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FERRATED  ELIXIR  OF  BARK. 
tain  497  grains  of  the  anhydrous  salt,  or  637  grains  of  a  salt 
containing  twenty-two  per  cent  of  water.  Now  if  it  be  made  to 
measure  26  fluid  drachms,  instead  of  100  fluid  grammes,  each 
fluid  drachm  will  contain  about  24  grains  of  the  hydrated  salt, 
or  19  grains  of  the  anhydrous. 
In  making  Monsei's  salt,  care  should  be  taken  to  ascertain 
the  strength  of  the  acids  used  ;  as  an  excess  would  render  the 
preparation  caustic,  or  give  a  result  different  from  the  one  in- 
tended, in  which  there  is  less  acid  than  the  base  is  capable  of 
combining  with. 
In  my  own  case,  an  ordinary  vial,  capable  of  holding  1000 
grains  of  distillate  at  60°  when  filled  to  the  neck,  served  the  pur- 
pose of  showing  the  specific  gravity,  and  consequently  the 
strength  of  the  acids  at  my  command. 
FERRATED  ELIXIR  OF  BARK. 
By  James  T.  Shinn. 
Among  the  pharmaceutical  novelties  recently  brought  to  the 
notice  of  physicians,  this  preparation  of  Iron,  Cinchona  and 
Brandy,  is  one  of  the  most  agreeable  and  consequently  may 
prove  very  popular  with  patients. 
Where  an  after-dinner  stomachic  and  excitant  is  required  with 
the  tonic  effect  of  small  doses  of  Cinchona  and  Iron,  this  Fer- 
rated  Elixir  of  Bark  will  answer  admirably,  one  objection  to  its 
use,  however,  being  the  danger  of  engendering  a  taste  for  spirit- 
uous liquors. 
Not  being  aware  of  the  publication  of  any  formula  for  making 
it,  the  following  is  offered  as  having  given  satisfaction. 
Take  of  Calisaya  Bark  in  powder  No.  60,       four  ounces, 
Cinnamon  water,  two  pints. 
Caraway  water,  one  pint. 
Tincture  of  Fresh  Orange  Peel,  half-a  pint. 
Alcohol  half-a  pint. 
Brandy,  two  pints. 
Syrup,  three  pints. 
Pyrophosphate  of  Iron, 
(with  Citrate  of  Ammonia)  in  scales,  two  ounces. 
Mix  the  caraway  and  cinnamon  water  with  the  tincture  of 
