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On  Some  Substitutions. 
Bettons  Dentifrice. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1875. 
Take  of — 
Powdered  cuttle-fish, 
*'        orris  root,  each, 
prepared  chalk, 
Musk,  .... 
Oil  rose  and  lavender  (Mitcham),  each. 
Carmine,  No.  40, 
Aqua  ammonias. 
Water,  .... 
4  pounds. 
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8  grains. 
48  drops. 
2  drachms. 
5  fluidrachms. 
6  fluidounces. 
Rub  the  carmine  with  the  aqua  ammoniae  diluted  with  the  water,  and 
with  this  solution  imbue  the  prepared  chalk  and  powdered  cuttle-fish 
bone.  After  the  moisture  has  all  disappeared,  sift  the  orris  root  per- 
fumed with  the  essential  oils  together  with  the  colored  lime  salts. 
Piesse^s  Cuttle-Fisk  Ponder. 
Take  of — 
Powdered  cuttle-fish,       .           .           •           .           ■  h  pound. 
Precipitated  carbonate  of  lime         .           .          .  .  I  " 
Powdered  orris  root,       .           .           .           .           •  i  " 
Oil  lemon,      .           .           .           .           .           .  .  i  ounce. 
Oil  of  neroli,        .           .....  ^  ounce. 
Carmine,       .           .           .           .           ,           .  .  ^  drachm. 
Aqua  ammoniae,  ......  2  fluidr'ms. 
Water,           ......  fluidoz. 
Proceed  as  in  former  recipe. 
ON  SOME  SUBSTITUTIONS. 
BY  JOHN    M.  MAISCH. 
Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting,  December  i^th. 
Agaric  or  White  Agaric  is  a  drug  which  was  formerly  much  more 
frequently  employed  than  at  present,  but  is  still  occasionally  used,  par- 
ticularly in  domestic  medicine,  and  mainly  as  an  ingredient  in  several 
bitters,  which,  among  a  portion  of  our  German  population,  enjoy  some 
popularity.  The  drug  consists  of  the  pileus  or  cap  of  a  fungus,  named 
Polyporus  officinalis^  Fries,  s.  Polyp,  laricis.^  Roques,  s.  Boletus  laricts.^  ]2lc- 
quin,  s.  BoL  officinalis.,  Villars,  s.  Bol.  purgans.,  Persoon.  It  occurs  in 
the  market  in  irregular  masses  of  the  size  of  a  fist  and  larger,  is  occa- 
sionally semilunar  in  shape  or  resembles  the  section  of  a  cone.  It  is  of 
a  white  color,  light  and  friable,  nearly  inodorous,  and  possesses  a  taste 
which  is  at  first  sweetish,  but  soon  becomes  bitter  and  acrid. 
Recently  a  sample  of  a  so-called  white  agaric,  which  had  been  ob- 
tained in  New  York,  was  sent  to  me  ;  it  was  in  the  form  of  a  coarse 
