4  Formulas  for  Several  Preparations.  {Am-/a0n%p^arm- 
tion  is  not  an  oil  obtained  from  the  mullein.  The  charge  that  the 
price  is  -  exorbitant  "  is  clearly  the  result  of  ignorance  on  the  part 
of  the  man  making  it,  and  its  falsity  can  be  attested  to  by  any  one 
who  has  had  any  experience  in  making  the  article.  In  conclusion  : 
The  medical  profession  asked  for  a  certain  article  made  in  a  certain 
manner,  and  under  a  certain  name  :  we  simply  complied  with  their 
demands  and  nothing  more.  Had  Mr.  Beringer  had  the  courtesy 
to  ask  us  for  information  on  the  subject  instead  of  going  about  it  in 
an.  underhand  manner,  as  though  he  were  a  detective  and  we  engaged 
in  a  criminal  occupation,  we  would  cheerfully  have  given  him  all 
the  information  on  the  subject  we  possessed. 
BOERICKE  &  TAFEL. 
Philadelphia,  Deceinber  ig,  iSgi. 
FORMULAS  FOR  SEVERAL  PHARMACEUTICAL 
PREPARATIONS. 
Contributed  by  George  M.  Beringer.  Ph.G. 
Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  Dec.  15. 
These  formulas  are  submitted  in  reply  to  queries  received  by  the 
committee  on  pharmaceutical  meetings. 
Neutralizing  Cordial. — This  was  formerly  much  used  by  the 
eclectics,  and  the  formula  as  given  in  King's  Dispensatory,  p.  1285, 
is  as  follows  : 
Take  of — 
Rhubarb  in  coarse  powder,   1  «  , 
r  '    >  each  two  ounces. 
Potassium  carbonate,  ...  J 
Golden  seal,   1  , 
'    ►  *  .  .  .    each  one  ounce. 
Cinnamon,  ) 
Refined  sugar,  four  pounds. 
Brandy,     .  .  .•  '  one  gallon. 
Oil  of  peppermint,  twenty  minims. 
Macerate  the  rhubarb,  golden  seal  and  cinnamon  in  half  a  gallon 
of  the  brandv  for  six  hours  with  a  gentle  heat  ;  then  transfer  the 
mass  to  a  percolator  and  displace  with  the  remaining  brandy.  The 
remaining  strength,  if  there  be  any,  can  be  obtained  by  adding 
water  until  the  liquid  comes  off  tasteless.  To  the  percolate  add  the 
potassium  carbonate,  sugar  and  oil  of  peppermint,  the  latter  having 
been  previously  rubbed  with  sufficient  sugar  to  absorb  it,  and  mix 
the  two  percolates. 
It  is  stated  that  76  per  cent,  alcohol  may  be  substituted  for  the 
brandy. 
