^m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Feb.,  1880. 
Varieties, 
causing  them  to  drink  also  an  infusion  of  the  same  plant.  None  appeared  to  suffer 
from  this  mode  of  treatment,  as  long  as  the  fresh  fucus  could  be  procured. 
The  cough  became  less  frequent,  the  breathing  less  confined,  the  expectorition 
less  in  quantity.  In  the  greater  number  the  hectic  fever  ceased,  and  the  progress  of 
emaciation  woas  arrested. 
In  1826  the  fucus  caused  fattening  and  arrest  of  emaciation  5  now  it  produces 
emaciation,  or  rather  it  reduces  bulk,  according  to  testimony  of  many  writers,  who 
perhaps  do  not  take  into  account  the  diet  they  adopt,  or  the  hygiene  they  follow,  as 
being  a  more  important  factor  in  the  matter. 
We  do  not  hear  now  of  fucus  in  consumption.  In  fifty-three  years'  time  shall  we 
hear  of  Anti-Fat? — Med.  Press  and  Circ.j  Dublin. 
Helianthus  annuus. — An  infusion  of  the  stem  of  the  sunflower  has  been  success- 
fully used  as  a  remedy  for  intermittent  fever  for  three  years  by  P.  Filatow.  The 
fresh  or  dried  stems  are  cut  into  small  pieces  and  macerated  with  8  parts  of  whisky 
for  three  or  four  days.  This  tincture  is  administered  in  the  dose  of  a  tablespoonful 
three  times  daily  for  adults.  The  author  claims  to  have  derived  almost  fully  as 
satisfactory  results  from  the  use  of  this  exceedingly  cheap  preparation  as  from  the 
very  expensive  quinia. — Pharm.  Ztschr.  f  RussL,  1879,  P-  ^^'^i  from  St.  P.  Med. 
Wochenschr. 
Preparations  of  Thymol. — Thymol  answers  admirably  well  for  antiseptic  washes 
in  the  proportion  of  i  part  to  20  parts  of  glj-cerin  and  100  parts  water  5  the  mixture 
does  not  injure  surgical  instruments,  and  is  an  excellent  substitute  for  carbolic  acid, 
being  more  efficacious  without  possessing  such  an  unpleasant  odor. 
Thymol  glycerole  consists  of  i  part  thymol  and  100  parts  starch  glycerols 
Thymol  lotion  is  a  solution  of  i  part  thymol  in  4  parts  of  alcohol 
Thymol  sal've  consists  of  from  i  to  4  parts  of  thymol  and  100  parts  of  lard. 
— Pharm.  Centralh  ,  1879,  P-  4^8,  from  Ztsch.  d.  Allg..,  Oest.  Ap.  Ver. 
Transparent  glycerin  soap  is  made  by  melting  together  500  grams  of  tallow,  500 
Ceylon  cocoa  oil,  250  castor  oil,  50  palm  oil  and  500  glycerin,  and,  when  the  mix- 
ture reaches  70  to  75°C.,  adding  gradually  650  of  soda  lye  (spec.  grav.  1-385),  stir- 
ring constantly  j  as  soon  as  saponification  is  completed,  which  is  usually  the  case  at 
the  expiration  of  a  few  minutes,  the  mass  is  removed  from  the  fire,  600  grams  of  96 
per  cent,  alcohol  are  added,  and  the  mixture  is  stirred  until  it  is  clear  and  until  it 
will  congeal  on  a  spatula,  when  a  solution  of  100  grams  of  sugar  in  50  of  water  is 
added,  the  mixture  is  perfumed  and  poured  into  moulds. — Pharm.  Ztg.^  1879,  P-  7^9 
Removal  of  Silver-Nitrate  Stains.  —  Instead  of  potassium  cyanide.  Dr.  H. 
Kaetzer  uses  a  solution  of  10  gzams  ammonium  chloride  and  10  grams  corrosive 
sublimate  in  100  grams  distilled  water,  which  must  be  kept  in  glass-stoppered  bot- 
tles. It  will  readily  remove  the  stains  from  the  skin,  linen,  wool  and  cotton,  without 
injuring  the  fabric— PZ'^r;^.  Ztg.,  Dec.  10,  1879,  P-  7^7,  fr.  Neueste  Erf  u.  Erfahr. 
