240  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting:  { Am  May?i89hiarm' 
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Red  rose  petals,    .   .  .       3  ii 
Pomegranate  rind,   giv 
Boiling  water,   f  ^  vi 
Infuse,  strain  and  add  : 
Alum,  -  3ij 
Clarified  honey,  
Filter. 
M. 
Mr.  Beringer  exhibited  specimens  of  cantharidin  and  cantharidate  of  potas- 
sium, Liebreich's  new  remedy  for  consumption,  the  dose  being  one-  or  two- 
tenths  of  a  milligramme  used  hypodermically.  The  specimen  of  cantharidin 
was  very  fine  both  in  color  and  in  size  of  crystals.  They  were  both  from  the 
laboratory  of  Dr.  Theodore  Schuchardt,  of  Goerlitz,  Germany. 
Mr.  F.  W.  Haussmann,  Ph.G.,  read  a  paper  on  solution  of  succinate  of  iron, 
which  was  referred  to  publication  committee. 
Mr.  Mclntyre  in  reply  to  the  query,  What  is  syrupus  roborans?  said  that  the 
name  was  that  of  a  proprietary  article,  made  by  a  house  in  Louisville,  Ky. 
The  formula  was  given  in  the  Western  Druggist.  It  seems  that  the  best  way 
to  answer  this  query  is  to  submit  what  may  be  termed  a  skeleton  formula 
indicating  the  amount  of  quinine  and  strychnine  that  is  really  desired  in  each 
dose,  and  adding  the  hypophosphites  of  iron,  calcium,  sodium,  potassium  and 
manganese  in  such  quantities  as  will,  when  combined  form  an  advantageous 
preparation.    Such  a  formula  is  the  following  : 
Hypophosphite  of  Calcium         two  grains 
"  Sodium         one  " 
"  Potassium      one  " 
Iron  half  " 
"  Manganese    half  " 
"  Quinine         half  " 
"  Strychnine     t£q       "    in  every  teaspoonful. 
This  will  represent  a  syrup  of  quinine,  strychnine  and  hypophosphites 
similar  to  Fellow's  (or  other  good  makes). 
To  obtain  equally  good  results  the  following  simple  formula  may  be  followed, 
the  manganese  being  the  only  salt  omitted. 
Quinine  bimuriatis,   Gr  xxv 
Strychnine  sulphatis,   Gr  }£ 
Aquae  destillatae,   f  3  ij 
Syrupi  hypophosphitum  cum  ferro,   f  %  vj 
M. 
Owing  to  the  great  solubility  of  the  bimuriate  of  quinine  and  sulphate  of 
strvchnine  in  water,  an  excellent  opportunity  is  presented  to  the  physician  of 
altering  the  dose  in  any  manner  that  circumstances  may  indicate. 
A  secret  preparation  is  claimed  to  contain  twenty-five  per  cent,  of  cod  liver 
oil,  and  is  called  a  tasteless  preparation  of  cod  liver  oil  and  hypophosphites  ; 
the  examination  of  it,  by  two  capable  chemists,  published  some  two  years  ago, 
showed  it  to  be  destitute  of  any  oil. 
The  recipe  of  the  National  Formulary  does  not  seem  to  give  a  sufficient  dose 
