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Tinctura  Cinchonce,  etc. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t    Aug.  1, 1871. 
TINCTURA  CINCHONAS  ET  FERRI  CHLORIDI  SACCHARATA. 
By  W.  W.  Seay. 
I  propose  the  above  name  and  preparation  to  the  framers  and 
revisers  of  our  Pharmacopoeia  for  adoption  as  officinal.  Some  such 
preparation  is  very  much  needed  at  the  present  time,  and  by  making 
it  officinal  would  confer  a  favor  on  pharmacists,  by  doing  away  with 
some  of  the  great  number  of  weak  alcoholic  and  unreliable  proprie- 
tary preparations,  called  "Elixirs,"  which  are  now  flooding  the  coun- 
try. I  have  the  following  reasons  to  offer  in  favor  of  making  it  offici- 
nal, to  wit : 
1st.  It  is  almost  impossible  for  an  apothecary  to  keep  on  hand  all 
the  "Elixirs,"  as  manufactured  by  the  different  firms. 
2d.  It  would  do  away  with  much  confusion  which  now  exists,  as  to 
what  preparation  is  designed  by  the  prescription. 
3d.  It  is  a  very  strong  preparation,  and  patients  will  get  more  of 
the  properties  of  the  bark  than  of  alcohol. 
4th.  Any  pharmacist  can  easily  prepare  it. 
5th.  I  am  confident  it  is  a  permanent  preparation. 
6th.  It  retains  the  tannic  acid,  coloring  matter,  and  natural  combi- 
nations apparently  unchanged,  at  all  events  without  any  great  chemi- 
cal disturbance.  Tonic  properties  can  be  had  from  it,  exceeding  any 
artificial  solutions  of  the  alkaloids. 
My  observations  lead  me  to  the  conclusion  that  the  protochloride  is 
more  active  and  less  astringent  than  the  perchloride,  and  in  this  respect 
will  compare  favorably  with  any  other  salt  of  iron. 
I  have  altered  the  mode  of  preparing  the  protochloride,  so  that 
nearly  all  exposure  to  the  air  is  avoided,  and  a  perfectness  insured  in 
the  hands  of  the  most  inexperienced  operator.  In  order  to  designate 
this  preparation  from  the  preceding  one  published  by  me  and  termed 
Solution  Protochloride  Iron,  I  propose  for  the  name  of  this  syrup 
Ferrous  Chloride. 
I  sincerely  hope  and  respectfully  request  that  some  of  our  best 
pharmacists  will  give  this  preparation  a  trial  and  report  their  results 
to  the  Jou7mal.  If  any  aromatic  tincture  be  desired  in  combination, 
it  can  be  added,  by  first  dissolving  one  avd.  ounce  of  powdered  white 
sugar  to  each  fluidounce  of  that  tincture. 
If  the  quantity  of  iron  be  deemed  unsuitable  to  meet  the  require- 
ments of  every-day  practice,  the  difficulty  can  be  overcome  by  making 
