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Emulsio  Carnis. 
{  Am.  Jouk.  Pharm  . 
t     Oct.  1, 1874. 
Whitest  Agaric, 
Choice  Rhubarb, 
Leaves  of  Senna,  cleans'd.  ....  3S8 
Red  Roses,  cleans'd, 
Tops  of  Wormwood, 
Seeds  of  Violets,  and 
Dodder, 
Mastich,      .......  aa^j." 
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"  The  good  effects  which  these  pills  have  wrought  have  won  for 
them  the  title  of  sine  quibus  effe  nolo — without  which  I  would  not  be. 
They  purge  the  Flegm  wonderfully,  and  both  Cholers  ;  they  are  very 
prevelant  against  Diseases  of  the  Head,  especially  those  of  the  Eyes 
and  Ears.  They  are  to  be  taken  after  the  first  sleep,  or  in  the  morn- 
ing fasting.  Their  dose  is  from  a  scruple  to  a  drachm,  and  some- 
times to  four  scruples." 
Jno.  E.  West,  M.  D. 
St.  Clairsville,  Ohio. 
EMULSIO  CARNIS. 
By  James  Kemble. 
It  has  long  been  a  question  with  me  whether  or  no  fresh  raw  beef 
could  not  be  utilized  as  a  medicine,  and  administered  in  a  concen- 
trated fluid  form,  where  a  strong  nourishing  diet  is  more  needed  than 
medicine.  Seeing  an  article  in  the  Medical  Times  on  the  adminis- 
tration of  raw  beef,  I  concluded  to  institute  a  series  of  experiments, 
to  determine  the  possibilities  of  preparing  a  solution  of  it  that  would 
keep  long  enough  without  change  to  be  of  practical  use.  My 
experiments  and  their  result  were  as  follows : 
Fresh  Raw  Beef  (lean),   ....  ^ii 
Sweet  Almonds,       .....  giv 
Bitter  Almonds,  .....  ^iii 
Sugar,           .                    .          .          .  • 
Water  sufficient  for  emulsion,    .  .  .  f ^ viii 
I  rubbed  the  almonds,  beef  and  sugar  to  a  fine  pulp  in  a  wedge-wood 
mortar,  then  added  water  gradually  until  a  smooth  paste  was  formed, 
added  more  of  the  water  and  strained  through  a  sieve,  returned  the 
mass  to  the  mortar  and  manipulated  with  the  balance  of  the  water 
until  f3  viii  of  emulsion  was  obtained,  strained  through  a  finer  strainer 
