Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
July  1, 1871.  ; 
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keep  quinia  or  cinchonia  in  stock,  as  the  sulphates  of  these  alkaloids 
are  used  direct,  thus  saving  the  trouble  of  precipitating  them.  I 
have  prepared  samples  of  elixir  from  both  sulphates  and  citrates  of 
quinia  and  cinchonia,  and  find  that  one  keeps  as  well  as  the  other, 
and  the  testimony  of  physicians  who  have  used  both  goes  to  show 
that  they  are  equally  efiicacious. 
My  opinion  is  with  Professor  Maisch,  that  it  is  just  as  well  to  pre- 
pare elixir  cinchonae  et  ferri  from  the  isolated  alkaloids  (or  their  salts) 
as  from  the  bark,  but  of  course  each  pharmacist  can  follow  his  own 
convictions  in  the  matter,  as  the  compound  is  not  ofiScinal. 
Carbolic  Cerate. 
The  following  will  be  found  to  be  an  excellent  formula  for  this  pre- 
paration : 
R.    Adipis,  .....  ^x, 
Cerae  Albas,  .....  ^v, 
Terebinth.  Can.,         .  .  .  -  ^'h 
Acid.  Carbol.,  .  .  .  •  5j- 
Melt  the  lard  and  wax  together,  add  the  balsam  fir,  and  when  it 
begins  to  cool  stir  in  the  carbolic  acid. 
The  addition  of  balsam  fir  to  this  preparation  corrects  the  disagree- 
able odor  of  the  acid;  and  renders  it  slightly  adhesive,  which  is  quite 
desirable  when  the  compound  is  used  as  a  dressing  for  burns,  old 
sores,  &c. 
Battle  Creek,  Michigan,  June  10,  1871. 
ETHEREAL  SOLUTION  OF  QUINIA. 
By  Charles  Rice. 
An  ethereal  solution  of  quinia  has  for  several  years  been  quite  fre- 
quently prescribed  by  prominent  physicians  in  this  city  and  elsewhere, 
and  I  have  been  often  requested,  especially  by  physicians  in  the 
country,  to  furnish  them  a  formula  for  its  preparation.  Although  the 
different  steps  of  the  preparation  are  simple  enough,  yet  I  have  re- 
peatedly been  informed  of  failures  in  the  hands  of  others.  In  order 
to  furnish  to  those,  who  are  not  practical  pharmaceutists  or  chemists, 
and  also  to  those  who  have  met  with  ill  success,  a  formula  for  its 
