Am"sJept!''i886arm"}     Practical  Notes  from  Various  Sources.  427 
Brandy. — Ch.  Ordonneau  has  found  in  100  liters  of  pure  brandy, 
prepared  from  wine  and  25  years  old,  the  following:  Acetaldehyde  3, 
acetic  ether  35,  acetal  35,  normal  propyl  alcohol  40,  normal  butyl 
alcohol  218*6,  normal  amyl  alcohol  83*8,  normal  hexyl  alcohol  0*6, 
normal  heptyl  alcohol  1*5,  propionic,  butyric  and  caprylic  ethers  4, 
oenanthic  ether  about  4,  and  amine  bases  4  gm. 
Alcohol  prepared  from  maize,  beets  or  potatoes,  contains  isobutyl 
alcohol  (but  no  normal  butyl  alcohol),  propyl  alcohol,  amyl  alcohol, 
pyridine,  and  probably  collidine.  No  butyl  alcohol  is  produced  under 
the  influence  of  beer-yeast  (the  globular  form),  while  normal  butyl 
alcohol  is  generated  by  wine-yeast  (the  elliptic  form). — Rep.  Anal. 
Chem.,  1886,  p.  13. 
Eau  de  Quinine  is  a  mixture  of  rum  100  p.,  cologne  spirit  10  p., 
castor  oil  10  p.,  tincture  of  red  cinchona  10  p.,  balsam  of  Peru  3  p., 
and  water  50  parts. — Sudd.  Apoth.  Ztg. 
Solution  of  Caffeine  for  Hypodermic  Injections. — Tanret  recommends 
the  following:  Triturate  caffeine  2*50  gm.,  with  sodium  benzoate  2*95 
gm.,  add  distilled  water  10  ccm.  and  filter.  Solution  takes  place  very 
readily.  The  benzoate  is  preferable  to  the  salicylate  of  sodium  be- 
cause the  latter  acquires  a  rose  colored  tint  on  coining  in  contact  with 
mere  traces  of  iron. — Rep.  de  Phar.,  1886,  p.  119. 
Menthiodol  has  been  recommended  in  neuralgia.  It  is  prepared  by 
carefully  heating  4  parts  of  menthol  in  a  small  glass  or  porcelain  ves- 
sel, adding  1  part  of  finely  powdered  iodol,  and  triturating  well  until 
a  homogeneous  mass  is  produced,  which  is  converted  into  cones  or  pen- 
cils of  suitable  size.  Should  the  mass  become  too  hard  for  certain 
purposes,  it  is  remelted  with  the  addition  of  a  minute  quantity  of  cam- 
phor.— Rundschau,  Prag,  1886,  p.  368. 
Iodol  Ointment  is  recommended  by  Trousseau  (17  Union  Med.,  May 
22,  1&86)  to  be  made  of  iodol  2  gm.  and  soft  paraffin  10  gm. 
Iodol  Lotion  is  prepared  with  iodol  3  gm.,  alcohol  32  gm.  and  glyce- 
rin 65  gm. 
Tablets  of  Aconite  are  recommended  by  P.  Vigier  (Gaz.  Hebdom. 
Med.,  April  16,  1886)  as  a  convenient  form  for  administering  aconite, 
and  to  be  made  of  tragacanth  0*5  gm.,  orange  flower  water  5*0  gm., 
sugar  50  gm.  and  tincture  of  aconite  root  (F.  Cod.)  200  drops ;  to 
be  divided  into  100  tablets,  of  which  five  to^ten  may  be  taken  in  24 
hours.  The  French  tincture  of  aconite  root  is  precisely  one-half  the 
strength  of  that  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia. 
