Notes on 
Some Recent Remedies. 
McKesson & bobbins, 
New York. McK. & R. SALINE AND CHALYBEATE TONIC TABLETS. 
(after THE FORMULA OF DR. AUSTIN FLINT, LT.D.) 
EACH TABLET CONTAINS FIVE GRAINS. 
Dr. Flint says: "In the great majority of the cases of anaemia, etc., in which iron was 
strongly indicated, the tonic seemed to act much more promptly and favorably than the 
chalybeates usually employed."-V. Y. M. Jour. 
In Bottles of 1OO and 500. 
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Me. K. & R. TEREBENE. 
We are prepared to supply this valuable agent for the cure of winter cough, bronchitis, 
etc., in its purest form. Dr. DeWitt, of Halifax, writes: " My experience has taught me 
that the terebene manufactured by McKesson & Robbins is the most palatable and reliable." 
CORDIAL EXALG-INIQUE. 
An agreeable and invigorating nerve sedative ; valuable as an analgesic in headache, 
neuralgia, rheumatism, and nervousness. Each tablespoonful contains 2*4 grains of exalgine. 
Dose, one to two tablespoonfuls, which may be repeated two to four times a day as indicated. 
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McK. & R. Preparations of Ergot and Ergotin. 
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McK. & R. Fluid Extract of Ergot. 
McK. & R. Ergotin (Bonjean's Formula). 
McK. & R. Ergotin for Hypodermic Use. 
McK. & R. Ergotin Pills, 
Grain, %, i, 2, 3 and 5. Each Grain is the Equivalent of Ten Grains of Ergot. 
McK. & R. BATH KORKOZY. 
Designed to protect the feet during and after a bath. Send for McK. & R.'s monograph 
on " The Bath." 
The Following Pills and Granules will be Found of Value. 
Full Notes, with Bibliography, Sent Free. 
McK. & R. ACETANIL1D, 2 and 5 grs. 
McK. & R. CREOLIN, 2 grs. 
McK. & R. DIPSOMANIA, 1-60 gr. 
McK. & R. EXALGINE, 2, 3 and 5 grs. 
McK. & R. JAMBUL, 5 grs. 
McK. & R. NAPHTHALIN, 3 and 5 grs. 
McK, & R. STROPHANTHIN, 1-20, 1-4 gr. 
McK. & R. TERPIN HYDRATE, 2 grs. 
McK. & R. THYMOL, 2 1-2 grs. 
McK. & R. SALOL, 2 1-2 and 5 grs. 
McK. & R. CREASOTE, 1-2 and 1 gr. 
McK. & R. SPARTEINE, 1-4 gr. 
McK. & R. MERCURY & CHALK, 1-4, 1 gr. 
McK. & R.CANNABIS INDICA EXTRACT, 
1-8, 1-4 and 1-2 gr. 
McK. & R. ICHTHYOL, 2 grs. 
McK. & R. NITRO-GLYCERIN, 
1-200, 1-100 and 1-50 gr. 
McK. & R. COCAINE, 
In anhydrous crystals, and in granules of,. 
1-20, 1-10, 1-8 and 1-4 gr. Notes on Some Recent Remedies. 
(Unless otherwise mentioned, the dates refer to the year 1888). 
Acetanilid.-Smith (Caldwell): typhoid: 
relieves frontal headache ; lowers temp.; dose, 
% (1 year), 3, 5 grains ; often followed by re- 
freshing sleep.- Glasg. M. y., Apl. Sarda : 
neuralgia of long standing, temporary relief.- 
Bull. gen. de Thdrap., May. Moyer : abortive 
petit mal; one case ; 5 grs. t.i.d.; good re- 
sults.-Arch. Gyn., July. Pisemsky : experi- 
mental ; 38 grains daily to dogs, death on 16th 
to 20th day.-St. Pctersb'g Inaug. Dissert., '87. 
Flint : sciatica ; large doses pushed ; sulphur 
had previously failed.-M. Rec., N. Y., Dec. I. 
McK.&R. pills 2 and 5 grains. 
Acids.-Haig: migraine : Tq, 40 to 60dilute 
nitro-hydrochloric, or citric acid, taken in 30 
minutes ; for the paroxysm.-Biit. M. J., 
Jan. 14. 
Adonidine.-Oliver : aortic and mitral 
regurgitation : 1-8 to 1-6 grain four times daily. 
-Lancet, Nov. 24. 
Agaricine.-Night-sweats : dose, 1-6 to 
1-4 grain. McK.&R. granules, 1-6 grain. 
