284  Elixirs  in  the  Pharmacopceia.  {'^"'june^iS^'""^ 
ject,  of  course,  to  such  variations  in  use  as  we  meet  in  fluid  extracts, 
tinctures,  syrups,  etc.,  and  to  such  restrictions  as  are  due  to  locality, 
prejudice  and  that  growing    fashion  in  medicine/' 
Thinking  that  it  might  not  be  entirely  without  value,  I  have  made 
a  computation  as  to  the  proportion  of  prescriptions  containing  some 
representative  of  this  class  and  also  the  frequency  of  use  of  each. 
These  data  were  obtained  by  exaoiining  one  thousand  prescriptions 
for  each  of  the  years  1884  to  1888  inclusive.  The  results  I  have 
tabulated  as  follows : 
ELIXIRS. 
1884. 
o 
o 
o 
1885. 
1886. 
1887. 
1888. 
pa 
Elixir  Aurantii  
"    Ammon,  valer  
"  Bismuth  
"    Cascara  ,  
"  Cathartic  
"  Cinchona  
"    Cinchona  and  iron  
"     Cinchona, iron  and  strychnia. 
Cinchona, iron  and  bismuth... 
Curacoa  
Elixir  Eucalyptus  comp  
"  Gentian  
"     Gentian  and  Tr.  iron  
"    Glycyrrhiza  arom  
Guarana  
Ferri  
"    Ferri,  quinise  et  strychnise.... 
"  Lactopeptin  
"    Lithium  bromide  
*'  Pepsin  
Pepsin  and  bismuth  
"  Pepsin,  bismuth  and  strych ... 
"    Phosphorus  comp  ..^  
Potassium  bromide  
Rubrum  
"     Taraxacum  comp  
"    Viburnum  prunifolium  
"     Avena  sat.  (prop.)  
"    Hydrastis  comp.  (prop.)  
Total. 
1 
23 
4 
1 
1 
1 
54 
8 
1 
1 
1 
13*' 
7 
1 
1 
5 
Number  of  physicians  prescribing 
above  elixirs  
39 
54 
40 
10 
1 
1 
1 
12 
2 
13 
2 
48 
37 
54 
37 
15 
1 
10 
2 
47 
24 
