Am.  Jour.  Pbarm. 
Dec,  1888. 
Pharmaceutical  Notes. 
609 
dish,  and  having  added  one  ounce  of  milk  sugar,  set  aside  in  a  warm 
place  to  dry  ;  then  add  enough  milk  sugar  to  make  the  mixture 
weigh  two  ounces,  reduce  to  a  fine  uniform  powder,  and  keep  it  in  a 
well-stopped  bottle. 
Fluid  Extract  of  Staphisagria. — J.  Walton  Travis,  Ph.  G.,  ex- 
perimented on  stavesacre  seeds  with  menstruums  of  different  alcoholic 
strength,  containing  to  one  part  of  water,  respectively,  eight,  three, 
two  and  one  j)art  of  alcohol.  The  fluid  extracts  prepared  with  these 
liquids  contained  the  fixed  oil  of  the  seed,  which  could  be  separated 
by  means  of  a  separating  funnel  after  keeping  the  fluid  extract  for 
some  time  at  a  temperature  of  40°F.  The  ground  seeds  were  then 
exhausted  with  petroleum  benzin  to  which  they  yielded  24  per  cent, 
of  fixed  oil,  which  was  not  further  examined  ;  the  powder,  thus  ex- 
hausted, was  used  for  the  preparation,  by  the  pharmacqpoeial  method, 
of  a  fluid  extract,  the  menstruum  consisting  of  two  parts  of  alcohol 
and  one  of  water.  The  preparation  was  of  handsome  appearance, 
and  upon  standing  for  several  months  contained  no  precipitate. 
Preparations  of  Calendula. — Frank  G.  Mumma,  Ph.  G.,  suggests 
as  an.  antiseptic  dressing 
Calendulized  lint. — Calendula  in  coarse  powder,  12  parts,  is  perco- 
lated with  dilute  alcohol  until  82  parts  of  tincture  are  obtained;  add 
to  this  6  parts  of  glycerin,  saturate  with  the  mixture  1  part  of  lint, 
and  expose  to  the  air  until  the  alcohol  and  water  have  evaporated. 
Tincture  of  Calendula,  prepared  with  diluted  alcohol,  from  either 
the  leaves  or  the  flowers  does  not  differ  much  in  color  or  taste,  but  that 
of  the  flowers  is  more  aromatic.  When,  however,  strong  alcohol  is 
used,  the  flowers  yield  a  golden  yellow,  and  the  leaves  a  dark  green 
tincture,  the  latter  being  also  very  unlike  the  former  both  in  taste  and 
odor. 
Qlycerite  of  Calendula. — Moisten  half  a  troy  ounce  of  calendula,  in 
coarse  powder,  with  a  menstruum  composed  of  3  measures  of  alcohol, 
one  of  water  and  two  of  glycerin ;  then  percolate  to  obtain  3  fluid- 
ounces  of  tincture;  by  means  of  a  gentle  heat  evaporate  the  alcohol 
and  water,  add  enough  glycerin  to  make  3  fluidounces,  heat  for  a  few 
■minutes  and  strain  through  fine  muslin.  It  is  not  perfectly  transpar- 
ent.   A  glycerite  of  the  leaves  is  very  unlike  that  of  the  flowers. 
Healing  oil. — Ira  L.  Bond,  Ph.  G.,  states  that  this  name  is  given 
near  Tamaqua,  Pennsylvania,  to  a  mixture  composed  of  fluid  extract 
of  calendula,  30  parts,  and  olive  oil,  70  parts.    It  has  been  extensively 
