88 MISCELLANY. 
ounces of a very aromatic fluid have passed over. Take the residue, 
strain it through a flannel and express ; then filter through paper. This 
filtered liquid is to be mixed in a basin with ten pounds of well clarified 
syrup of honey, and the whole boiled till it marks 31° of the hydrometer 
for syrups, when it is to be withdrawn from the fire, and the 12 ounces of 
liquid obtained by distillation added to it; the mixture is to be again 
strained. This is an excellent preparation, very astringent, of a fine red 
colour, and perfectly transparent. Journ. de Chim. Med. 
Opiate for Gonorrhoea. — Dr. Berton gives the following formula as very 
effectual in the treatment of Gonorrhoea. 
R Bals. copaibae, 
Pulv. Cubebae, aa ^ij. 
Alumenis gi. 
Extract opii, gr. v. 
Incorporate the whole carefully, so as to form a homogenous mass. Of 
this, one drachm is to be taken night and morning in the pulp of a prune, 
and the dose rapidly increased to two drachms, morning and evening. 
The author disapproves of injections, till the running has diminished and 
the disease remains in a stationary state. Gazette Med. 
Creosote Pills. — Dr. Reich, of Berlin, has four,! the following pills 
very beneficial in acute rheumatism. R Creosote, gi; Pulv. Rad. al- 
theee, q. s. f. pill. ex. Four or five to be taken morning and evening. 
Amer. Journ. Med. Set, and Hufeland Journal. 
