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Varieties. 
f  Am.  Tour.  Pharm. 
(       June,  1879. 
VARIETIES. 
Formulas  in  Use  in  Connecticut. — 
Tully  s  Pon  der  (orignally  called  Tully  s  Dover's  Powder). — Sulphate  of  morphia 
one  part,  camphor  in  fine  powder  twenty  parts,  precipitated  chalk  twenty  parts, 
powdered  liquorice  root  twenty  parts.  This  is  the  original  formula  of  Dr.  Tully, 
furnished  by  Mr.  Wood,  of  New  Haven. 
Camphorated  Dover  s  Powders. — Cream  of  tartar  eight  parts,  powdered  camphor 
two  parts,  powdered  ipecac  on  part,  powdered  opium  one  part.  Mix  thoroughly  and 
pass  through  a  fine  sieve.    Originated  by  Dr.  Eli  Ives,  of  New  Haven. 
Potter  s  Powders. — Powdered  prepared  chalk  six  parts,  powdered  camphor  one 
part,  carbonate  of  ammonia  in  fine  powder  two  parts.  Furnished  by  Mr.  Wood,  of 
New  Haven. 
Soda  Mixture. — Syrup  of  rhubarb  (made  from  the  root  by  infusion)  four  fluid  - 
ounces,  bicabonate  of  soda  one  drachm,  spirit  of  spearmint  one  half  fluidrachm. 
Originated  by  Dr.  Sumner,  of  Hartford.  Furnished  by  Mr.  Goodrich,  of  Hartford. 
Knights  Pills. — Powdered  aloes  six  parts,  powdered  scammony  three  parts,  pow- 
dered gamboge  one  part.  Make  into  four  and  one-half  grain  pills.  Furnished  by 
Mr.  Wood,  of  New  Haven. 
Ox-gall  Pills. — Purified  ox  gall  thirty-six  grains,  blue  mass  six  grains,  powdered 
rhubaib  sufficient.  Make  into  four  and  one-half  grain  pills.  Originated  with  Dr. 
Jewett,  in  1846.    Furnished  by  Mr.  Wood,  of  New  Haven. 
Pil.  Hyoscyamus  Comp. —  Powdered  colocynth  six  drachms,  powdered  socotrin 
aloes  four  drachms,  extract  hyoscyamus  two  drachms,  extract  conium  two  drachms. 
Make  into  two  hundred  and  forty  pills.    Originated  by  Dr.  Charles  Hooker. 
Mistura  Couii,  Ferri,  etc. — Extract  conium  five  drachms,  carbonate  iron  ten 
drachms,  tincture  cinnamon  compound  two  fluidounces,  oil  of  cassia  eighteen 
drops,  oil  of  wintergreen  twenty  drops,  tincture  of  tolu  (two  ounces  in  one  pint) 
half  a  fluidounce,  sugar  eight  ounces,  water  sufficient  to  make  one  pint.  Originated 
by  Prof.  William  Tully. — Proc.  Conn.  Phar.  Assoc. ,  1879. 
Prof.  Gross'  Saline  Mixture.— Having  been  repeatedly  asked  recently  for  the 
formula  for  this  mixture,  we  publish  it  for  the  benefit  of  our  readers  : 
Antimonii  et  potass,  tart  , 
grs.  iiss 
Magnesii  sulph., 
.  p 
Morphias  sulph., 
gr-  '1 
Aquas  dest., 
.  ^x 
Syr.  zingiber,  vel  simplicis, 
3ii 
Acid,  sulph.  aromat., 
.  3ss 
Tinct.  veratr.  virid., 
£iss 
'M.  Sig.  :  Saline  and  antimonial  mixture.  Average  dose,  ^ss,  to  be  diminished 
in  the  event  of  vomiting  or  much  nausea.  (See  "  Gross'  Surgery,"  5th  ed.,  vol  I., 
P-  93  ) 
