218  Gleanings  from  the  Foreign  Journals.  {Am^ay"'i57h6arm* 
of  numerous  crystals  and  slimy  flocks,  while  a  solution  of  the  same 
strength  remained  clear  and  limpid  after  the  addition  of  2  centigrams 
of  salicylic  acid,  which  the  author  regards  as  superior  to  the  various 
agents  previously  recommended  for  the  same  purpose.  Salicylate  of 
morphia,  requiring  about  150  parts  of  water  for  solution,  is  not  adapted 
for  hypodermic  injections. — Ibid.,  129. 
Sodium  Copaivate  is  prepared  according,  to  L.  Geza,  by  distilling 
copaiva  balsam  with  water  to  remove  the  volatile  oil  and  purifying  the 
resulting  resin  by  repeated  solution  in  rectified  petroleum  and  strong 
alcohol.  The  crystallized  copaivic  acid  is  then  combined  with  soda. 
This  compound  has  been  successfully  tried  by  Dr.  Zlamal,  in  the  form 
of  pills  made  by  using  2  parts  of  sodium  copaivate  with  1  part  of  dex- 
trin and  aromatising  with  oil  of  sandal  wood. — Phar.  Post.,  1876,  No.  6. 
Chlorinated  Lime  and  Glycerin. — In  preparing  an  ointment  composed 
of  10  grams  of  the  former  and  30  grams  of  the  latter,  Schiedmeyr 
triturated  the  dry  chlorinated  lime  with  about  its  own  weight  of  gly- 
cerin, when  heat  and  a  yellowish-brown  gas,  having  a  penetrating,  but 
not  disagreeable  odor,  was  evolved,  and  a  hard,  brown  mass  was  left  in 
the  mortar.  If  all  the  glycerin  was  added  at  once,  a  similar  effect  was  pro- 
duced, except  that  the  mass  had  the  consistency  of  an  ointment.  By 
using  moist  chlorinated  lime,  the  brown  compound  is  not  formed,  and 
the  ointment  retains  the  odor  of  chlorine.  Chlorinated  lime  should 
therefore  be  first  triturated  with  water  before  the  glycerin  is  added. — 
Zeitschr.  Oest.  Apoth.  Ver.,  1876,  No.  9. 
Syrupus  ferri  lactophosphatis. — C.  Jehl  dissolves  50  grams  of  ferrous 
sulphate  and  150  grams  sodium  phosphate,  each  separately,  in  750 
grams  of  water,  mixes  the  solutions,  washes  the  precipitate  rapidly,  and 
dissolves  it  in  60  grams  of  concentrated  lactic  acid  ;  sufficient  water 
is  now  added  to  make  the  weight  of  the  solution  1,882  grams,  and  the 
syrup  made  with  the  addition  of  3,586  grams  of  sugar.  The  syrup 
may  be  flavored  with  50  grams  of  spirit  of  lemon.  Twenty  grams  of 
the  syrup  contain  o*i  gram  of  ferrous  phosphate. 
Syrupus  ferri  et  calcii  lactophosphatis. — The  same  author  prepares  a 
solution  of  ferrous  phosphate  from  9-25  grams  of  ferrous  sulphate  and 
2775  grams  of  phosphate  of  sodium,  in  11  grams  of  concentrated 
lactic  acid  ;  also,  a  solution  of  13*3  grams  of  phosphate  of  calcium  in 
24  grams  of  the  lactic  acid  and  100  of  water.    The  two  solutions  are 
