84  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meetings.  {^fS;?™" 
Elixir  of  Calisaya  Baric  with  Iron. 
Take  of  Elixir  of  Calisaya  Bark,  ...         15  fluid  ounces. 
Warm  Distilled  Water,      .         ,  .1  fluid  ounce. 
Citrate  of  Iron,  soluble,  .  .  .        128  grains. 
Dissolve  the  iron  in  the  warm  water  and  add  the  elixir.  Filter  if  necessary. 
Each  fluidrachm  of  the  unfiltered  elixir  contains  one  grain  of  the  iron  salt,  and 
the  virtues  of  nearly  two  grains  of  Calisaya  bark. 
Compound  Elixir  of  Cinchona. 
Take  of  Compound  Tinct.  Cinchona,  U.  S.  P.,  1870,    22  fluidrachms. 
Simple  Elixir,  .  sufficient  to  make  16  fluid  ounces. 
Mix  and  filter.  If  not  required  for  immediate  use,  this  and  also  the  Calisaya 
elixir  should  stand  for  about  twelve  hours  before  filtering. 
Compound  Elixir  of  Cinchona  with  Iron. 
Take  of  Compound  Elixir  of  Cinchona,      .  .     15  fluid  ounces. 
|  Warm  Distilled  Water,  .  .  1  fluid  ounce. 
Citrate  of  Iron,  soluble,       .  .         .    120  grains. 
Mix.    Proceed  as  for  Elixir  of  Calisaya  with  Iron. 
Elixir  of  Citrate  of  Iron. 
Take  of  Citrate  of  Iron,  soluble,  .         .  .        256  grains. 
Warm  Distilled  Water,      .  .  .1  fluid  ounce. 
Simple  Elixir,     ....  15  fluid  ounces. 
Dissolve  the  iron  in  the  warm  water  and  mix  with  the  simple  elixir.  Filter. 
Elixir  of  Pyrophosphate  of  Iron. 
Take  of  Pyrophosphate  of  Iron,      .  .  .    256  grains. 
Warm  Distilled  Water,  .  .  1  fluid  ounce. 
Simple  Elixir,  .       .  .  .  .15  fluid  ounces. 
Make  according  to  directions  for  Elixir  of  Citrate  Of  Iron. 
This  is  the  same  medicinal  strength  as  Prof.  Diehl's  formula. 
Elixir  of  Citrate  of  Bismuth. 
Take  of  Citrate  of  Bismuth  and  Ammonium,    .        256  grains. 
Warm  Distilled  Water,      .  .  .       4  fluid  ounces. 
Water  of  Ammoni*  (drop  by  drop),      .  sufficient. 
Simple  Elixir,     sufficient  to  make  16  fl.  oz.  of  finished  elixir. 
This  is  the  same  bismuth  strength  as  Prof.  Diehl's  formula,  viz.,  two  grains 
of  citrate  of  bismuth  and  ammonium  in  each  fluidrachm. 
Elixir  of  Pepsin. 
Take  of  Saccharated  Pepsin,  Scheffer's  formula,        256  grains. 
Sherry  Wine,  .  .  .  .14  fluid  ounces. 
Simple  Syrup,    ....  2  fluid  ounces. 
Fluid  Extract  of  Ginger,    .  .  .25  drops. 
Dissolve  the  pepsin  in  the  wine,  mix  the  fluid  extract  of  ginger  with  the 
syrup,  and  mix  altogether.  Filter  if  necessary.  Contains  two  grains  of  pepsin 
to  the  fluidrachm. 
Elixir  of  Valerianate  of  Ammonium. 
Take  of  Valerianate  of  Ammonium  in  crystals,         256  grains. 
Compound  Tinct.  of  Cochineal,     .  .       £  fluid  ounce. 
Simple  Elixir,     ....        15^  fluid  ounces. 
Dissolve  the  valeriauate  of  ammonium  in  two  ounces  of  the  simple  elixir,  and 
carefully  add  water  of  ammonia  until  the  solution  is  exactly  neutral  to  test- 
paper.    Mix  with  the  balance  of  simple  elixir,  and  then  add  the  compound 
tincture  of  cochineal. 
This  isthe  formula  of  Professor  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  with  the  exception  of  the 
