300  Soda  Mint    Gordoiis  Glycerin.  {^"^jifri.mr* 
Saccli.  Alb.  Pulv,  .        .  .    thirty-one  av.  ounces. 
Acid.  Muriat.  Pur.,        .  *  f^ij, 
Sol.  Ferri  Chloridi  (FeCl),         .  f^iv. 
The  strength  of  the  elixir  is  about  the  same  as  officinal  tinctura 
gentianjB  co.  ;  it  contains  the  equivalent  of  ten  drops  officinal  tr.  ferri 
chloridi  to  each  fluidounce. 
Any  elixir  that  may  be  desired  with  chloride  of  iron  can  be  made 
in  the  same  way,  substituting  other  drugs  instead  of  gentian.  I  will 
furnish  my  recipes  with  other  salts  of  iron,  for  future  numbers  of  the 
Journal,  as  I  can  find  the  time.  I  think  if  druggists  will  give  these 
recipes  a  fair  trial,  they  will  find  the  resulting  elixirs  will  give  better 
results  than  any  that  have  heretofore  been  published. 
New  York,  June  6th,  1871. 
SODA  MINT. 
By  Henry  A.  Borell. 
Editor  Amer.  Jour.  Pharmacy  : 
The  very  popular  "Soda  Mint,"  so  much  employed  as  an  antacid 
and  carminative  for  over-fed  infants  and  dyspeptics,  was  originally  a 
favorite  prescription  of  Dr.  Geo.  Norris,  of  this  city.  His  formula 
was  the  following : 
R.    Sodae  Bicarb.,  ....  ^ss, 
Spt.  Amnion.  Aromat.,         .  .  • 
Aquae  Menthse  Piperita3,       .  .  .  Oj. 
M. 
Dose,  from  a  dessertspoonful  to  a  tablespoonful  for  adults ;  from 
half  to  one  teaspoonful  for  infants. 
There  is  evidently  an  error  in  the  formula  on  page  247  of  this 
journal."^ 
NOTE  ON  GORDON'S  GLYCERIN. 
By  Joseph  P.  Remimgton,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Having  had  occasion  to  investigate  more  fully  the  quality  of  gly- 
cerin as  it  exists  in  this  market,  for  the  purpose  of  reporting  further 
*  The  editor  requests  the  readers  to  correct  the  error  oa  page  247.  Aq. 
Menth.  vir,  f^ij,  should  be  f^xij. 
