Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1880. 
Varieties, 
to  those  of  the  ordinary  nitrate,  as  they  are  not  easily  broken  and  can  be  poinled 
just  like  a  lead  pencil. — Ibid.^  April  7th,  1880. 
Ergot  in  Pharyngitis. — In  chronic  pharyngitis,  where  the  blood-vessels  of  the 
pharynx  are  enlarged  and  tortuous  and  the  secretion  moderate,  the  following  is 
recommended  : 
R     Ergotin,       .  .  .  .  .  .  gr.  xx. 
Tinct.  iodine,    .  .  .  .  .  .      fl.  3i. 
Glycerin,     .  .  .  .  .  .  fl.  ^i.  M. 
Sig.  Apply  to  the  pharynx  freely  twice  daily  with  a  camePs-hair  brush.  —  I'he 
Ohio  Med.  Reporter,  April,  1880. 
External  use  of  Atropia  for  the  Pain  of  Cancers. — M.  Anger  uses,  with  great 
success,  compresses  saturated  with  a  neutral  solution  of  sulphate  of  atropia,  and 
applied  over  the  seat  of  pain.  The  compress  is  covered  with  oiled  taffeta,  or  better 
with  sheets  of  gutta  percha,  to  prevent  evaporation,  and  renewed  three  or  fouv  times 
a  day. 
The  strength  of  the  solution  employed  is  (grs.  xv)  i  gram  of  the  sulphate  to 
(Oii)  r,ooo  grams  of  water.  He  has  never  seen  signs  of  absorption  of  the  medi- 
cine, such  as  dilatation  of  the  pupil,  dryness  of  the  throat,  etc.  This  action  js  not 
denied,  but  it  is  presumable  that  the  action  is  local,  contraction  ^f  the  vessels, 
diminution  of  the  sensibility.  The  facility  of  applying  it  and  the  cleanness  of  this 
method  give  marked  advantages  over  hypodermic  injections  and  ointments.  At  the 
same  time  the  marked  relief  observed  in  the  terrible  pains  of  cancer  seem  to  recom 
mend  its  use. — Chicago  Med.  Journ.  and  Exam.,  April,  1880. 
Unalterable  Cold  Cream. — The  "  Repertoire  de  Pharmacie  "  gives  the  follow- 
ing formula  for  a  cold  cream  that  possesses  the  property  of  not  becoming  rancid : 
Quince  mucilage,  .  .  .     (^iiss)  40  grams 
Almond  soap,  .  .  .         (gr.  xv)  i 
Stearic  acid,     .  .  .  .    (3'iss)  10 
Glycerin,    ....  (^ss)  2 
—Ibid. 
Cultivation  of  the  Cinchona  Tree  in  California.— The  "  Pacific  Medical  ana 
Surgical  Journar'  writes  on  the  cinchona  tree  as  follows  :  "There  is  no  subject  on 
which  our  legislature  could  act  with  so  much  benefit  to  the  Pacific  coast  as  in  the 
adoption  of  measures  for  introducing  the  growth  of  the  cinchona  tree.  We  are 
more  and  more  convinced,  from  all  we  read  of  its  introduction  and  cultivation  else- 
where, that  there  are  many  sections  of  country  in  our  State  in  which  it  would  flour- 
ish and  prove  a  source  of  bountiful  revenue.  The  latest  evidence  of  this  which  we 
have  met  with  is  in  a  communication  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Wash- 
ington from  Willis  Weaver,  written  at  Bogota,  South  America.     Mr.  Weaver  has 
