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for  an  extensively  sold  nostrum,  sailing  under  the  name  of  a 
celebrated  European  physician. 
Tinctura  aloes  composita :  Aloes  10  parts,  agaric,  saffron? 
myrrh,  gentian,  rhubarb,  zedoary,  of  each  1  part,  alcohol  160, 
water  40  parts. 
Tinctura  vulneraria  acida  :  Chamomile,  St.  John's  wort,  laven- 
der, wormwood,  hyssop,  marjoram,  melissa,  crisped  mint,  pepper- 
mint, rosemary,  rue,  thyme,  saunders,  fennel,  of  each  1  part ; 
alcohol  and  water,  of  each  50  parts. 
We  consider  it  a  step  in  the  right  direction  that  the  use  of 
olive  oil,  so  common  in  European  pharmacopoeias,  has  been  dis- 
carded almost  altogether  in  this  one.  We  have  no  experience 
with  plasters  made  from  benne  oil;  but  for  the  28  ointments, 
the  adoption  of  lard  instead  of  olive  oil  is  proper.  Unguentum 
simplex  is  6  lard  to  1  white  wax,  and  we  consider  it  preferable 
to  our  ung.  adipis,  which  is  rather  stiff  during  our  cold  winters.  • 
Unguentum  belladonna,  digitalis  and  hyoscyami  are  made  by 
digesting  the  powder  with  three  parts  of  alcohol,  mixing  the 
tincture  with  4  lard  and  evaporating  the  spirit.  Unguentum 
basilicum  consists  of  benne  oil,  wax,  suet,  resin,  black  pitch  and 
turpentine. 
Unguentum  Hydrargyri  citrinum  is  almost  identical  with  our 
citrine  ointment,  except  that  lard  is  the  only  fat  used.  Ungu- 
entum populi  is  made  by  digesting  2  p.  poplar  buds  and  1  hyos- 
cyamus  in  4  lard;  the  presence  of  hyoscyamus,  we  think, 
ought  to  be  indicated  in  the  name. 
Unguentum  refrigerans  is  our  ung.  aquae  rosse ;  but  the  un- 
guentum rosatum  consists  of  4  lard,  1  wax  and  1  rose  water. 
The  officinal  wines  are  vinum  aromaticum,  chinse,  colchici, 
stibiatum  and  ferratum.  This  last  is  a  very  uncertain  and  ne- 
cessarily a  very  unsightly  preparation,  it  being  made  by  macer- 
ating 2  parts  iron  filings  and  1  Ceylon  cinnamon  in  24  parts 
white  wine. 
In  supplanting  the  numerous  dispensatories,  etc.,  which  had 
been  in  use  in  the  various  Cantons  of  Switzerland,  it  was  obvi- 
ously unavoidable  to  recognize  many  preparations  which  are  of 
little  or  no  value,  and  which  will  undoubtedly  gradually  be 
dropped  on  future  revisions.    Looking  at  the  whole  work,  how- 
