522         GLEANINGS — CHEMICAL  AND  PHARMACEUTICAL. 
Charles  A.  Budd  suggested  the  hypodermic  application  of  sul- 
phate of  atropia,  l-60th  of  a  grain  of  which  was  injected  after 
breathing  had  ceased,  and  in  fifteen  minutes  she  showed  signs  of 
life,  the  pupils  began  very  slightly  to  dilate,  and  in  ten  minutes 
more  she  began  to  breathe  and  the  respiration  rose  to  12  per 
minute.  The  dose  was  repeated  in  half  an  hour,  consciousness 
returned  in  fifty  minutes,  and  the  patient  is  now  living. 
Pharmacy  in  Tuscany. — The  practice  of  pharmacy  in  Tuscany 
has  been  the  subject  of  action  of  a  government  commission, 
charged  with  the  care  of  the  new  sanitary  code  adopted  in  the 
kingdom  of  Italy.  The  practice  is  left  free  to  competition  in 
principle,  but  under  the  double  guarantee  of  the  diploma  and 
governmental  surveillance.  This  restriction  to  absolute  liberty, 
such  as  it  exists  in  England,  appears  to  be  in  accord  with  public 
opinion,  and  does  not  favor  the  encroachments  and  inconveni- 
ences of  the  illicit  sale  of  pharmaceutical  products. — Graz.  Med., 
and  Rep.  de  Pharm. 
Naphthaline  to  repel  insects. — M.  Eugene  Pelouse  proposes  to 
employ  naphthaline  to  protect  plants  from  insects.  It  does  not 
act  as  an  insecticide,  but  is  so  disagreeable  to  them  as  to  cause 
them  to  leave  a  plant  upon  which  it  is  sprinkled.  It  is  used  in 
very  small  quantities  and  said  to  be  very  effectual. — Jour,  de 
Chim.  Med. 
Paraffine  as  a  lubricant  for  machinery — The  need  of  a  lubri- 
cant for  machinery  with  heated  surfaces  has  caused  a  substance 
of  the  parafiin  class,  inelene  (C50H60),  to  be  suggested  for 
this  purpose  by  M.  A.  Monnet.  It  is  volatile  at  370°  C. 
without  change,  has  the  consistence  of  wax  ordinarily,  but 
soon  softens  by  the  friction,  and  when  it  is  much  heated  it  is 
very  fluid  and  unctious. — Jour,  de  Chim.  Med. 
Paraffin  to  protect  vessels  in  crystallizing. — M.  Franz.  Stolba, 
of  Prague,  suggest  the  use  of  parafiin  as  a  coating  to  vessels  of 
glass  or  porcelain  when  these  are  attacked  by  certain  liquids  to 
be  set  aside  for  crystallization.  The  parafiin  is  put  into  the 
capsules,  previously  well  dried  and  heated  till  it  commences  to 
boil ;  the  vessels  are  then  turned  about  so  as  to  bring  the  parafiin 
in  contact  with  the  whole  of  the  interior  surface  and  then  empty 
