^'"no?!''!^'''^'}    Abstracts  from  the  French  Journals.  563 
coat,  over  which  starch  or  steatite  may  be  powdered.  The  lanolin 
makes  it  easily  absorbable,  and  its  color  renders  it  suitable  for  use  in 
the  day-time. 
Creolin  Pills. — Spoeth's  formula  is  given  by  the  Semaine  med.  as 
follows:  Creolin,  12  gm.;  dilute  alcohol  and  tragacanth,  of  each,  2 
gm.;  ext.  and  powder  of  licorice,  of  each,  24  gm. ;  divide  in  200 
pills,  each  of  which  will  contain  6  cgm.  of  creolin.  They  are  espe- 
cially recommended  by  M.  Spoeth  for  arresting  abnormal  fermentation 
in  the  intestines  in  all  infectious  maladies. de  phar.  et  de  chimie, 
Oct.  1,  1888. 
To  Make  Porous  Alum. — Make  a  solution  free  from  iron,  and 
concentrate  it  in  an  evaporator;  add  minute  quantities  of  bicarbonate 
of  sodium  and  stir  briskly.  The  carbonic  acid  gas  gives  the  required 
porosity  to  the  crystalline  mass. — Farm.  Ital. ;  Arch,  de  Phar.,  Oct.  5, 
1888. 
Solubility  of  Compounds  of  Iron  with  Arsenic. — In  a  re- 
port published  in  the  Jour,  de  phar.  d^ Als.-Lorr.,  Sept.  1888,  Schlag- 
denhauffen  and  Reeb  conclude  that  :  The  solubility  of  samples  of 
arseniate  of  iron — obtained  from  various  sources — is  not  the  same. 
None  of  the  arsenical  compounds  with  iron  are  so  insoluble  as  writers 
have  supposed  them;  they  dissolve  in  the  proportion  of  2f  to  1000  in 
water  acidulated  with  hydrochloric  acid,  and  some  samples  dissolved 
in  pure  water.  The  hydrated  sesquioxide  of  iron  cannot,  therefore, 
be  par  excellence,  the  antidote  for  poisoning  by  arsenic. 
Iodoform  as  a  Hemostatic. — Chauvin  and  Jorissenne  report 
great  success  with  iodoform  in  hemorrhages  from  the  lungs  and  other 
serious  haemoptyses ;  relapses  were  rare  and  of  lessened  severity ;  it 
succeeded  where  ergotin  was  inert.  In  a  majority  of  cases  the 
iodoform  was  associated  with  tannin  in  small  doses,  but  the  authors 
regard  iodoform  as  the  active  agent.  The  formulae  used  are  as  fol- 
lows: 1.  Iodoform,  5  cgm.;  ext.  gentian,  or  quinine,  q.  s.  for  one 
pill.  2..  Iodoform,  5  cgm.;  tannin,  10  cgm.;  any  suitable  excipient; 
for  one  pill.  Dose,  3  to  5  pills  daily.  In  six  months  of  successful 
treatment  it  was  rarely  necessary  to  give  more  than  8  or  9  pills  daily. 
— Revue  mid.;  Monit.  thirap.,  Oct.  1,  1888. 
Aniline  Poisoning. — An  interesting  case  is  described  by  Dr. 
Dehio,  Ann.  d^hyg. ;  Bull,  com.,  September,  1888.  A  young  woman, 
recently  delivered,  swallowed  10  gm.  of  aniline.  The  symptoms, 
quickly  manifested,  were  cyanosis,  acceleration  of  pulse,  dilation  of 
