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Abstracts  of  Papers. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\    February,  1911. 
Elixir  Glycero ph osphatiim. 
Sodium  glycerophosphate  (75  per  cent.)  ....  22  Gm. 
Calcium  glycerophosphate    8  Gm. 
Lactic  acid    8  c.c. 
Glycerin   300  c.c. 
Compound  spirit  of  orange   12  c.c. 
Alcohol    125  c.c. 
Purified  talc    15  Gm. 
Distilled  water,  sufficient  quantity  to  make.  .1000  c.c. 
The  author  also  recommends  that  the  next  revised  National  For- 
mulary contain  a  compound  elixir  of  the  various  glycerophosphates 
and  advises  the  inclusion  in  this  book  of  the  following  formula : 
Elixir  Glycerophosphatiim  Compositum. 
Sodium  glycerophosphate  (75  per  cent.).  44  Gm. 
Calcium  glycerophosphate   16  Gm. 
Iron  glycerophosphate   3  Gm. 
Manganese  glycerophosphate   3  Gm. 
Quinine  glycerophosphate   1  Gm. 
Strychnine  glycerophosphate    0.125  Gm. 
Lactic  acid   8  c.c. 
Compound  spirit  of  cardamom   10  c.c. 
Alcohol    125  c.c. 
Glycerin    350  c.c. 
Purified  talc   15  Gm. 
Distilled  water,  sufficient  quantity  to  make  1000  c.c. 
As  the  formates  have  within  recent  years  become  exceedingly 
popular  abroad,  and  as  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Codex  has  in- 
cluded formulas  for  elixirs  and  a  syrup,  which  indicates  more  or  less 
use  in  the  British  Isla^ids,  he  advises  the  introduction  of  the  follow- 
ing formulas : 
Elixir  Formatum. 
Potassium  formate    50  Gm. 
Sodium  formate    50  Gm. 
Aromatic  elixir,  sufficient  quantity  to  make.  .  1000  c.c. 
