AJAuS,TXm'}  Bashams  Mixture.  385 
The  following  is  the  formula  : 
Tr.  ferric  chloride    2^f^ 
Ac.  acetic  dilute  1     f  3 
Sol.  ammon.  acetate  3  f% 
Curacoa  or  alcohol  2     f  3 
Syrup, 
Water,  of  each,  to  measure  6     f  5 
This  formula  was  superseded  by  one  in  which  the  quantity 
of  the  tincture  of  iron  was  slightly  reduced  and  the  acetic  acid  in- 
creased.   It  was  as  follows: 
Tr.  ferric  chloride  2  f  3  160  m. 
Ac.  acetic  dilute  3  f  3      4  f  3 
Sol.  ammon.  acetate  3f"5      4  f  ^ 
Elixir  orange   6  f  5      1  f"3 
Glycerin   6  1  f § 
Water  sufficient  to  measure  .  .  .  6  fj  8 
It  should  be  stated  that  at  a  pharmaceutical  meeting  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  held  January  18,  1876  (Amer.  Jour. 
Pharm.,  1876,  90),  reference  was  made  by  James  T.  Shinn  to  the 
fact  that  there  were  differences  in  Basham's  Mixture  as  obtained 
from  different  sources,  the  statement  being  made  that  20  minims  of 
the  tincture  of  chloride  of  iron  and  I  fluidounce  of  solution  of 
ammonium  acetate  were  the  right  proportions,  but  no  other 
ingredients  or  working  formula  were  given. 
In  May,  1877,  Thomas  S.  Wiegand  (Amer.  Jour.  Pharm.,  1877, 
232),  reported  the  following  formula: 
Parts. 
Tr.  ferric  chloride   3 
Ac.  acetic  dilute   4 
Sol.  ammon.  acetate   32 
Curacoa  cordial  •   8 
Syr.  orange  peel   12 
Water  to  make   64 
By  "  parts,"  Mr.  Wiegand  tells  me  that  he  meant  "  fluid  parts,"  or, 
for  example,  fluid  drachms.  He  states  that  he  first  learned  of  this 
formula  through  the  late  Charles  Bullock,  who,  he  thought,  had 
copied  it  from  an  English  journal. 
This  is  quite  similar  to  the  Philadelphia  Hospital  formula,  and 
likewise  to  that  used  in  the  '70's  by  the  late  Dr.  Philip  Leidy,  a  lead- 
ing Philadelphia  practitioner  some  years  ago,  and  one  time  chief 
resident  physician  of  the  Insane  Department  of  the  Philadelphia 
