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following  classification  for  the  essential  oils :  Thyme  0.7  part  per 
1,000,  marjoram  1.0,  orange-peel  oil  1.2,  verbena  1.6,  cassia  1.7, 
rose  1.8,  clove  2.0,  eucalyptus  2.25,  mint  2.5,  geranium  (rose  de 
France)  2.5,  vetiver  2.7,  bitter  almond  2.8,  gaultheria  3.0,  geranium 
(Indian)  3.1,  wintergreen  3.2,  meadow-sweet  3.3,  spike-lavender 
3.5,  aniseed-tree  3.7,  iris  3.8,  common  cinnamon  4.0,  wild  thyme 
4.0,  birch  4.8,  anis  4.2,  mustard  4.2,  rosemary  4.3,  cumin  4.5,  neroli 
4.75,  lavender  5,  balm  5.2,  ylang-ylang  5.6,  juniper  6.0,  sweet  fennel 
6.5,  reseda  6.5,  garlic  6.5,  lemon  7.0,  cajeput  7.2,  sassafras  7.5, 
heliotrope  8.0,  cedrate  8.4,  turpentine  8.6,  parsley  8.8,  violet  9.0, 
camphor  10.0,  angelica  10.0,  patchouly  15.0.  Seven  months  after 
inoculation  the  culture  plates  were  still  sterile  when  the  above  quan- 
tities were  used.  (Cf.  Analyst,  1918,  43,  171.  Comptes  rend., 
1918,  166,  827-829;  through  Inter.  Rev.  Sci.  Prac.  Agric.,  1918,  10, 
1 151.    Reprinted  from  The  Analyst,  March,  1919.) 
MEDICAL  AND  PHARMACEUTICAL  NOTES. 
"  Linseed  Serum  "  for  Burns. — The  following  Linoserum  is 
recommended  by  J.  Bandaline  and  J.  de  Paliakoff  as  a  dressing  for 
burns.  The  serum  must  be  applied  fresh  the  same  day  as  it  is  pre- 
pared, and  should  be  combined  with  hot  air  douches. 
Infusion  of  linseed  (1.5  per  cent.)    1,000  Gm. 
Chloride  of  sodium    9  Gm. 
Filter  and  sterilize.  {Union  Pharm.,  1918,  59,  284,  September; 
through  The  Prescriber,  February,  1919.) 
Rheumatism  and  Mouth-breathing. — T.  M.  Allison  holds 
that  rheumatism  is  invariably  connected  with  mouth-breathing,  and 
that  the  curative  treatment  of  that  complaint  is  the  employment  of 
gargles  in  addition  to  salicylates.   He  recommends  the  following: 
I£    Acid,  carbol.  liq   5  iv 
Aq.  chloroformi   ad  5  viii 
Ft.  garg.  Sig. — "  Half  a  teaspoonful  in  a  glass  of  water  as  a  gargle  night 
and  morning." 
B.  M.  J.,  1918,  2,  421,  October  12;  through  The  Prescriber,  Feb- 
ruary, 1919.) 
Scabies. — G.  Milian  recommends  the  following  ointment  as 
more  absorbable  than  sulphur  ointment : 
