1 8  4  New  Method  of  Making  Suppositories.  {  ^XxI^T* 
From  Ne<w  Remedies,  April  i,  1875, /><2§\?  192. 1 
(3)  R     Pulv.opii,  .  .  .  .  -06 
"    glycyrrhizas  rad., 
"  camphoras, 
"    cretas  preparatae,  .  da  'zo 
M. 
From  Mann's  Prescription  Writing,  P.  Putnam's  Sons. 
(4)  R     Morphias  sulphatis,  .  .  .  -06 
Camphoras, 
Pulv.  glycyrrhizae, 
Cretas  preparatae,        .  .  .da  '65 
M. 
The  Pharmacist,  pp.  156,  for  1873.'2 
(5)  R     Morphias  sulphatis,  .  .  .  .01 
Camphoras,  .  .  .  -28 
Calcis  carbonatis  precip.,    .  .  '21 
Pulv.  glycyrrhizae  rad.,  .  .  to 
M. 
We  have  five  different  recipes,  each  claiming  to  be  Tully's  Powder, 
and  each  emanating  from  a  reliable  source. 
C.  W.  M.  Brown,  M.D. 
A  NEW  METHOD  OF  MAKING  SUPPOSITORIES. 
By  E.  T.  Ellis. 
In  this  progressive  age,  when  the  requirements  of  the  medical  pro- 
fession demand  the  greatest  amount  of  exactness,  nicety  and  expedition 
on  the  part  of  the  dispensing  chemist,  we  notice  that  Mr.  H.  C. 
Archibald,  pharmacist,  No.  4099  Lancaster  avenue,  Philadelphia,  has 
come  to  the  relief  of  the  latter  by  the  invention  of  a  machine  which 
will  (and  ought  to)  revolutionize  the  present  tedious,  and  to  some  extent 
inaccurate  way  of  preparing  suppositories,  and  be  hailed  with  delight  by 
those  who  are  required  to  furnish  them  almost  daily.  The  following 
cut  represents  his  Patent  Compressed  Suppository  Mould  for  making 
the  various  sizes  without  heat. 
Figure  1  represents  the  machine  complete,  reduced  to  one-fourth  the 
size  ;  letter  A  the  hopper,  in  which  is  thrown  the  mixture  of  cacao 
butter  with  active  ingredient  ;  B  the  plunger,  used  for  compressing  the 
1  Dr.  L.  Barlow  writes  to  "  New  Remedies"  that  Tully's  formula,  as  published  in 
his  Materia  Medica,  directs  powdered  opium,  1  part  5  powdered  camphor,  powdered 
liquorice  root  and  precipitated  carbonate  of  calcium,  of  each  3  parts  Morphia 
may  be  substituted  for  the  opium  if  preferred. — Editor  Amer.  Jour.  Phar. 
2  The  u  Pharmacist"  gives  the  formula  in  parts,  thus :  Sulphate  of  morphia,  1  part  ; 
powdered  camphor,  28  parts  ;  precipitated  carbonate  of  calcium,  21  parts,  and  pow- 
dered liquorice  root,  10  parts. —  Editor 
