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VARIETIES. 
Take  of  Iodine    .......  40  grains. " 
Reduced  iron. 
Powdered  acacia — aa         ,        .        .        .  10  « 
Powdered  sugar        .         .        .        .        .  20  " 
Glycerin  .         .        .        .        .         .15  drops. 
Powdered  althaea      .        .        .         .        .  q.  s. 
To  be  made  into  50  pills. 
Triturate  the  iodine  and  the  iron  thoroughly  together,  dry,  until  they 
are  reduced  to  a  fine  powder ;  then  add  the  glycerin,  and  rub  till  the 
fumes  of  iodine  cease  to  be  given  off,  and  the  mixture  assumes  a  greenish 
color.  Then  acid  the  acacia  and  sugar,  and,  lastly,  sufficient  powdered 
althaea  to  bring  to  a  pilular  consistence. 
The  mass  should  be  very  stiff.  When  the  pills  are  formed  roll  them  in 
ferri  pulv.,  and  then  coat  them  with  tolu. — JV.  Y.  Med.  Journ.,  Feb.,  1867. 
Strop  de  Pepsine  and  Crime  de  Bismuth. — By  L.  Ch,  Boisliniere,  M.  D. 
— I  communicate  my  formulae  for  the  two  following  preparations  :— - 
Strop  de  Pepsine. 
$  Boudalt's  pepsin,  ^ijss. 
Distilled  water,  giv. 
Sherry  wine, 
Mix  the  pepsin  with  the  water  and  sherry,  and  digest  four  hours,  at  a 
temperature  not  to  exceed  85°  F.    Then  add — 
Syrup  of  strawberries,  giv. 
Tinct.  Cardamom  comp.,  -iv. 
Carmine,  grs.  ij. 
Digest  and  filter.  Each  tablespoonful  contains  five  grains  of  pure 
pepsin.  ,0 
Dose. — One  tablespoonful  immediately  after  every  meal. 
Crime  de  Bismuth. 
B  French  Subnitrate  of  Bismuth,  gijss. 
Mucilage  of  gum, 
Syrup  strawberries,  each  3y. 
Essence  Vanilla,  gtt.  xxx. 
Carmine,  grs.  ij. 
M.  S. — Shake  vial  and  take  one  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day,  before 
every  meal.  Each  teaspoonful  contains  five  grains  of  the  subnitrate  of 
bismuth. 
St.  Louis,  Nov.  16,  1866. 
— Richmond  (Va.)  Med.  Journ.,  Feb:,  1867. 
Union  of  Mercury  and  Aluminium. — By  Dr.  Thomas  H.  Chandler, 
Boston. — A  remark  by  Dr.  McQuillen,  in  the  December  number  of  the 
