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PHARMACEUTICAL  GLEANINGS. 
Strogonoff's  tincture  for  the  Cholera.  M.  0.  Reveil,  (Jour, 
de  Chimie  Med.)  has  seen  prescribed  powdered  charcoal,  a  table- 
spoonful  at  a  time,  in  the  form  of  injections,  in  cholera  ;  and  at 
the  same  time  administered  the  same  dose  by  the  stomach. 
Tn  the  collapsed  stage,  the  same  physicians  have  employed, 
with  success,  the  tincture  of  Strogonoff,  which  has  the  following 
composition.  Tincture  of  nux  vomica,  and  tincture  of  arnica, 
each  four  parts ;  ethereal  tincture  of  valerian,  and  Hoffman's 
anodyne,  each  eight  parts ;  tincture  of  aconite,  twelve  parts ; 
tincture  of  opium,  six  parts  ;  essence  of  mint,  two  parts ;  mixed. 
Of  this  tincture,  15  to  20  drops  in  good  wine  are  given  in  case 
of  coldness  and  extinction  of  the  pulse. 
Opium  of  Algeria.  For  about  ten  years  past,  the  culture  of 
opium  in  Algeria  lias  been  encouraged,  in  an  experimental  way, 
by  the  French  government.  Quite  recently,  the  French  minister 
of  war,  submitted  five  specimens  of  Algerine  opium  to  a  com- 
mission of  the  Academy,  with  the  following  results,  as  regards 
the  per  centage  of  morphia  ;  viz.  No.  1,  from  the  village  of  Mont- 
pensier  9.66  per  cent;  No.  2,  grown  at  Fouka,  11  per  cent; 
No.  3,  from  the  nursery  of  the  government  at  Algeria,  11.83 
per  cent ;  No.  4,  from  the  central  nursery  of  the  government 
7  per  cent. ;  No.  5,  another  specimen  from  the  same,  8.33 
per  cent. 
Iodhydrine.  M  M.  Bertholet  and  de  Luca,  (Comptes  Rend. 
Oct.  16,  1854,)  have  ascertained  that  glycerin  saturated  with 
hydriodic  acid  gas,  and  kept  for  fourteen  hour"  in  a  close  vessel 
at  212°  F.,  and  then  treated  with  potash  and  ether,  yields  a 
peculiar  iodized  liquid,  Iodhydrine.  It  is  a  syrupy,  golden 
colored  liquid,  sp.  grav.  1.783,  insoluble  in  water,  but  dissolving 
a  fifth  of  its  bulk  of  that  fluid,  soluble  in  alcohol,  has  a  saccharine 
taste,  is  not  volatile,  but  burns  without  residue,  evolving  iodine 
vapor.  In  its  formation,  two  equivalents  of  glycerin  and  one 
of  hydriodic  acid,  yield  one  eq.  of  iodhydrine  and  6  of  water, 
thus'         20*  H8  O6,  +  HI  =  C12  H11  06  +  61-10. 
The  authors  think  it  possible  that  the  iodine  contained  in  cod- 
liver  oil  and  analogous  oils,  may  exist  in  the  form  of  iodhydrine, 
or  some  similar  compound. 
