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air  for  twenty-four  hours  5  but,  after  this,  should  be  preserved  in  a  dark  and  air-tight 
bottle,  as  prolonged  exposure  is  followed  by  disintegration. — Can.  Phar.  Journ., 
Oct.,  1875- 
The  Cheaper  Cinchona  Alkaloids  ("The  Chicago  Medical  Journal"). — Dr. 
James  S.  Whitmire  has  for  several  years  been  employing  in  his  practice  the  sulphates 
of  cinchonia,  quinidia  and  cinchonidia,  and  even  the  residue — chinoidine.  Cinchonia 
he  has  found  unsuitable  for  use  as  an  antiperiodic  or  antipyretic,  because  of  its  ten- 
dency to  nauseate  the  stomach  5  but  in  smaller  doses,  in  connection  with  the  tincture 
of  iron,  he  has  found  it  useful  as  a  general  tonic.  Forty  grains  of  quinidia  seemed 
to  be  equivalent  to  about  twenty-five  of  quinia. 
Dr.  Whitmire  is  disposed  to  attribute  to  cinchonidia  very  nearly,  if  not  quite,  an 
equal  therapeutic  value  with  that  of  quinia,  and  in  about  the  same  doses,  while  its 
commercial  value  is  only  one-third  that  of  the  latter.  Chinoidine  he  employs  as  a 
powder  in  three  to  four  grain  doses,  after  each  meal,  alternating  it  with  Fowlef  s 
solution,  and  he  has  been  very  successful  through  its  means  in  preventing  the  recur- 
rence of  intermittents. 
Salt  Water  Soap,  according  to  a  French  patent,  consists  of  resin  soap  and 
glue.  40  parts  oil  or  grease  and  10  parts  resin  are  made  into  soap  with  an  excess  of 
alkali,  then  add  40  parts  glue  dissolved  in  sufficient  water,  containing  one  pint 
oxalic  acid.  Stir  well  at  a  temperature  of  about  135*  F.  A  soft  soap  is  obtained 
by  using  patassa. — Ber.  d.  d.  Chem.  Ges. 
Safranin. — Prof  Boettger  calls  attention  to  a  beautiful  display  of  colors,  which 
arises  if  one  or  two  drops  of  cone,  sulphuric  acid  are  poured  on  a  few  minute 
particles  of  safranin  in  a  porcelain  capsule  or  tile.  By  stirring  with  a  glass  rod  a 
splendid  blue  color  appears,  which  is  converted  into  emerald  green  by  adding  one 
or  two  drops  of  water.  By  thus  alternating  the  addition  of  sulphuric  acid  and 
water  most  of  the  spectral  colors  will  be  produced. — Buchn.  N.  Rep.,  1874. 
Diabetes,  Formation  of  Sugar. —Mialhe  has  found  that  the  normal  amount  of 
alkalies  is  greatly  reduced  in  the  blood  of  diabetics.  He  says  the  starch  gets  con- 
verted into  sugar  as  well  in  healthy  persons  as  in  those  affected  with  diabetes  5  with 
this  difference,  however,  that  the  formed  sugar  is  again  decomposed,  (oxidized) 
chiefly  by  means  of  the  alkalies,  in  healthy  persons,  while  in  diabetics  this  oxidation 
is  not  possible  through  want  of  a  sufficient  amount  of  alkalies. — Cherm  CentralbL.i^j^ . 
Tasteless  Phosphate  of  Iron. — Dietl  (Innsbruck,  Tyrol)  precipitates  chloride 
of  iron  with  albumen,  and  dissolves  the  precipitate  in  diluted  phosphoric  acid.  The 
liquor  is  without  color,  and  has  no  inkish  taste  — Hygiea  1874,  Oct.      H.  M.  W, 
Note  on  Apomorphia. — M.  Oberlin.- -The  reactions  are  given  as  follows  : — 
1st.  With  alcohol  it  first  preserves  its  gray  color,  then  gradually  passes  to  green, 
and  finally  assumes  an  emerald  color,  which  is  quite  stable. 
2d.  With  ether,  benzin  and  chloroform  no  perceptible  change. 
