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Practical  Notes. 
j  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\      Ma.r,  1883. 
Stillingia  Liniment. — Oil  of  stilliiigia  ^j,  oil  of  cajuput  ^ss,  oil  of 
lobelia  3ij,  alcohol  ^ij  ;  mix.  Used  as  a  local  application  in  croup, 
and  as  a  cough  medicine,  in  doses  of  one  drop  on  a  lump  of  sugar. — 
Eclectic  Med.  Jour.,  1883,  p.  45. 
Sanitas  Oil  is  oil  of  turpentine  which  has  been  exposed  while  floating 
upon  water  to  a  blast  of  hot  air,  whereby  it  is  oxidized  and  increased 
in  density.  The  water  having  dissolved  some  of  the  products  of  oxi- 
dation forms  the  sanitas  fluid.  The  properties  are  antiseptic  and  dis- 
infectant ;  the  oil,  it  is  said,  equals  in  effect  carbolic  acid,  thymol,  and 
iodoform,  and  is  neither  caustic  nor  irritating.  One  part  of  the  fluid 
to  ten  parts  of  water  is  used  as  a  gargle  in  ulcerated  throat,  and  a  de- 
odorizing mouth  wash  is  prepared  from  ten  to  twenty  drops  to  one 
ounce  of  water.— South.  Dent.  Jour.,  1883,  January,  p.  523  ;  Jjondon 
Dent.  Record. 
Itch  Liniment,  which  has  been  successfully  employed  in  Rostock  for 
years,  according  to  Dr.  Brunnengraeber,  consists  of  purified  storax  40, 
olive  oil  5,  and  alcohol  5. — Phar.  LlandelsbL,  1883,  No.  1. 
Use  of  Canthctridin. — E.  Dieterich  states  that  cantharidin  in  the 
form  of  cantharidates  dialyzes  readily  provided  the  parchment  paper 
has  been  properly  made,  and  by  this  process  may  be  prepared  on  a 
large  scale.  He  recommends  the  substitution  of  cantharidin  for  pow- 
dered cantharides  in  the  proportion  of  1  of  the  former  for  200  of 
tlie  latter,  and  gives  the  following  formulas  to  replace  the  corres- 
ponding preparations  of  the  German  Pharmacopoeia  : 
Collodium  Canthari datum. — Colloxylin  10  ,ether  200,  alcohol  35, 
castor  oil  5,  cantharidin  1  gram. 
Lmplastrum  Cantharidum  ordinarium. — Cantharidin  1,  yellow  wax 
400,  suet  100,  turpentine  100  parts. 
Emjjlastrum  Cantharidum  perpetuum. — Rosin  500,  yellow  wax  500, 
turpentine  370,  Burgundy  pitch  330,  suet  200,  cantharidin  1,  pow- 
dered euphorbium  60  parts. 
Unguentu7iL  acre. — YelloAv^  wax  60,  rosin  120,  turpentine  240,  lard 
1,000,  cantharidin  1,  powdered  euphorbium  40  pjrts. 
Unguentiim  Cantharidum. — Cantharidin  5,  olive  oil  4,000,  yellow 
wax  2,000  parts. 
Since  1  gram  of  cantharidin  costs  but  little  more  than  200  grams  of 
powdered  cantharides,  the  cost  of  the  above  preparations  is  scarcely 
increased. — Phar.  Zeitung,  1882,  p.  608. 
Brassicon,  which  for  a  long  time  has  been  used  in  the  district  of 
