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Tincturia  Opii  Muriatica, 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.  1875. 
bly  leaves  with  the  intention  of  never  patronizing  that  store  again. 
Similar  occurences  are  frequent,  and  might  to  a  great  extent  be  avoided, 
if  pharmacists  were  more  obliging ;  an  accommodation  of  this  kind 
will  be  appreciated,  and  may,  in  some  future  time  be  reciprocated.  I 
furnished  my  friend  with  most  of  the  formulas  asked  for,  and  they  were 
thankfully  acknowledged.  The  formula  for  muriated  tincture  of 
opium  having  been  asked  for  by  "T.  D.  H.,"  in  the  last  issue  of  the 
"  Druggists'  Circular,"  and  since  others  may  perhaps  be  in  search  for 
such  a  formula,  I  herewith  offer  the  following  one,  which  has  been 
used  in  our  town  for  a  long  time: 
R.    Pulv.  opii,  ...... 
Acidi  muriatici,  .....  f^i 
Aquae  destil.,        ......  f^xv 
Macerate  for  14  days,  then  filter  and  add  sufficient  water  through  the 
filter  to  make  the  preparation  measure  a  pint  when  completed. 
Potts'ville,  Pa. J  October  20th,  1875. 
Note  by  the  Editor. — The  second  edition  of  "  Griffith's  Formu- 
lary," edited  by  the  late  Professor  Robert  P.  Thomas,  contains  on 
page  341,  a  formula  for  muriate  of  opium,^  which  has  been  retained,  un- 
altered, in  the  third  edition  of  this  work,  where  it  is  printed  upon,  page 
425.    The  formula,  which  is  credited  to  hlkhol^  is  as  follows  : 
R.    Powdered  opium,         ....  one  ounce. 
Muriatic  acid,       .  .  .  .  .       one  ounce. 
Distilled  water,  ....  twenty  ounces. 
Mix  and  shake  the  mixture  frequently  for  fourteen  days,  strain  and 
filter.    Dose,  from  twenty  to  forty  drops.    Said  not  to  cause  headache. 
It  is  obvious  from  the  composition  of  the  preparation,  that  both  the 
above  names  are  incorrect,  and  that  it  should  be  called,  either  muriated 
or  acid  infusion  of  opium^  infusum  opii  muriaticum,  vel  acidum. — [Ed. 
Am.  Jour,  of  Pharm.] 
NOTES  ON  SOME  ORIENTAL  PLANTS  AND  VEGETABLE  PRO- 
DUCTS. 
BY  X.  LANDERER,  OF  ATHENS,  GREECE. 
Erigeron  viscosum  is  one  of  the  most  frequent  plants  of  Greece,  where 
it  is  called  psyllochorton,  or  flea-plant.  Being  very  viscous  before 
flowering,  it  is  placed  in  the  beds  of  children  to  attract  the  fleas,  which 
adhere  to  it.    The  fumes  of  the  burning  plant  have  the  same  stupefy- 
