264 MISCELLANY. 
balsam, and afterwards the alcoholic solution. When the pommade has 
well set, fill two pots, containing each two ounces. Ib. 
Employment of Sulphate of Quinine in the form of ointment for the cure of 
malignant intermittens. — Dr, Antontni, principal physician of the French 
Army in Africa, extols the efficacy of sulphate of quinine employed in the 
form of ointment in the cure of malignant intermittent fevers. The follow- 
ing is his formula for the preparation of this ointment : — Take of sulphate 
of quinine ^j, alcohol 38° to 40° q. s. (about ^ij,) acid, sulphur, q. s. 
(about 80 drops) axung. %'iv. It is essential that the solution in alcohol 
be complete and filtered, and that the mixture be made gradually and with 
care, otherwise the quinine returns to its original condition, and its absorp- 
tion does not take place. The usual quantity employed at one time is 
about half an ounce of the ointment, but this dose may be doubled in se- 
vere cases. 
The mode of applying it is by frictions to the groins, and it is also placed 
in the axilla. Journ. des Connaiss. Med. Chirurg. Oct. 1838. 
Formulae for Syrups of Copaiba. — M. Emile Mouchon of Lyons gives 
the following formula for the preparation of a magnesian syrup of copaiba: 
R. Bals. Copaib. ^iv; Magnes. Calc. gr. xxxij ; Ess. Menth. pp. gtt. 
lxiv ; Syrup. Simp. ^lx. Dissolve the magnesia in the balsam of copaiba, 
and when the solutionis complete, add the essence of mint and the simple 
syrup, triturating them together for a long time. This preparation M. 
Mouchon states has nearly the appearance of orgeat syrup, and with but 
little of the taste of Copaiba. 
The following is the formula for the gummy syrup of copaiba of Dr. 
Puche : — R. Bals. Copaib. ^ij ; Pulv. gum Arab, ^ss; Aq. Purae ^iss; 
01. Menth. pp. gtt. xxxij; Syr. Simp. gxij. The balsam of copaiba is to 
rubbed up with the water and gum arabic, then the essential oil, and finally 
the syrup is to be added. An ounce of this syrup contains a drachm of 
the copaiba. It is said to be better borne by the stomach than other prepa- 
rations of copaiba. Journ, des Connaiss. Med. Nov. 1838. 
