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gm.  castor  oil.  Two  days  before  treatment,  pickled,  sour  and 
spiced  victuals  should  be  taken. 
Antipyrin  in  infantile  diarrhoea. — Dr.  Saint  Philippe  {Jour.  Med. 
de  Bordeaux)  uses  solutions  of  antipyrin  in  cases  of  this  kind.  For 
children  from  1  to  6  months,  per  cent.;  of  one  year  I  per  cent., 
and  of  2  or  3  years,  1^  per  cent,  solution  of  antipyrin  are  used,  the 
dose  being  a  coffee-spoonful  every  two  hours. 
GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  GERMAN  JOURNALS. 
By  Frank  X.  Moerk,  Ph.G. 
Exodyne,  an  American  antipyretic,  according  to  an  analysis  made 
by  Dr.  F.  Goldmann,  contains  approximately  90  per  cent,  acetanil- 
ude,  5  per  cent,  sodium  salicylate  and  5  per  cent,  sodium  bicar- 
bonate ;  alkaloids  could  not  be  detected  in  this  mixture. — Pharm. 
Zeitung,  1892,  39. 
Quickine,  an  American  antiseptic,  contains  one  part  carbolic 
acid  and  0-02  parts  mercuric  chloride  in  1,000  parts  of  a  mixture  of 
alcohol  and  water. — Pharm.  Zeitung,  1892,  40. 
The  purification  of  resinified  essential  oils  is  best  effected  by 
neutralizing  with  sodium  carbonate  and  distilling  in  a  current  of 
steam ;  the  oil  will  be  almost  pure,  but  may  have  a  yellowish  color. 
To  remove  the  color  and  to  obtain  the  oil  perfectly  pure,  it  is  placed 
in  a  flask  with  several  pieces  of  stick  potash,  warmed  to  50-600  C, 
allowed  to  stand  over  night  and  then  distilled  over  a  naked  flame  ; 
bumping  is  prevented  by  adding  a  minute  quantity  of  talc  to  the  oil 
before  distilling. — Dr.  H.  Werner,  Pharm.  Zeitung,  1892,  39. 
Thymacetin  is  a  compound  related  to  thymol  in  the  same  manner 
as  is  phenacetin  to  phenol ;  it  has  the  formula  C6H2(CH3)(C3H7) 
(OC2H5)NHC2H30.  It  forms  a  white  crystalline  powder  only 
slightly  soluble  in  water;  in  doses  of  0-25  to  10  gm.,  it  generally 
relieved  nervous  headaches  and  occasionally  acted  as  a  hypnotic. — 
Pharm.  Zeitung,  1892,  40. 
Tests  for  fixed  oils. — Dr.  Holde  states  that  of  the  numerous  tests 
proposed  for  the  identification  of  fixed  oils  in  admixture,  there  is 
only  one  the  reliability  of  which  has  not  been  questioned,  namely, 
the  test  for  sesame  oil  with  hydrochloric  acid  and  sugar  (formation 
of  a  red  color). — Pharm.  Zeitung,  1892,  40. 
