"^"jJneAs^o''"-}  Gleanings  from  the  German  Journals,  319 
yellow  wax  50*0  and  lard  250*0  grams,  previously  melted  together  and 
■colored  red  with  alkanet,  balsam  of  Peru  10  grams,  oil  of  bergamot  50 
•drops,  oil  star  anise  20  drops,  and  rose  water  30*0,  and  stirring  until 
the  ointment  solidifies. — Pharm.  Centralh,^  March  11,  1880,  p.  90. 
Glycerin  and  Sodium  Bicarbonate  for  Burns. — Sodium  bicar- 
bonate has  been  used  extensively  and  very  successfully  lately  as  an 
application  to  burns  by  spreading  a  layer  of  the  powdered  salt  over  the 
burnt  part  and  surrounding  it  with  a  moistened,  strip  of  linen  ;  when 
thus  used  on  fresh  burns  the  pain  is  relieved  immediately  and  blisters 
never  form.  Dr.  Th.  Koller  recently  tried  repealed  glycerin  applica- 
tions for  burns,  and  reports  that  he  found  it  not  only  equal,  but  even 
far  superior  to  sodium  bicarbonate  for  relieving  the  burning  pain  and 
preventing  the  formation  of  blisters,  it  at  the  same  time  leaving  the 
^  skin  soft  while  the  sodium  '  bicarbonate  is  apt  to  have  the  opposite 
effect.  He  applies  the  concentrated,  syrupy,  perfectly  clear  glycerin  to 
the  burns  with  the  hand  with  but  very  slight  pressure. — Pharm.  7jtg.^ 
March  6,  1880,  p.  140,  from  ISleue  Erf. 
Red  Carbolic  Acid. — The  red  color  appearing  in  previously  entirely 
■colorless  pure  carbolic  acid  is  considered  by  Hager  to  be  caused  by 
the  ammonium  nitrite  existing  in  the  atmospheric  air.  Acid  filled  into 
bottles  while  in  a  melted  state  in  an  atmosphere  free  from  ammonia, 
and  afterwards  kept  in  air-tight  bottles,  will  remain  colorless. — Pharm. 
Post.,  March  16,  1880,  p.  108,  from  Pharm.  Centralh. 
Separation  of  Quinia  from  Strychnia. — Dwars  dissolved  5  grams 
of  citrate  of  iron,  quinia  and  strychnia  in  a  little  water  supersaturated 
with  ammonia,  shook  with  chloroform,  allowed  the  chloroform  to 
evaporate,  dried  the  residue  at  i  io°C.,  and  obtained  o-8i  gram  —  i6'2 
per  cent,  of  alkaloids.  The  residue  was  dissolved  in  warm  water,  add- 
ing sufficient  solphuric  acid  to  obtain  a  neutral  solution,  to  which 
ammonium  oxalate  was  added  in  excess.  On  the  following  day  the 
quinia  oxalate  was  collected,  washed,  and  dried  at  ioo°C.,  when  it 
weighed  0*704  gram  =  0'6i8  quinia.  The  filtrate  and  wash  water 
were  shaken  with  ammonia  and  chloroform.  After  evaporating  0*1775 
gram  amorphous  alkaloid,  strychnia  and  traces  of  crystallized  quinia 
remained,  which  were  treated  repeatedly  with  pure  ether,  yielding  ulti- 
mately 0  02 1  gram  of  pure  strychnia. — Pharm.  Ztschr.f  Russl..,  Feb. 
I,  1880,  p.  76. 
Quinia  bimuriate  is  well  adapted  for  hypodermic  injections,  because 
it  is  soluble  in  water  in  every  proportion,  and  was  warmly  recom- 