Alanin-Mercury.-de Lucca : syphilis : 
hypodermic dose grain i-i3th in 16 Tip water 
daily ; 40 cases of recent.-Lancet, Apl. 28. 
Alkalies.-Sternberg: yellow fever: 150 
grains bicarb, soda, 3-10 grain cor. sub., one 
quart pure water. ozs. every hour,ice 
cold ; 12 successful cases in Havana.- Therap. 
Gaz., Aug. 
Aloin.-Clark (Andrew): constipation: gra- 
duated series of four compound pills for 
systematic treatment.-Lancet, Jan. 1, 1887. 
McK.&R. can supply each of the four for- 
mulas, with an abstract of Sir Andrew Clark's 
article. 
Ammonia.-Rigby : cobra bite : Ttf 20 in- 
ternally with Tif 15 hypoderm.; recovery.- 
Ind. M. Gaz. 
Amylene Hydrate.-Scharschmidt : 
melancholy, mania, delirium tremens: sleep in 
5 to 60 minutes. Dose, nj, 15 to 75. 
Amyl Hydrate.-Dietz, Gurtler, and 
Avellis: hypnotic: stronger than paraldehyde 
and weaker than chloral. Dose-given in mix- 
ture which should be shaken-6 to 90 grains, 
medium 30 grains.-Deut. M. Zeit., No. 18. 
Amyl, Tertian Nitrite.-Bals and 
Broglio : used as amyl nitrite, but said not to 
produce palpitation; 60 to 80 drops may be in- 
haled daily even by patients with weak heart. 
-Nouv. Reni., June. 
Anthrarobin.-Behrend : skin-diseases : 
resembles chrysarobin, but is slower and mild- 
er ; 10$ ointment. Weyl : experimental: in- 
ternally to rabbits without special effect; detect- 
ed in urine. Guttmann:psoriasis: 6 cases treat- 
ed with anthrarobin on one side and chrysaro- 
bin on the other ; all got well, but a. required 
the most time ; no dermatitis or conjunctivit- 
is. Rosenthal: applied to scalp : turned the 
hair a deep red color.- Viertelj. filr Derm. und 
Syph.., Heft I, 4. 
Antifebrin (see acetanilid). 
Antipyrin.-Neuralgia, rheumatism, etc.: 
generally as a cure for pain ; dose, 2 to 20 
grains ; contra-indicated in kidney diseases. 
McK.&R. pills, 2, 3, and 5 grains. 
Arsenic.-Sawyer : chorea • must be 
pushed; girl of 10 years; 5 nL Fowler's solut. 
thrice daily gradually increased to a quarter 
grain arsenious acid thrice daily; several 
cases in adults.-Birm. M. Rev., Jan. Cartazt 
rhinitis in workers in arsenical products ; 
coryza with deep ulcerations and perforation 
of septum ; treated by change of work, irri- 
gations, bismuth, sulphur baths.-Brit. M. J., 
March 31. McK.&R. granules 1-60, 1-50,1-40, 
1-30 and 1-20 grain. The 1-50 gr. granule is 
about equal to two minims of Fowler's solution. 
Arsenic, Bromide.-Iliin : psoriasis: 
two cases by Corbett's method (arsenic brom., 
1 gr.; alcohol, 2 ozs.; syrup, 8 ozs.; a tea- 
spoonful two or three times a day after meals); 
profuse shedding of scales in two weeks ; 
both were bad cases ; a brown discoloration 
was left at the parts previously affected.- 
Rilss. Med., No. 48, '87. 
Atropa Mandragora.-Richardson : 
anaesthetic of antiquity : the mandrake of the 
Bible and Virgil; experiments were made on 
the root obtained from Greece; 3 iij of tincture 
(water, 5; alcohol 1) produced sleep in rabbits! 
the sleep is of a peculiar, disturbed kind ; its 
action appears to be purely upon the nervous 
centres.-Asclepiad. 
Atropine.-Glinsky: haemoptysis : 3 cases; 
pneumonia and phthisis ; expectorated large 
quantities of blood; injection of 1-120 gr. 
stopped the haemorrhage at once ; treated for 
five days two injections daily; cure : menorrha- 
gia : 12 days flow each month; injection on 
second day ; complete stoppage of haemor- 
rhage.-Lond. Med. Rec., Feb. McK.&R.gran- 
ules 1-300, 1-200, 1-120, 1-100 and 1-60 grain. 6 
Belladonna.-Beckett : mammary sinus 
following abscess; thick plaster of extract; cure 
in ten days.-Indian Med. (Vzz., Jan. McK.&R. 
fluid and solid extracts of leaf and root. 
