''"){"y%l7s""'}     Glyconated  Emulsion  of  Cod-liver  Oil  295 
nerve  food,  and  in  an  atonic  condition  of  the  nervous  system.  It  is 
well  borne  by  the  most  delicate  stomach;  and  when  well  prepared,  will 
keep  sweet  a  long  time.  Below  are  given  the  formula  and  details  which 
the  operator  will  appreciate  after  using. 
First  prepare  glyconin  ^xviii  by  .thoroughly  triturating  in  a  half- 
gallon  mortar 
Glycerin, 
Yolk  of  egg,  ,  ,  .  .  aa  ^ix 
Then  add  Oil  of  bitter-almond,     ....  .51 
And  triturate  until  the  mixture  thickens  and  becomes  a  creamy  yel- 
low. 
Prepare  a  strychnia  solution  as  follows  : 
Take  of  Strychnia  sulphate,         .  .  .  .  gr.  i 
Distilled  water,  .  .  .  .  .  5ii 
Jamaica  rum,       .  ...  ^^iv 
Add  eight  fluidounces  of  filtered  cod-liver  oil  very  slowly  to  the 
glyconin  mixture,  preferably  by  steady  dropping  from  a  vial  having  a 
grooved  cork,  and  at  intervals  add  small  portions  of  the  strvchnia 
solution. 
All  this  is  to  be  done  by  active  and  constant  trituration,  the  success 
of  the  process  depending  upon  the  fidelity  with  which  this  is  performed. 
The  finished  product  will  measure  about  twenty  fluidounces,  until,  by 
subsidence,  the  air  bubbles  have  escaped.  An  incidental  benefit  to  the 
operator  is  a  superb  development  of  the  flexor  muscles. 
As  proposed  by  Dr.  Beard,  the  mixture  contained  diluted  phosphoric 
acid.  At  the  request  of  Dr.  Bartlett,  I  substituted  strychnia.  He 
gives  the  dose,  a  dessertspoonful,  containing  1-64  grain  of  the  salt. 
Phosphorus  in  etherial  solution.  Fowler's  solution  of  arsenic,  pyrophos- 
phate of  iron,  etc.,  may  be  readily  substituted.  The  formula,  of  which 
this  is  a  modification,  appeared  in  the  June  number  of  the  "  Druggists' 
Circular." 
The  glyconin "  without  the  oil  of  almonds,  soon  separates,  and 
with  the  oil,  soon  becomes  too  thick  to  flow  from  a  wide-mouthed  vial. 
Experiments,  with  a  view  to  preparing  it  in  a  ready  form  for  all 
emulsions  are  thus  far  unsuccessful,  but  will  be  further  prosecuted,  and 
the  result  announced  later,  if  favorable.  The  writer  is  disposed  to  lay 
stress  on  the  two  facts  that  the  above  mixture  does  not  nauseate  and  does 
not  separate. 
