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Syrup  of  Dentition. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Dec,  1884. 
it  may  be  of  some  importance  in  operations  upon  these  structures  in 
lessening  pain  and  checking  haemorrhage. 
"Eighth.  By  its  use  in  ophthalmic  surgery  all  of  the  petty  annoy- 
ances from  general  anaesthesia  may  be  done  away  with. 
"Ninth.  In  view  of  the  powerful  effect  of  the  drug  upon  the  eye, 
more  data  are  necessary  before  it  can  be  universally  employed  as  a  local 
anaesthetic  in  eye-surgery." 
SYRUP  OF  DENTITION. 
By  W.  B.  Thompson. 
A  compound,  with  the  above  as  a  title,  is  being  ordered  of  the 
apothecaries  of  this  city,  by  prescription,  ordering  by  title  alone,  gen- 
erally finds  the  dispenser  unfamiliar  with  this  class  of  preparations. 
In  the  absence  of  other  accessible  means  it  is,  of  course,  only  by  appli- 
cation to  the  prescriber  or  to  some  druggist  who  may  happen  to  possess 
it,  that  the  dispenser  can  procure  the  formula.  It  is  proper  that  as 
soon  as  such  recipes  come  into  vogue  or  use  they  should  become, 
through  publication,  common  property,  to  the  end  that  all  may  have 
equal  opportunity. 
The  writer,  on  procuring  the  formula,  and  being  under  the  impres- 
sion that  it  was  original  in  the  French  Codex,  applied  to  Professor 
Maisch,  who,  after  examination,  very  kindly  gave  the  following  infor- 
mation : 
Dorvault/s  l'Officine  (but  not  the  French  Codex)  contains  the 
recipe  under  the  name  of  '  Sirop  de  Dentition  de  Delabarre/  with  a 
formula  very  similar  to  that  you  gave  me,  as  follows : 
R .  Juice  of  fresh  tamarinds   3  gm. 
Infusion  of  saffron  (strength  3  per  cent.)..   2  " 
Purified  honey   10  " 
Tincture  of  vanilla   25  w 
Dorvault  says,  in  a  note  appended,  "  The  juice  of  tamarinds  may 
be  replaced  by  the  pulp  diffused  in  water "  (proportions  not  given), 
the  fresh  juice,  of  course,  not  being  obtainable. 
There  being,  as  will  be  observed,  considerable  obscurity  in  regard  to 
proportion  of  ingredients  in  the  components  of  the  above,  some- 
thing will  have  to  be  assumed  by  individual  judgment  in  working  out 
an  acceptable  and  nice  compound..   The  preparation  will  be  assigned, 