Betaine.-Brieger : ptomaine: C5 H11 
NO2; from stale fish.-Arch, de Pharm.,] was 5. 
Bo rate of Ammonium : excessive ex- 
pectoration in phthisical patients ; 4 grs. three 
times daily.-Nouveaux Rem., Feb. 
Borax.-Noel : diphtheria : 60 cases, 3 
deaths ; infants under one year, 10 to 15 grs.; 
adults, 60 to 120 grs., in 24 hours ; objects to 
local measures.-Rev. de Thlrap., Sept. 1. 
Boracic acid.-Gaucher: impetigo: re- 
move scabs by poultice and apply boracic acid 
in glycerine of starch (1 in 10); cure in 10 
days in over too cases ; pulmonary tuberculosis : 
10 gr. doses ; easily eliminated; several 2%- 
ounce consecutive doses necessary to kill an 
adult.-L'Union Med., Jan. 31. Terrier 
doubts above : S6vestre employs the acid in 
impetigo.-Lond. M. Rec., Apl. 
Bromide of Potassium.-Butlin : 
tetanus, traumatic : risus sardonicus well 
marked ; chloral and bromide, patient worse ; 
20 grs. each bromide and salicin every two 
hours ; improvement; profuse sweating ; re- 
covery.-Brit. M. J., Jan. 14. 
Buchinka.-Drastic purgative: used in 
Brazil; fruit of momordica operculata. 
Buckthorn.-Gretchinsky : toothache : 
one ounce boiled with water one pint ; used 
as a gargle, or on plug; effect ascribed to 
tannin. McK.&R. fluid extract, normal and 
tasteless.-Zub. Vestnik, Lond. M. Rec., June. 
Cadaverine. - Brieger : ptomaine : 
not toxic; human cadaver; C5H14N2.-Arch, 
de Pharm., June 5. Grawitz : can cause in- 
flammation and formation of pus.-Virchow's 
Archiv., band ex. 
Calomel.-Gallwey:phagedeena : ulcer on 
penis with a third of the glans destroyed ; 
other means of no avail; thickly dusted with 
calomel powder, well pressed in; recovery.- 
Brit. M. J., March 3. 
Calycanthine.-Eccles: alkaloid of 
calycanthus glaucus ; grows wild in Virginia ; 
not investigated.-Pharm. Rec., Feb. 15. 
Camphorated Naphthol. - Deses- 
quelle : painless cautery: syrupy colorless 
liquid made by mixing powdered beta-naph- 
thol one part with camphor two parts.-Archiv. 
de Pharm., Sept. 5. 
Camphoric Acid.--Furbinger: antisep- 
tic : causes no irritation and possesses no 
specific action apart from its favorable effect 
in the night-sweats of phthisis ; says doctors 
are deceived by the mildness of the course of 
a disease ; tells story of a doctor who praised 
cor. sub. as of great value in catarrh ; it was 
afterwards found that he had used spring 
water and all the mercury had been precipi- 
tated as insoluble tetroxide ; in night-sweat- 
ing !5 grs. 3 or 4 times a day, or 30 grs. in the 
evening.-Deut. M. Zeit., No. 50. Reichert: 
sore-throat : valuable ; has a specific action in 
tuberculosis.-Ibid. 
Camphor at ed Aniline.-An ti spasmod- 
ic : one to four ethereal solution ; given in 
capsules ; dose, 1 to 3 grs.; 12 grs. in the 24 
hours.-Nouv. Rem., Feb. 
Canadol.-Pliouchkine : anesthetic : dis- 
tilled from naphtha ; causes rapid cold like 
ether, but does not continue to lower the 
temp.; local anaethesia complete in 60 seconds; 
for minor operations.-Rev. Therap. MId.-chir* 
Cannabis Indica.-McConnell: anorex- 
ia : 5 to 10 m t.i.d. half-hour before meals: 
dyspeptic diarrhea : 10 to 20 Tl[ t.i.d., blue pill 
at night: hypnotic. in cardiac or Bright's 
disease ; 15 to 20 ifi, with 10 grs. chloral and 
20 grs. bromide.-Practitioner, Feb. Greene : 
migraine: to be given for three months ; x/3 
gr. ale. extract every night and morning ; 
or gr. in severe cases.-Practitioner, July. 
