130  Abstracts  from  the  French  Journals.  {AmMarch,S3.ni " 
Elimination  of  iodides  which  pass  in  the  urine,  and  especially  of 
potassium  iodide,  commences  two  or  three  minutes  after  their  inges- 
tion. In  healthy  individuals  it  is  prolonged  for  at  least  thirty-six 
hours  after  administration  in  doses  of  0-3  to  1  or  2  gm.  After 
large  and  repeated  doses  the  elimination  continues  for  eleven  days 
or  more.  The  liver  contains  five  times  more  of  the  potassium 
iodide  than  the  blood  and  muscles,  and  the  urine  contains  ten  times 
more  than  the  blood. 
Quinine  sulphate,  given  in  doses  of  0-50-1  gm.  to  healthy  per- 
sons, is  eliminated  in  about  forty-eight  hours,  the  elimination  com- 
mencing in  the  first  half  hour  after  its  ingestion. — M.  J.  Roux,  in 
your,  de  Pharm.  et  de  Chim.,  Nov.,  1892,  457. 
Solution  of  musk  in  glycerin  for  hypodermic  injections  is  easily 
prepared  according  to  M.  Lambotte  {your,  de  Pharm.  d'Afivers)  by 
mixing  the  alcoholic  tincture  of  musk  with  half  its  volume  of  gly- 
cerin, allowing  the  alcohol  to  evaporate  and  then  adding  sufficient 
glycerin  to  make  it  equal  in  volume  to  the  tincture  first  employed. 
Subcutaneous  injections  of  sodium  phosphate  are  used  by  Crocq 
with  good  results  in  nervous  affections  ;  he  uses  a  solution  of  2  gm. 
in  100  gm.  of  cherry  laurel  water,  of  which  about  3  ccm.  are 
injected  under  strict  antiseptic  precautions.  He  considers  it  a 
powerful  nerve  tonic  when  used  in  this  manner. — Gaz.  medicate  de 
Liege,  Oct.,  1892. 
Cupric  phosphate  is  used  by  Saint-Germain  for  hypodermic  injec- 
tions in  the  treatment  of  tuberculosis.  Dr.  Luton  employed  copper- 
salts  for  this  purpose  (see  Amer.  Jour.  Pharm.,  1887,  p.  559),  but 
the  method  fell  into  disuse.  The  author  employs  the  following 
formulas : 
(1)  Crystallized  sodium  phosphate,  5  gm.,  distilled  water  and 
glycerin,  of  each,  30  gm. 
(2)  Copper  acetate,  1  gm.,  distilled  water  and  glycerin,  of  each, 
20  gm. 
The  two  solutions  are  mixed  without  filtering  the  mixture.  An 
injection  of  this,  in  its  immediate  effect,  presents  analogous  action 
to  an  injection  of  Koch's  liquid. — Rev.  de  Th'er.>  Jan.,  1893,  p.  50. 
Alcoholic  extract  of  male  fern. — Lanara  uses  the  following  in  the 
treatment  of  eczema  with  good  results;  Alcoholic  extract  of  male 
fern,  30  gm.;  alcohol,  15  gm. ;  extract  of  myrrh  and  extract  of 
opium,  of  each,  4  gm.    This  is  applied  twice  a  day  after  washing  the 
