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ON FULIGOKALI AND ANTHROKOKALI. 
ART. XLIII. — SOME NOTICE OF FULIGOKALI AND 
ANTHROKOKALI. By Augustine Duhamul. 
These names (terms derived from the Greek and Latin) 
have been given to two new medicinal compounds of carbon. 
The first is a compound of soot and potash, first introduced 
to public notice by Dr. Gibert: the second, of anthracite com- 
bined with the same alkaline body, made known by Dr. 
Polya anterior to the first mentioned. These gentlemen are 
French practitioners attached to the St. Louis Hospital of 
Paris, so well known for its treatment of syphilitic, scrofulous, 
and cutaneous diseases. 
Fuligokali is prepared as follows: 
Caustic potash, 20 parts. 
Shining soot, in powder, 100 " 
Water, q. g, 
Dissolve the potash by heat in a small quantity of the wa- 
ter, and add it to the powdered soot placed in a capsule; mix 
well by stirring, and add sufficient water that the mixture 
may boil for some time, then let it cool: afterwards dilute it 
further with water, filter, and evaporate to dryness to obtain 
the fuligokali in powder or in scales, and enclose it in dry 
bottles. 
As thus prepared it is in the form of a black powder, hav- 
ing an empyreumatic odor, and a mild alkaline taste; is par- 
tially soluble in alcohol, and extremely soluble in water. It 
is decomposed by the mineral acids. 
Dr. Gibert combines it with sulphur in the following pro- 
portions, under the name of 
Sulphuretted Fuligokali. 
Fuligokali, 
Caustic potash, 
Sulphur, 
60 parts. 
14 " 
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