The McK.&R. extracts, solid and fluid, will 
be found reliable and uniform, the preparation 
being very carefully conducted ; granules of 
1-8, 1-4 and 1-2 grain. Full notes on recent 
uses of this drug sent on application. 
Carbolate of Camphor. - Smith 
(Shingleton): phthisis : two cases with great 
improvement ; injections subcutaneous and 
into lung tissue about the diseased areas in 
the apices ; no irritation ; dose, 10, 15, 20 TT[ 
of the saturated solution of camphor in car- 
bolic acid injected twice a week at first and 
then daily.-Bristol M. Jour., Sept. 
Carbolic Acid.-Verneuil : anthrax : 
spray of 2$ 3 or 4 times a day for 20 or 30 
minutes; the vertex of the tumor is sur- 
rounded with a roll of linen to protect the 
skin; carbolic compress after the spray ; 
infallible in small furunculi.-Lond. M. Rec., 
Feb. Dujardin-Beaumetz cured a case of in- 
termittent fever that had resisted quinine by 
injections of one grain of a one per cent, solu- 
tion by the Pravaz syringe.-La Mid. des 
Ferments, No. 33. 
Carbo-naphtholic Acid (alpha).- 
Ellenberger : antiseptic : formed by the action 
of sodium and carbonic acid on naphthol ; 
soluble in alcohol and partly in borax solu- 
tion ; 1 to 300 checks advanced decomposi- 
tion ; excreted as a salt unaltered in the 
urine.-Brit. M. Jour., Nov. 3. 
Carbonic Acid.-Brown-SGquard : dys- 
pnea : inhalations of the gas once or twice a 
day ; two to four quarts ; innocuous ; a sooth- 
ing action similar to that, of a subcutaneous 
injection of morphine ; suggested by Weill.- 
France Med., March 8. 7 
respect.-Brit. M. Jour., Oct. 27. When the 
"Brown Mixture" of the U. S. Ph. is desired 
McK.&R. prepare a pill very nearly equiv- 
alent to one teaspoonful of the official prep- 
aration. 
Chloride of Methyl.-Bailly : neural- 
gia : tampons of non-absorbent cotton, wound 
with silk, dipped into the liquid and applied 
to the skin ; in applying to mucous surfaces a 
strip of gold-beater's skin should be inter- 
posed ; nearly every case muscular rheumatism 
was cured ; acts by the production of cold ; 
small whitish vesicles appearing on the skin 
show the limit of the application.-L'Union 
Med., Meh 1. The above method has been 
applied (Vidal) in over 120 operations for local 
anaesthesia ; for (Bouchard) the actual cau- 
tery ; and at times it relieved dyspnoea : it 
soothes (Dieulafoy and others) internal pains. 
- Gaz. des Hop. Huchard : spinal irritation : 
spray along the spine ; perhaps useful in 
chorea.-Bull. Mdd., July I. Chloride of 
methyl is sold in copper siphons in which the 
gas is condensed to a liquid form; many 
observers-See, Jacoby, and others-have tes- 
tified to the efficacy of the spray in many 
cases of neuralgia, rheumatism, etc. McK.&R. 
can supply this valuable agent in copper si- 
phons. 
Chloride Sodium.-Greene (W. T.): 
vomiting of pregnancy : two cases ; 5 grs. in 
one ounce of chloroform water thrice daily 
and continued.-Med. Press, Meh. 7. Rosen- 
buch : collapse : 75 to 300 grs. of a 6$ solution 
injected in one place, up to 450 grs. in all ; 
indicated in heart failure, hemorrhages of 
lungs, stomach and bowels ; in cachexia ifiiq, 
injected daily.-Prz.Lek., Therap. Gaz., Meh. 
Choline.-Brieger : ptomaine: C5H1B 
NO2 ; obtained from decomposed meat ; has 
an effect similar to that of curare.-Arch, 
depharm., June 5. 
Chromic Acid.-Hyperhydrosis of feet: 
application of 10$ solut. every 3 or 6 weeks ; 
said to have been adopted by the German 
army.-Med. Press, Lond., Oct. 24. 
Chrysaniline Di nitrate.-Auclert: 
analgesic : unreliable : seems to have given 
good results in epilepsy, but produces nausea 
and diarrhoea.-Bull. Gdn. deThdrap., June 15. 
Cicutine Hydrobromate.-Dujar- 
din-Beaumetz : angina pectoris : to 3 grs. 
with alcohol and aq. laurocerasi by hypoder- 
mic injection during the accession. 
