  etc.  It  forms  an  elegant  ant-acid  and  stomachic  cordial 
for  infants — used  to  prevent  their  food  from  turning  sour  upon 
their  stomachs,  and  as  a  gentle  carminative  in  place  of  solutions 
of  opium — when  prepared  by  adding  to  it  a  small  proportion  of 
the  essential  oil  of  anise,  caraway  and  fennel  dissolved  in  alco- 
hol, water  and  sugar. 
The  French  administer  sulphur  internally  in  the  form  of  a 
pastill,  each  of  which  contains  10  grains  of  sublimed  sulphur. 
As  phosphorus  readily  dissolves  in  glycerin,  this  solvent  is 
recommended  as  a  fit  substance  in  which  to  exhibit  it. 
The  principle  objection  to  the  valerianates — their  odor — may 
be  overcome  by  using  with  them  almost  any  highly  flavored 
essential  oil.    Oil  of  gaultheria  succeeds  well  among  others. 
Numerous  other  ideas  suggest  themselves  to  me  illustrative  of 
the  subject  matter  of  this  article,  but  the  amount  written  warns 
me  to  close  ;  and,  in  conclusion,  I  would  remark,  that  every 
pharmaceutist  possesses  within  himself  the  ability  to  add  a  mite 
or  more  to  the  general  knowledge  of  our  profession,  and  that  it 
is  his  duty  to  impart  that  knowledge  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole, 
and  while  it  seems  evident  that  but  a  small  portion  of  the  inher- 
ent skill  and  taste  of  the  American  is  exhibited  in  perfecting  the 
agreeability  of  our  pharmaceutical  preparations,  yet,  as  progress 
in  this  department  of  our  art  is  daily  being  made,  we  may  rea- 
sonably hope,  at  no  distant  day,  to  successfully  rival  the  pro- 
ductions of  other  arts  and  professions  in  beauty  and  attractiveness. 
From  the  Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association — 1857. 
ON  THE  MANUFACTURE  OF  IODINE  FROM  THE 
ASHES  OF  SEA-WEEDS. 
By  TIiomas  B.  Porteus,  of  Boston. 
As  this  paper  is  submitted  with  the  essentially  practical  purpose 
of  assisting  those  who  may  at  some  future  time  attempt  the 
manufacture  of  Iodine  in  the  United  States,  and  of  putting  them 
in  full  possession  of  all  the  details  necessary  to  a  successful  re- 
sult, the  author  deems  it  proper  to  take  a  passing  glance  at 
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