340  Abstracts  from  the  French  Journals.  {AmjJu°i"'Sarm' 
with  a  funnel  tube  containing  concentrated  acetic  acid,  is  introduced 
a  mixture  of  100-200  gm.  binoxide  of  manganese  and  peroxide  of 
barium,  with  sufficient  water  to 'cover  it,  and  to  prevent  foaming  a 
layer  of  oil  is  added.  Several  cc.  of  the  acid  are  introduced  through 
the  stopcock  of  the  funnel  tube,  when  the  reaction  commences  at 
once  and  the  oxygen  is  passed  to  a  wash-bottle,  and  from  there  is 
received  into  a  rubber  bag.  For  introducing  air  into  the  apparatus 
and  regulating  the  disengagement  of  the  gas.  a  rubber  bulb  is 
attached  to  the  flask  by  means  of  rubber  tubing.  The  apparatus  is 
illustrated  in  L  Union  pharmaceutique,  May,  1893.  P-  233- 
Emulsio?i  of  salol  and  camphor. — M.  Lerich,  in  Bulletin  m'ed.  de 
VAlgeric,  gives  the  following  process: 
Mix  ten  parts  each  of  salol  and  camphor  in  a  mortar,  and  when 
the  mixture  is  entirely  liquefied  add  ten  parts  almond  oil,  then  15 
parts  gum  arabic.  Now  add  30  parts  distilled  water,  beat  vigorously, 
and  increase  to  300  parts,  added  in  small  portions  at  a  time. 
Salol,  10  gm.,  dissolved  in  almond  oil  3c  gm.,  and  injected  sub- 
cutaneous!}' has  been  used  by  M.  Grossi  with  good  results  in  tuber- 
culosis ;  he  commences  with  5  gm.  of  the  above  solution  per  day, 
and  increases  it  to  20  gm.  The  injections  have  generally  no  local 
action,  but,  when  they  have  been  repeated  a  number  of  times,  must 
be  discontinued  for  a  while. — Med.  Xevigk.,  through  Nouv.  Rem., 
May,  1893,  p.  223. 
Scopolamine,  according  to  Prof.  Robert,  being  a  mydriatic,  pro- 
duces physiological  effects,  differing  from  those  of  atropine  ;  its 
action  on  the  brain  is  a  paralyzing  one,  and  it  retards  the  pulse, 
instead  of  accelerating  it,  as  does  atropine.  The  clinical  observa- 
tions of  Dr.  Rahlmann  show  that  the  hydrochloride  of  scopolamine 
is  superior  to  either  hyoscyamine  or  atropine  as  a  mydriatic,  anal- 
gesic and  antiphlogistic,  as  it  does  not  occasion  the  dryness  of  the 
throat,  the  redness  of  face,  nor  the  acceleration  of  pulse,  observed 
under  the  influence  of  atropine.  In  glaucomatous  conditions  it  can 
be  injected  into  the  eye,  in  solution  of  one  or  two  per  cent,  strength. 
— Semaine  m'cdicale. 
Apocodeine,  having  been  credited  by  Mathiessen  and  Burnside 
with  emetic  properties  like  apomorphine.  L.  Guinard  {Lyon  medical. 
May,  1893)  has  experimented  with  this  medicament,  and  also  with 
lis  hydrochloride,  administering  to  dogs  as  high  as  8  cgm.  but  with- 
