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ART. II.— PHARMACEUTICAL NOTICES. No. XIII. 
Nitro-sulphate of Ammonia. — In our last number, we gave 
a brief notice of the good effects that had been derived from 
the administration of nitro-sulphate of ammonia in typhoid 
fevers; without, however, stating the process by which this 
article is to be made. As several inquiries have been made 
on the subject, we subjoin the following, derived from the 
Journal de Pharmacie for August last. At a meeting of the 
Academy of Sciences of Paris, held on the 20th July, M. J. 
Pelouze read a memoir on some combinations of a new acid, 
formed of nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen, the results of which 
were: 
That on subjecting a mixture of sulphite of potassa, soda or 
ammonia, and of deutoxide of nitrogen to a temperature of 
about 0° F., these two bodies completely disappear, giving 
rise to new salts, having for their formula: Ko Az a So 4 Nao 
Az 3 , So* H 6 Az 3 Az a So*+H 3 0. These salts crystallise 
with great facility. They have this peculiarity, that most 
substances which decompose oxygenated water, also decom- 
pose them: without, however, adding or taking away any 
thing. 
The alkalies augment the stability of these salts which M. 
Pelouze has called nitro-sulphates, and completely prevent 
the action of spongy platina, silver, powdered charcoal, and 
other agents which decompose a solution of the nitro-sulphates 
in an uncombined form. 
The nitro-sulphates may be readily obtained, by passing a 
current of deutoxide of nitrogen for several hours through a 
sulphite dissolved in highly alkaline water. M. Pelouze 
was unable to prepare nitro-sulphuric acid, without the aid of 
bases. 
Phosphate of Quinia. — Many physicians in Europe prefer 
the phosphate of quinia to the sulphate; as, in their opinion, it 
