f# . PHARMACEUTICAL NOTICES. 
haps, one of the most elegant and efficacious preparations 
which has been introduced. It may also be combined with 
soaps, which it renders peculiarly softening and efficient, 
particularly to individuals who have a dry or hard skin." 
The antiseptic, softening properties, as stated by Dr. S., 
will render this a useful agent in pharmacy, independent of 
its medical relation, if borne out in practice. In blue pill, 
quinine pills, and many others where ^ hardening is to be 
avoided, and where water would cause mouldiness in close 
vessels, this agent is said to answer without this change. 
Dr. Clymer, who prescribed the following mixture in a case 
of lichen, found it perfectly successful. 
Take of glycerin, - f.^j. 
Borax, grs. x. 
Rose water, - - - . f.3vij 
Make a lotion, mix. 
This lotion was applied three times a day. Its efficacy 
in chapped hands has been proven in two cases under my 
own notice. 
