574  Medical  and  Pharmaceutical  Notes,    j  A^wZiFm™' 
Aberdeen  Royal  Infirmary. 
Lead  Acetate   4  grains 
Tincture  of  Opium   15  minims 
Water   to      1  ounce 
In  the  17th  Edition  of  Martindale's  "Extra  Pharmacopoeia"  the 
recipe  for  Lotio  P'lumbi  et  Opii  is  three  minims  of  Tincture  of 
Opium  to  one  ounce  of  Dilute  Lead  Acetate  Solution. 
For  Lotio  Plumbi  cum  Opio  chemists  have  also  written  on  the 
prescription  form  the  recipe  which  they  dispensed,  and  the  strength 
of  both  the,  Tincture  of  Opium  and  the  Solution  of  Subacetate  of 
Lead  has  varied  as  between  chemist  and  chemist  and  the  other 
recipes  referred  to. 
LOTIO  RUBRA. 
The  B.  P.  C.  Recipe: 
Zinc  Sulph   2  grains 
Tr.  Lavand.  Co   10  minims 
Water   to      1  ounce 
Aberdeen  Royal  Infirmary. 
Zinc  Sulph   3  grains 
Tr.  Lavand.  Co   10  minims 
Water  to  1  ounce 
Edinburgh  Sick  Children's  Hospital. 
Zinc  Sulph   2  grains 
Tinct.  Cocci   2  minims 
Water   to  1  ounce 
Aberdeen  Royal  Infirmary. 
Zinc  Sulph.                                            .  1  grain 
Tr.  Lavand.  Co   15  minims 
Water   to  1  ounce 
MISTURA  ALBA. 
The  B.  P.  C.  Recipe. 
Mag.  Carb.  Lev   10  grains 
Mag.  Sulph   60  grains 
Aq.  Menth.  Pip  to  1  ounce 
