AseJp°ti,i87A3RM'}   Gleanings  from  the  European  Journals.  397 
reaction  ;  it  is  still  distinct  with  one-hundredth  of  a  milligram,  but 
does  not  last  long.  Codeia  has  a  similar  behavior,  needing,  however, 
a  less  concentrated  acid  ;  the  two  alkaloids  are  distinguished  by  chlo- 
roform, which  dissolves  s  codeia  from  alkaline  liquids.  The  other 
opium  and  the  cinchona  alkaloids,  as  well  as  strychnia  and  brucia, 
show  no  characteristic  reaction,  but,  like  pure  sugar,  merely  give  a 
brown  color,  except  quinia,  which  gives  a  greenish  yellow  coloration 
and  a  more  intense  fluorescence.  A  mixture  of  quinia  and  morphia 
behaves  like  pure  morphia.  Atropia,  colchicia,  emetia  and  picrotoxin 
produce  no  peculiar  effect.  Aconitia,  with  sugar  solution  and  con- 
centrated sulphuric  acid,  gives  a  nice  rose  red  coloration  on  the  mar- 
gin, changing  rapidly  into  dirty  violet  and  brown. — Ibid,  from  Pog- 
gend.  Annalen. 
Dried  Meat  for  Medicinal  Purposes  is  prepared  by  Dannecy  of 
Bordeaux  by  cutting  fresh  meat  finely,  spreading  upon  muslin,  dry- 
ing rapidly  in  a  current  of  air  and  rubbing  into  a  brown  powder, 
which  is  almost  inodorous,  and  has  a  slightly  saline  taste.*  It  is 
readily  taken  by  patients,  spread  upon  bread,  or  a  teaspoonful  of  it 
mixed  with  a  cupful  of  broth  or  soup,  or  by  children,  if  baked  into 
biscuits. — Ibid,  from  Bullet.  Gmer.  de  Therap.  lxxxii. 
Impurity  in  Corrosive  Sublimate. — Bultot  of  Liege  met  with  cor- 
rosive sublimate  which,  on  dissolving  in  water,  ether  and  alcohol,  left 
a,  yellow  residue,  while  the  solutions  in  the  last  two  solvents  had  a  red- 
dish color.  Further  examination  showed  that  the  salt  had  most  likely 
been  made  from  the  residuary  liquids  employed  in  the  manufacture 
of  anilin  colors. — Journ.  de  Pharm.  d'Anvers,  1873,  June,  from 
Archives  Medicates. 
Grlycerite  of  Lime  used  in  Burns  is  said  by  De  Breyne  to  soothe 
the  pain  and  to  prevent  inflammation  or  diminish  its  intensity ;  it  is 
prepared  from  recently  slaked  lime,  one  part ;  glycerin,  fifty  parts ; 
chlorinated  hydrochloric  ether,  one  part. — E  Union  Pharmac.  1873, 
-June. 
The  Toxical  Effects  of  Iodide  of  Tetramethylammonium  and  Tetra- 
*  This  process  has  been  used  by  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  more  thati 
twenty  years  ago  (See  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1853,  p.  225),  and  a 
similar  process  was  patented  in  England  in  1866  to  Dr.  A.  H.  Hassall  (See 
American  Journ.  Pharmacy,  lKi>7,  p.  445.— Editor  Amer.  Journ.  Pharm. 
