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VARIETIES. 
Liquid  Extract  of  Cinchona  containing  5  per  cent,  of  mixed  alka- 
loids, is  now  recommended  by  Professor  Redwood  to  be  prepared  as  follows  : 
One  pound  avoir,  of  red  cinchona  bark  in  No.  60  powder  is  exhausted,  by 
digestion  and  percolation,  with  J  fluidounce  of  hydrochloric  acid  and  dis- 
tilled water,  and  the  percolate  is  evaporated  below  180°  F.  to  the  consistence 
of  a  firm  extract  If  on  dissolving  30  grains  of  this  extract  in  2  drachms 
of  hot  distilled  water  it  gives  more  than  a  slight  precipitate  on  cooling,  the 
whole  of  the  extract  should  be  similarly  treated  and  the  clear  liquid  again 
evaporated  to  the  consistence  of  a  solid  extract,  the  alkaloidal  strength  of 
which  is  to  be  determined. 
The  liquid  extract  is  then  i^repared  by  taking  as  much  of  the  solid  extract 
as  contains  1  ounce  of  total  alkaloids,  adding  5  tluidounees  each  of  glycerin 
and  water,  heating  over  a  water-bath  until  solution  is  effected,  and  when 
cool,  adding  5  fluidounces  of  alcohol  and  as  much  water  as  is  required  to 
make  the  product  measure  20  fluidounces. — Fhar.  Jour,  and  Trans.,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1884,  p.  441. 
Fluid  Extract  of  Ergot,  in  doses  of  5  to  20  drops  4  or  5  times  a  day 
has  been  found  advantageous  by  Dr.  G.  L.  Magruder,  of  Washington,  in 
dysentery  of  children. —  Virg.  Med.  Monthly. 
Ergot  in  Pulmonary  Diseases. — According  to  the  "London  Medical 
Record,"  ergot  is  of  advantage  in  congestions  of  the  lungs,  as  in  pneumonia 
and  acute  bronchitis,  relieving  the  hemorrhagic  sputa,  difficult  expectora- 
tion, dyspnoea,  fever  and  delirium. — Pac.  Med.  and  Surg.  Jour.,  April,  1885. 
Quebracho. — Drs.  Huchard  and  Eloy,  of  Blois,  affirm  that  the  six 
alkaloids  of  Quebracho  reduce  temperature  in  fevers  even  more  effectually 
than  quinine.  Such  a  result  is  obtained  in  typhoid  by  the  hypodermic  in- 
jection of  gr.  U  to  8  of  muriate  of  aspidospermine. — PacifiG  Med.  and  Surg. 
Jour.,  April,  1885. 
Cfiloral  in  Albuminuria.— Dr.  Wilson  has  treated  a  few  cases  of 
albuminuria  with  this  drug,  and  has  noticed  that  by  its  constant  use  he 
was  able  to  cause  a  complete  disappearance  of  albumin  from  the  urine,  the 
albumin  reappearing  as  soon  as  the  remedy  was  suspended.  The  theory 
of  its  action  is  not  stated. — Am.  Med.  Digest,  March,  1885  ;  Brit.  Med.  Jour. 
EsERiNE  in  Tetanus.— G.  H.  Brandt  ("Practitioner,"  October,  1884), 
reports  a  cure  of  traumatic  tetanus  in  an  adult  from  the  administration  of  } 
of  a  grain  of  eserine  every  hour. — Pac.  Med.  and  Surg.  Jour.,  April,  1885. 
Ointment  of  Lead  Nitrate. — For  old  ulcers  of  the  leg.  Professor 
Bartholow  recommends  blistering  the  surface  of  the  ulcer  and  the  adjoin- 
ing integument,  then  putting  on  a  light  poultice,  and  afterwards  applying 
an  ointment  composed  of :  R.  Plumbi  nitratis,  5  i.  ;  vaseline,  5  i. — Med. 
Herald. 
