Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
May,  1885.  j 
Dover'' s  Solutiom, 
235 
herbaceous  odor  and  a  density  varying  behveen  1*025  and  1'046.  Rio 
de  la  Loza  found  in  it  sugar  9*55,  gum  and  albumen  0*54,  salts  0-73 
per  cent.,  the  remainder  being  water,  some  resinous  and  albuminous 
matters,  etc.  Boussingault  found  2-65  levulose,  6*17  sugir,  0*35  malic 
acid,  etc.  The  juice  is  used  for  the  manufacture  of  sugar  and  of  a 
tolerably  good  vinegar;  its  reputed  medicinal  properties  are  antiscor- 
butic and  antiblennorrhagic. 
LIQUOR  IPECACUANHA  ET  MORPHINE.— DOVER'S 
SOLUTION. 
By  Edwin  H.  Hess,  Ph.G. 
From  an  Inaugural  Essay. 
Preparation. — Take  of  acetate  of  morphine,  one  dram,  diluted  acetic 
acid,  one  fluidounce,  diluted  alcohol  seven  fluidounces,  wine  of  ipecac, 
two  fluidounces.  Dissolve  the  acetate  of  morphine  in  the  acid,  add  the 
diluted  alcohol  and  wine  of  ipecac,  and  mix  the  whole  thoroughly. 
Set  aside  for  twenty-four  hours,  then  filter  through  paper. 
This  preparation  is  not  generally  known,  although  used  quite  ex- 
tensively where  it  has  been  introduced.  It  originated  with  Dr.  J.  D. 
Coleman  of  Juliustown,  near  Mount  Holly,  Burlington  county,  N.  J., 
and  afterward  of  Trenton,  N.  J.,  now  deceased.  The  preparation  is 
used  in  only  a  few  other  places,  as  far  as  I  can  ascertain,  but  judging 
from  its  popularity -in  those  places,  it  certainly  deserves  a  much  wider 
scope  for  usefulness.  In  Trenton,  where  I  became  acquainted  with  it, 
it  may  be  gotten  from  any  pharmacist  (and  is  always  kept  in  stock), 
is  prescribed  by  almost  all  the  physicians,  and  has  a  local  reputation 
among  the  people  as  a  remedy  for  all  ills  common  to  mankind,  pro- 
bably as  great  as  paregoric. 
It  is  transparent,  of  a  yellowish  or  amber  color,  due  to  the  coloring 
matter  of  the  ipecac  and  the  wine.  At  first  the  odor  is  decidedly 
vinous,  but  at  the  same  time  acetous.  It  changes  rapidly,  however, 
becoming  more  agreeable,  and  then  somewhat  resembles  the  odor  of 
whiskey,  and  doubtless  contains  some  of  the  same  or  allied  ethers.  It 
has  very  little  taste  other  than  the  persistent  bitter  of  the  morphine; 
three  ounces  by  measure,  should  weigh  exactly  2 J  ounces,  troy,  making 
its  specific  gravity  '9654.  Its  color  is  very  little  afl^ected  by  sun- 
light and  refracted  light.  It  has  an  acid  reaction  with  test  paper.  It 
enters  into  the  composition  of  a  preparation  known  as 
