512  Abstracts  from  the  French  Journals.     {^"'  oS^i^'"'"- 
matism  and  ervsipelas,  and  is  an  antiseptic  and  an  anti-ferment.  It 
lowers  both  the  pulse  and  the  temperature,  and  acts  upon  the  respira- 
tion and  the  arterial  pressure ;  it  also  causes  diuresis  and  diaphoresis. 
— 3Ied.  ch.  Rund.;  Nouv.  Rem.,  Aug.  8,  1888. 
Composition  Filling  for  Rubber  Goods. — The  Revu-e  scienti- 
tifique  says  that  laboratoiy  articles  of  rubber  may  be  repaired  by  fill- 
ing the  cracks  or  torn  places  with  a  preparation  composed  of  16  parts 
of  sulphide  of  carbon  ;  2  of  gutta  percha  ;  4  of  india  rubber,  and  1 
of  fish  glue.  Open  places  are  filled  by  applying  successive  layers 
with  a  brush.  Cut  or  broken  places  are  filled  up  and  the  edges  held 
together  with  a  moderately  tightened  thread,  which  may  be  withdrawn 
in  a  day  or  two,  when  any  projecting  substance  may  be  removed  with 
a  sharp  knife. 
Lanesin  is  a  product  analogous  to  lanolin,  for  which  a  patent  lias 
been  obtained  in  Germany.  The  bleaching  waters  from  wool  are 
treated  with  lime,  and  the  j)roduct  with  alkalies.  The  dried  product 
is  then  treated  with  appropriate  solvents "  which  are  evaporated, 
when  the  residuum  is  treated  with  the  ethylic  and  methylic  ethers  of 
oleic  or  ricinic  acid.  A  soft,  smooth  product  is  obtained  which  does 
not  become  rancid,  and  is  applicable  to  pharmaceutic  and  cosmetic 
uses.'' — Arch,  de  ph.,  September  5,  1888. 
Oleum  Cinereum,  or  '^Gray  Oil,"  is  recommended  by  Dr. 
Range  [Bull,  med.,  August  8,  1888),  for  hypodermic  injections  in 
syphilis.  It  is  made  of  one  part  each  of  mercury  and  lanolin,  to  which 
4  parts  of  olive  oil  is  added. — See  also  Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,  1887,  p. 
294. 
Mercury  in  the  Urine. — The  urine  is  acidulated  with  hydro- 
chloric acid,  heated  to  60°  C.  [140  F.],  and  allowed  to  cool,  when  it 
is  again  heated.  A  metallic  strip  composed  of  zinc  and  copper  is 
plunged  into  the  liquid  at  intervals,  and  upon  this  the  mercury  is  de- 
posited. After  cooling  and  washing,  the  strip  is  exposed  to  the  vapor 
of  iodine  which  forms,  with  the  deposit,  iodide  and  biniodide  of  mer- 
cury.— Jour. pharm,acol.,  Brussels;  Arch,  dephar.,  September  5, 1888. 
Biniodide  of  Mercury  Pulverizations  for  Tuberculosis. — 
Miquel  and  Rueff's  formula  is  given  by  the  Arch,  de  Phar.,  Sept.  5, 
1888,  as  follows  :  Biniodide  of  mercury  and  iodide  of  potassium,  of 
each  1  gm. ;  distilled  water,  1000  gm.    The  solutionis  stable.   At  the 
