450 
ON  PREPARATION  OF  ANILINE. 
ON  ORGEAT  SYRUP. 
By  M.  Capdeville. 
Take  of  Sweet  almonds, 
500  grrm. 
=    16  ounces  Troy, 
Bitter  almonds, 
250  " 
=     8     "  " 
Sugar, 
3000  " 
=    96     "  « 
Water, 
1600  « 
=    51i-    «  u 
Distilled  cherry  laurel  water, 
15  « 
=     \  a  fluid  ounce. 
Distilled  orange  flower  water, 
230  « 
=      8     "  " 
Exterior  rind  of  lemons, 
No.  3. 
The  almonds  are  blanched  and  reduced  to  a  fine  paste  in  a 
marble  mortar,  adding,  during  the  process,  one  twelfth  of  the 
water  and  16  ounces  of  sugar.  This  operation  terminated,  the 
author  makes  an*  oleo-saccharum,  by  bruising  the  lemon  rinds 
with  16  ounce  more  of  the  sugar.  He  then  incorporates  this 
oleo-saccharum  little  by  little  with  the  paste,  adds  the  remainder 
of  the  water  with  trituration,  strains  with  strong  expression,  and 
adds  to  the  emulsion  the  remainder  of  the  sugar,  and  dissolves  it 
at  a  temperature  which  should  not  exceed  104g  Fahr.,  so  as  to 
avoid  the  coagulation  of  the  albumen.  Finally  the  distilled 
waters  are  added,  immediately  after  straining: 
Remarks. — It  is  important  that  the  rind  of  the  lemons  be  de- 
prived of  their  parenchyme,  because  the  citric  acid  it  contains 
will  coagulate  a  part  of  the  albumen  in  the  syrup,  and  injure  its 
consistence.  With  the  proportions  above  indicated,  and  with 
the  distilled  waters  added,  the  author  has  always  obtained  a 
very  emulsive  syrup,  which  keeps  well  without  separating — 
Repertoire  de  Pharmacie,  Janv.,  1855. 
PREPARATION  OF  ANILINE. 
By  M.  A.  Bechamps. 
The  author  believing  that  this  artificial  alkaloid  will,  ere  long, 
become  a  therapeutic  agent,  and  interesting  therefore  to  pharma- 
ceutists, offers  the  following  formula  of  M.  Bechamps,  for  its 
preparation,  which  is  both  economical  and  elegant. 
Into  a  spacious  retort,  introduce  1  part  of  nitrobenzile, 
1*2  part  of  iron  filings,  free  from  rust,  and  1  part  of  strong 
acetic  acid,  free  from  mineral  acid.  The  quantity  of  acetic  acid 
should  be  such  that  the  iron  will  be  completely  submerged.  Very 
