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brown,  changing  again  to  greenish  yellow. — Ann.  di.  Ch.  e  di  Farm. ; 
Re  pert,  de  Phar.,  March  to. 
Preparation  of  Tincture  of  Iodine. — M.  Benoit  writes  as  fol- 
lows in  the  Arch.de  Phar.,  March  10:  We  know  that  paintings 
with  long-prepared  tinctures  of  iodine  are  often  painful  from  the 
start ;  but  tinctures  made  by  the  cold  process  in  the  proportions 
given  by  the  Codex  have  no  immediate  action  when  applied  to  the 
skin,  so  that,  in  acute  bronchitis,  for  example,  the  derivative  influ- 
ence of  the  preparation  takes  place  too  late.  Hence,  I  believe  that, 
instead  of  trying  to  avoid  the  production  of  hydriodic  acid  in  the 
making  of  this  preparation,  it  is  preferable  to  induce  it.  For  this, 
we  must  renounce  the  cold  processes,  and  dissolve  the  iodine  in  a 
water-bath,  taking  care  not  to  apply  the  heat  longer  than  will  be 
necessary  for  effecting  a  complete  solution.  As  to  the  use  of  iodide 
of  potassium  to  facilitate  the  dissolving  of  the  iodine,  it  should  be 
rejected  as  constituting  a  regrettable  modification  of  the  formula  of 
the  Codex. 
Extemporaneous  Preparation  of  Kino. — Kino,  6 ;  water,  9  ; 
glycerin  9;  alcohol,  36.    Boll.  Farm.;  R'epert.  de  Phar.,  March  10. 
Sulphoricinic  Acid  and  Sulphoricinates.  —  Sulphoricinate  of 
soda  (the  excipient  below  named)  is  made  by  making  sulphoricinic 
acid  exactly  neutral  with  soda.  It  adheres  well  to  the  skin  and  is 
said  to  give  good  results  in  ulcerative  laryngeal  tuberculosis,  ozena 
and  diphtheria.  Sulphoricinated  Phenol  is  made  by  dissolving 
with  a  little  heat  40  gm.  of  pure  phenic  acid  with  100  gm.  of  sul- 
phoricinate of  soda.  Weaker  solutions  may  be  made.  It  is  applied 
as  a  paint  in  diphtheria.  Sulphoricinated  Naphthol  :  Sulphori- 
cinate of  soda,  100  gm.;  naphthol  /?,  10  gm.;  dissolve;  two  table- 
spoonfuls  are  added  to  a  litre  of  water.  The  resultant  emulsion  is 
used  as  a  wash  in  ozena.  Sulphoricinated  Creosote  ;  Sulphorici- 
nate of  soda,  ioo.gm.;  creosote,  15  gm.;  this  may  be  used  pure  or 
an  emulsion  may  be  made  with  water,  for  a  wash  in  laryngeal  tuber- 
culosis. Sulphoricinated  Salol  :  Sulphoricinate  of  soda,  100 
gm.;  salol,  15  gm.;  may  be  used  pure  or  mixed  with  water  (2 
tablespoonfuls  per  litre)  as  a  wash  for  ulcers. — P.  Yvon  in  Le  Progres 
med.y  Dec.  13,  1890. 
Ointments  Containing  Large  Proportions  of  Extracts  or 
Salts. — In  the  Jour,  de  Phar.  a" Anvers,  Feb.,  M.  Vindevogel  rec- 
