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Hydrate  of  Chloral. 
<  Am.  Jour.  Phaem 
t     Dec.  1, 1874. 
These  active  principles  should  be  in  powder,  mixed  with  the  solvent 
in  test-tubes,  and  heated  by  means  of  a  water-bath,  with  occasional 
agitation. 
The  solutions  thus  made  are  in  a  convenient  form  for  employment^ 
either  alone  or  when  mixed  with  oils,  ointment,  or  with  glycerin. 
Camphor,  too,  is  freely  dissolved  by  them,  and  in  some  cases  can  be 
added  to  them  with  advantage. 
Glycerin  I  find  to  be  a  convenient  agent  for  forming  solutions  with 
chloral  and  the  above-named  substances,  and  the  following  will  be 
found,  when  properly  combined,  to  produce  permanent  and  elegant 
preparations,  viz. : 
Chloral  G-lycerite  of  Morphia. 
]£.         Morphia  (Powd.),         .  .  .  .5  grains. 
Chloral  hydrate,     ....         1  drachm. 
Glycerin,  .  half  a  fluidounce 
M.    Sec.  art. 
Chloral  G-lycerite  of  Veratria. 
R.         Veratria,  .  .  ...  .5  grains. 
Chloral  hydrate,      ....         1  drachm. 
Glycerin,  .  half  a  fluidounce.. 
if.    Sec.  art. 
Ointment  of  Chloral  and  Veratria. 
(Corresponding  in  strength  to  the  Ung.  Veratrise,  U.  S.  P.) 
R.         Veratria,  .  .  .  .  .10  grains. 
Chloral  hydrate,     .  .  .  gi. 
Water,    .  .  .  .  .  .6  drops. 
Lard  Ointment,       ....         half  an  ounce, 
M.    Sec.  art. 
Chloral  G-lycerite  of  Morphia  and  Camphor. 
ft.  Morphia,  .  .  .  .  .5  grains. 
Chloral,  ..... 
Camphor,  .....    each  1  drachm. 
Glycerin,      .....         half  a  fluidounce 
M. 
Lotion  of  Chloral  and  Iodine. 
R.         Iodine,    .          .          .                 ■   .  .20  grains. 
Iodide  of  Potassium,          ...  6  grains. 
Glycerin,          .          .          .          .  .1  fluidounce. 
Chloral  hydrate,      .          .          .          .  2  drachms. 
M.    Sec.  art. 
Chloral  can  also  be  combined  with  collodion,  in  which  it  dissolves 
after  the  addition  of  a  few  drops  of  alcohol. 
