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magnesium,  tartaric  and  carbonic  acids,  the  latter  producing  efferves- 
cence. 
No.  3  yielded  to  the  ammoniacal  solution  calcium,  magnesium,  so- 
dium, potassium,  tartaric  and  hydrochloric  acids ;  and  to  the  muriatic 
acid  solution  calcium,  magnesium,  tartaric  and  carbonic  acids  ;  a  small 
insoluble  residue  of  starch  remained  behind. 
No.  4  furnished  an  ammoniacal  solution  containing  calcium,  mag- 
nesium, postassium,  sulphuric  and  tartaric  acids  ;  a  muriatic  acid 
solution  containing  aluminum,  calcium,  magnesium,  tartaric  and  car- 
bonic acids  ;  and  an  insoluble  portion  consisting  of  starch.  The  sample 
was  free  from  ammonia  compounds. 
The  following  are  the  results  of  the  examination  of  these  powders  : 
The  first  was  found  to  be  commercially  pure,  containing  only  po- 
tassium bi-tartrate  and  some  calcium  tartrate.  It  had  a  fine  white 
appearance,  and  an  agreeable  acid  taste. 
The  second,  beside  potassium  bi-tartrate  and  calcium  tartrate,  con- 
tained magnesium  carbonate,  as  an  impurity.  It  was  rather  whiter 
than  the  first,  probably  due  to  the  magnesia  ;  it  had  also  an  agree- 
able acid  taste,  the  magnesia  being  scarcely  perceptible  to  the  taste. 
The  third  contained  as  impurities  magnesium  carbonate,  sodium 
chloride  and  starch.  This  powder,  though  nearly  as  white  as  the  first, 
did  not  have  the  fine  appearance  which  characterized  that  sample, 
and  had  besides  a  different  taste. 
The  fourth  contained  as  impurities  alum,  magnesium  carbonate 
and  starch.  This  was  the  most  impure  of  all,  had  a  much  darker 
appearance  than  any  of  the  others,  was  inclined  to  cake  and  had  a 
disagreeable  musty  odor,  and  a  sour,  somewhat  astringent  taste. 
THE  CONSTITUENTS  OF  DR.  SAGE'S  CATARRH  REMEDY. 
By  Adrian  Bowens,  C  P. 
Condensed  from  the  Author's  Inaugural  Essay. 
This  popular  nostrum  is  manufactured  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  is  put 
up  in  bottles  containing  half  an  ounce  of  a  dark  green  powder  having 
a  strong  odor  of  carbolic  acid  and  camphor,  the  taste  being  in  addition 
salty  and  lastingly  bitter. 
For  the  purpose  of  obtaining  a  clue  to  the  composition  the  follow- 
ing preliminary  experiments  were  made  : 
The  powder,  heated  on  platinum  foil,  gave  off  vapors  of  carbolic 
