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1      Feb.,  1883. 
wife  to  show  her  visitor  the  ordinary  inaccessible  parts  of  her  house,, 
as  indicating  the  same  care  and  attention  as  she  bestows  upon  her  par- 
lor and  library,  so  the  scrupulous  apothecary  should  not  fear  at  all 
tinies  to  open  to  the  gaze  of  the  physician  and  patron  the  recesses  of 
his  establishment,  that  they  may  be  assured  that  professional  pride 
means  something  more  than  the  mere  superficial  ornamentation  and 
nicety  of  the  external  parts  of  his  pharmaceutical  domicile. 
GALENICAL  PREPARATIONS  OF  THE  GERMAN  PHAR- 
MACOPCEIA. 
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Emulsiones  seminales,  if  not  otherwise  directed,  are  prepared  by  tri- 
turating one  part  of  the  seed  with  sufficient  water  to  obtain  10  parts 
of  emulsion. 
Emulsiones  oleosce  are  prepared  after  the  following  formula :  Oil  of 
almond,  expressed,  2  parts,  powdered  gum  arable  1  part,  water  17 
parts. 
Extracta. — Three  degrees  of  consistence  are  recognized :  1,  soft 
{temie)y  of  the  consistence  of  fresh  honey ;  2,  thick  (spissum),  which 
when  cool,  do  not  flow ;  3  dry  {sicGum),  which  may  be  powdered. 
Extracta  narcotica  sicca. — Thick  extract  4  parts,  and  finely  pow- 
dered liquorice  root  3  parts,  are  mixed  in  a  porcelain  dish  heated  to 
between  40''  and  50°  C.  (1(4°  and  122°  F.)  until  the  mixture  ceases 
to  lose  weight,  when  it  is  rubbed  up  with  sufficient  powdered  liquorice 
root  so  as  to  obtain  double  the  weight  of  the  extract  used. 
Solutiones  extractorum  narcoticorum,  for  convenience  in  dispensing, 
are  prepared  of  extract  10  parts,  water  6  parts,  alcohol  1  part,  and 
glycerin  3  parts. 
Extractum  Ahsinthii. — Wormwood  is  exhausted  by  maceration  with 
a  mixture  of  2  parts  of  alcohol  and  3  of  water,  and  the  tincture  evapo- 
rated to  a  thick  extract,  which  is  of  a  green  brown  color,  and  yields 
with  water  a  turbid  solution. 
Extractum  Calami,  prepared  like  the  preceding,  is  red  brown. 
Extractum  Cardui  benedicti  is  prepared  by  digesting  blessed  thistle 
herb,  using  boiling  water,  and  evaporating  to  a  thick  extract.  It  is 
brown  and  yields  a  turbid  solution  with  water. 
Extractum  Cascaridce  is  made  like  the  preceding,  except  that  a  small 
quantity  of  alcohol  is  added  to  the  decanted  infusion,  previous  to 
evaporation.    The  extract  is  dark  brown. 
