464  Gleanings  from  the  German  fonrnals.  {An>s^ptr/Sarm' 
Tooth  wax. — Wax,  300  ;  Venetian  turpentine,  12-0;  powdered 
mastich,  5-0;  powdered  opium,  3-0;  chloral  hydrate,  2*5. 
Tooth  wash. — Tannin,  5-0;  tincture  of  iodine  and  tincture  of 
myrrh,  each,  2-5;  potassium  iodide,  i-o;  rose  water,  180-0;  a  tea- 
spoonful  in  a  glassful  of  warm  water  used  as  a  wash  will  prevent 
decay  and  loosening  of  the  teeth. 
Antiseptic  Tooth  wash  (Cordin). — Saccharin,  i*o;  sodium  bicarbo- 
nate, 0-5  ;  alcohol,  ioo-o;  oil  of  peppermint,  gtt.xi. — Apotheker  Ztg., 
1892,  347. 
Oxychinaseptol  (diaphtherin). — The  properties  published  in  Am. 
Journ.  of  Pharmacy,  1892,  374,  are  now  supplemented  as  follows: 
Recrystallized  from  water  it  forms  amber-yellow,  transparent,  hexa- 
gonal crystals,  which  powdered  are  soluble  at  least  in  an  equal 
weight  ot  water;  melting  point  85°C;  not  decomposed  until  heated 
to  180-2200  when  phenol  distils  over;  between  2200  and  2500  a  mix- 
ture of  oxychinoline  and  phenol  distils,  and  between  250-2690  C. 
oxychinoline  with  traces  only  of  phenol  passes  over;  the  aqueous 
solution  with  ferric  chloride  occasions  a  blue  green  color  destroyed 
by  hydrochloric  acid.  Excess  of  sodium  carbonate  causes  a  separa- 
tion of  oxychinoline  while  phenol  is  found  in  solution.  It  is  quite 
soluble  in  dilute  alcohol,  leis  so  in  strong  alcohol. — Pharm.  Ztg., 
1892,  429. 
Lanolin  milk. — 20-0  powdered  soap,  'io-o  powdered  borax,  70  0 
water,  30-0  cocoanut  oil,  70  0  hydrated  lanolin  are  triturated  together 
for  at  least  10  minutes  and  8oo-o  warm  rose-water  (40 0  C.)  gradually 
added  ;  after  agitation  the  preparation  is  perfumed  with  the  oils  of 
bergamot  and  orange  flower,  each,  gtt.  x ;  rose,  gtt  v,  and  wintergreen 
gtt.  i. — E.  Dieterich,  Pharm.  Ztg.,  1892,  429. 
Thiosalicylic  acid  is  recommended  to  be  used  medicinally  for  the 
same  purposes  as  salicylic  acid  ;  patents  have  been  applied  for  a 
process  of  preparing  it  from  anthranilic  acid  by  converting  this 
into  0-diazo-benzoic  acid,  treating  with  hydrogen  sulphide,  then 
with  sodium  carbonate  or  hydrate,  and  supersaturating  with  hydro- 
chloric or  sulphuric  acid.  On  oxidation  it  gives  at  once  oriho-sulpho- 
benzoic  acid  free  from  isomers  and,  therefore,  important  in  the 
manufacture  of  the  sweet  substance,  saccharin. — Prof.  C.  Graebe, 
Apotheker  Ztg.,  1892,  359. 
