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mittee,  consisting  of  MM.  Louis,  Trousseau,  and  Bouilland  . 
Montreal  Medical  Chronicle,  Jan.  1858,  from  the  Dublin  Hospital 
Gazette, 
CONFECTION  OF  CINCHONA  AS  AN  ANTIPERIODIC. 
By  D.  S.  Gloninger,  M.  D. 
I  would  recommend  to  the  profession  the  "  confection  of  cin- 
chona" (made  of  the  Calisaya  bark),  as  one  of  our  most  efficient 
antiperiodics,  and  greatly  superior  to  the  many  alkaloids  now  in 
use  in  the  treatment  of  intermittent  fever.  It  sits  well  upon  the 
stomach,  does  not  produce  the  unpleasant  cinchonism  often  com- 
plained of  from  sulph.  quinia,  &c,  and  comprises  all  the  powers 
of  the  cinchona,  gratefully  disguised,  and  in  such  a  concentrated 
form  that  the  dose  is  too  small  even  to  be  ungrateful  to  the  mosr 
delicate  stomach.  I  speak  from  personal  experience,  having 
labored  under  intermittent  at  least  during  the  space  of  a  year, 
the  disease  relapsing  every  third  week.  The  alkaloids  were  all 
employed,  but  with  no  satisfactory  results  towards  a  permanent 
eradication  of  the  disease.  I  was  induced  by  my  friend,  F.  L. 
John,  pharmaceutist  of  this  city,  to  use  the  confection,  the  for- 
mula of  which  has  been  kindly  furnished  by  him,  and  which  is 
appended  to  this  article ;  and  so  beneficial  did  it  prove  that  the 
writer  has  ever  since  used  it  as  a  substitute  for  all  other  antipe- 
riodics, and  with  great  satisfaction  to  himself  and  patients. 
Its  tonic  properties  will  apply  excellently  to  the  convalescence 
from  fevers,  where  heretofore  we  have  used  Huxham's  tinct., 
wine  of  wild  cherry,  &c,  and  with  this  in  its  favor,  that  there  is 
so  little  danger  from  taking  "  too  much  for  the  stomach's  sake," 
so  much  to  be  deprecated  in  the  indiscriminate  use  of  all  alco- 
holic tinctures. 
I  feel  justified  in  saying,  that  if  the  confection  receives  a  trial 
by  the  medical  profession,  and  their  experience  corresponds  with 
my  own,  that  it  will  soon  supersede  all  other  antiperiodics  now 
in  use. 
The  following  is  the  formula  as  furnished  by  F.  L.  John,  Race 
St.,  [Philad.,]  viz  : — 
Oonfeclio  Oinchonse. — Cort.  cinchon.  calis.  pulv.  ;  confect. 
sennse,  aa  3j* ;  ammon.  murias  3ss ;  syr.  cort.  aurant.  gij  ;  m.  f. 
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