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then  with  thirty  (30)  parts  of  water  gradually  added  and  filter,  adding 
enough  water  through  the  filter  to  make  the  liquid  weigh  forty  (40) 
parts,  in  which  dissolve  the  sugar  by  agitation. 
The  writer  is  aware  that  the  syrup  of  orange  thus  made  requires 
considerable  time  and  trouble,  for  the  separation  of  the  epiderm  from 
the  white  layer  is  rather  a  tedious  operation.  I  am  also  aware  that 
many  pharmacists — I  almost  said  most — prepare  this  syrup  from  the 
fluid  extract  supplied  by  manufacturers.  The  fluid  extract  made  from 
the  ground  peel  yields  a  syrup  which  is  anything  but  officinal.  In 
the  interest  of  accurate  pharmacy  (for  pharmacy  should  be  as  exact  a 
science  as  mathematics),  this  simple  preparation  should  be  as  carefully 
prepared  as  confection  of  senna,  blue  mass,  or  any  of  the  more 
difficult  pharmaceutical  preparations. 
It  has  been  proposed  to  use  for  this  syrup  the  peel  carefully  grated 
from  the  fruit  in  place  of  the  dried  peel.  I  exhibit,  herewith,  two 
samples  of  syrup  thus  made,  the  one  merely  substituting  an  equal 
amount  of  the  fresh  peel  for  the  dried  of  the  officinal  formula.  In  the 
other,  an  allowance  is  made  for  the  moisture  which,  in  several  deter- 
minations, amounted  to  seventy  per  cent,  on  air  drying.  Conse- 
quently 16f  parts  were  used  in  place  of  5  parts  for  the  officinal  syrup. 
GLEANINGS  FROM  FOREIGN  JOURNALS. 
By  Geoege  H.  Ochse,  Ph.  G. 
Incompatibility  of  Antipyrin  and  Spirit  of  Nitrous  Ether. — According 
to  Eules  sweet  spirit  of  nitre  and  antipyrin  are  incompatible  owing  to 
the  formation  of  an  aniline. — P  harmaceutische  Rundschau,  xxii,  p.  70. 
Preservation  of  Raspberry  Juice. — Raspberry  juice  can  be  preserved 
by  adding  20  gms.  of  salicylic  acid  to  100  liters  of  juice,  also  by  the 
addition  of  15  per  cent,  of  96  per  cent,  alcohol.  Salicylic  acid  is 
preferable  to  alcohol  for  several  reasons.  When  the  juice  is  preserved 
with  alcohol  it  soon  loses  its  bright  red  color,  turning  violet,  and 
gradually  acquires  a  strong  ethereal  odor,  losing  in  this  way  the 
natural  aroma,  whilst  juice  preserved  with  salicylic  acid  retains  its 
natural  color  and  odor  and  yields  a  clear  syrup  when  boiled  with 
sugar. — Phurm.  Rundschau,  xii,  p.  82. 
Stable  Corrosive  Sublimate  Soap. — Unna  in  an  article  on  medicinal 
soaps  stated  that  a  stable  soap  of  corrosive  sublimate  would  be  of 
great  value  to  physicians.    Owing  to  the  rapidity  with  which  mer- 
