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Detannating  Wine. 
By  Wilbur  L.  Scoville. 
The  following  process  is  recommended :  To  one  gallon  of  white 
wine  add  five  fluidounces  of  (skimmed)  milk,  shake  well,  and  set 
aside  for  forty-eight  hours,  shaking  once  or  twice  during  that  time. 
Then  filter  off  a  small  sample,  mix  it  with  an  equal  volume  of  2  peA 
cent,  strychnine  sulphate  solution,  and  set  in  an  ice-chest  for  twelve 
to  twenty-four  hours.  If  at  the  end  of  that  time  no  precipitate  is 
apparent  in  the  test,  the  rest  of  the  wine  is  ready  for  filtration.  If 
a  precipitate  appears  in  the  test,  more  milk  must  be  added  and  the 
maceration  repeated,  usually  one  or  two  more  ounces  of  milk  being 
sufficient. 
For  red  wines  use  eight  ounces  of  milk  per  gallon  at  the  start, 
and  test  in  the  same  way. 
The  wines  so  treated  must  contain  not  less  than  18  per  cent, 
of  alcohol  after  filtering,  and  must  be  immediately  fortified  if  below 
this  strength. 
The  flavor  and  aroma  of  the  wines  are  not  materially  affected, 
but  the  color  is  made  lighter.  Darkening  will  occur  if  ferric  chloride 
be  added,  but  much  less  deeply  than  in  the  untreated  wine. 
Suppository  Base. 
By  H.  A.  B.  Dunning. 
The  author  recommends  that  for  use  in  summer  time,  and  when 
a  large  percentage  of  solid  extracts  are  dispensed,  a  base  composed 
of  cocoa  butter  containing  castor  oil  10  per  cent.,  white  wax  2^>  per 
cent.,  is  more  satisfactory  than  cocoa  butter.  This  mixture  melts 
at  body  temperature  and  spreads  quite  freely. 
The  examination  of  some  suppositories  in  the  following  combina- 
tions, cocoa  butter,  adrenalin,  water ;  cocoa  butter,  hydrochloric 
acid  diluted,  water;  cocoa  butter,  adrenalin,  hydrochloric  acid 
dilute  and  water,  seems  to  show  that  the  addition  of  1-24  grain 
adrenalin  to  30.  grain  suppository  increases  the  resistance  of  cocoa 
butter  to  heat,  and  prevents  the  suppository  melting  freely  at  body 
temperature. 
Beef,  Wine,  and  Iron. 
By  L.  E.  Sayre. 
An  examination  of  twenty-five  commercial  samples  showed  con- 
siderable variation  in  composition.    A  variation  within  certain  limits 
is  in  part  due  to  the  fact  that  the  ingredients  in  the  formula  are 
without  any  standards. 
