Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Feb.  1876. 
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The  following  formulae  are  due  to  M.  Maury. 
Antiseptic  Mouth  Paste. 
Rectified  Salicylic  Acid         .....  2  grams. 
Honey     .  .  .  .  .  .  34  " 
Compound  Powder  for  Extemporaneous  Antiseptic  Mouth  Paste. 
Rectified  Salicylic  Acid         ....  2  grams. 
Powdered  Sugar,  or  some  other  inert  powder      .  20  " 
Mix.  To  be  applied  to  the  sore  parts  of  the  mouth  by  means  of  a 
brush  previously  moistened  with  water. 
Lozenges. — Salicylic  acid,  with  sufficient  gum  and  sugar  for  each 
lozenge  to  contain  25  milligrams  of  the  acid. 
•  Salicylic  Syrup. — Pure  salicylic  acid,  with  sufficient  syrup  of  orange 
flowers  for  20  grams  to  contain  5  centigrams  of  the  acid. 
Mixture. 
Pure  Salicylic  Acid           ....  1*50  grams. 
Powdered  Gum  Arabic          ....  io-oo  " 
Sugar         .           .  -        .           .           .           .  icoo  " 
Orange  Flower  Water            ....  20*00  " 
Distilled  Water         .           .           .           .                 100*00  " 
F.  s.  a. — Shake  the  bottle  before  each  dose.     A  teaspoonful  every 
two  hours  for  children. 
Salicylic  Wine. 
Pure  Salicylic  Acid  .....  2  grams 
Muscat  Wine      ......      100      "     F.  s.  a. 
Wine  of  Cinchona  and  Salicylate  of  ~>uinia. 
Calisaya  Bark         .  .                   .           .           .  30  grams. 
Salicylate  of  Quinia      .           .           .           .           .  1  " 
Madeira  Wine        .           .           .           .           .  1000      "     F.  s.  a 
Injection. — A  solution  of  1  part  of  salicylic  acid  in  300  parts  of  water 
has  been  used  as  an  injection  in  fluor  albus. —  The  Pharm.  Journ.  and 
Tram.,  November  13,  1875. 
PILL  COATING. 
BY   F.   M.  GOODMAN. 
We  all  dislike  the  modern  method  of  keeping  a  full  line  of  ready- 
made  pills  on  hand,  comprising  from  200  to  250  different  formulae  ; 
not  only  this,  but  we  must  be  able  to  dispense  pills  of  A,  B  and  C's 
manufacture,  according  to  the  notions  of  the  physician,  necessitating 
the  carrying  of  an  immense  stock,  some  of  which  remains  on  our  shelves 
a  long  time  before  being  called  for  a  second  time.     Apparently,  the 