Cineraria Maritima.-Mercer : cat- 
aract: a plant of Venezuela ; dose, 2 drops of 
the juice applied three times a day ; said to 
have restored sight to the author, who was 
totally blind from cataract.-Pharm. J. &• 
Trans., May 26, 
Carduus Marianus.-Tripier: -varix : 
veins of internal organs may exist in a con- 
dition which we recognize in varicocele and 
haemorrhoids ; very good results ; dose 20 to 
25 drops of tinct. (French Codex-20$) once 
or twice daily.-Bull.gdn.de Thdrap., June 15. 
McK.&R. prepare the tincture of the strength 
of the French Codex : a translation from the 
French, of Dr. Tripier's article sent free on 
application. 
CascaraSagrada.-Goodwin : rheuma- 
tism : 16m, fluid extract t.i.d.-N. Y. M. J., 
June 9. Note.-Has produced symptoms re- 
sembling cholera morbus in some cases when 
given in large doses as a purgative, this effect 
is said to be due to a ferment contained in the 
drug and is absent (Greene) in the tasteless 
extract. McK.&R. fluid and solid extracts, 
and non-bitter fluid extract. Pills of 1, 2 and 
3 grains of the solid extract, with several com- 
binations. 
Casein Saccharate.-Leger: emulsi- 
Jier : Dry casein one part, sugar nine parts, 
made alkaline with bicarb, soda.-Nouv. 
Rem., Feb. 
Cerium Oxalate.-Cheesman : cough: 
10 grs. or more several times a day for sev- 
eral days.-M. Rec., N. Y., June 2. McK.&R. 
pills, 1, 2 and 3 grains. 
Chicken Blood.-Czartoryski : leucocy- 
themia : bad case ; blood of chicken from sev- 
ered neck, received in warm vessels; the ceso- 
phogus and trachea should not be injured when 
the neck is cut; remedy proposed by Avicenna; 
girl of eight years increased from 22 lbs. to 
54 lbs. in 7 months ; the blood of two to ten 
chickens daily.-Pacif. M. & S. J., June. 
Chloral Ammonium.-Nesbitt: stim- 
ulant : contains 10% of amidogen ; dose, 5 to 
20 grs.- Therap. Gaz., Feb. 
Chloral Hydrate.-Mercier : diphthe- 
ria : early stages only ; 1 to 5 grs. in syrup 
every half hour, taking care to give food and 
drink before the dose ; separation of false 
membranes in 48 hours; if tongue is much 
furred an emetic is given before treatment ; 
of use only in the early stages.-Rev. de Thd- 
rap., Feb. 
Chlorate Potassium.-Lemoine: epi- 
thelioma : treatment proposed by M. Reclus ; 
parts kept covered with lint moistened with 
solution of the chlorate and 30 grs. given in- 
ternally daily.-Rev. Gen. de Clin, et de 
Thdrap., July 5. 
Chloride Ammonium.-Greene (W. 
T.) : neuralgia : never known it to fail ; dose, 
20 grs.-Med. Press, Sept. 12. Maxwell recom- 
mends inhalations produced by heating the 
dry powder in a glass tube as giving neutral 
fumes, the ordinary method varying in this 8 
Cocaine.-March: pleurisy: 1-5 to 1-4 
gr. injected over seat of pain as indicated by 
patient places decided check on tendency to 
effusion.-Brit. M. y., July 14. Fenwick : 
reflex action: in a case of neuralgia of the 
face with urethral pain, it was noted that 
cocaine injected into the urethra cured the 
neuralgia, further experiments were made 
and the author concludes that, if pain in any 
part of the body be due to slight nerve irrita- 
tion, neuralgias, etc., cocaine injected into the 
urethra will relieve it, if, however, the pain 
be due to severe irritation-carcinoma, in- 
flammation-the drug will not relieve it ; thus 
used it is of diagnostic value.-Brit. M. 
y., Jan. 14, Lancet, May 5. Langlois, Richet: 
convulsions: dog placed in bath at 104° to 
107° will have convulsions at once if injected 
with % gr. cocaine ; if in a bath at 88° y2 gr. 
will have no such effect, but if now removed 
and placed in a bath at 104° very violent con- 
vulsions result; cold is thus indicated in con- 
vulsions.-Le Md. Phar., June 20. McK.&R. 
prepare the anhydrous crystals of this valua- 
ble drug, which will be found the most re- 
liable for local anaesthesia. For internal 
medication they have granules of 1-20, 1 10, 
1-8, and 1-4 grain. 
Cocillana.-Rusby: a bark from Bolivia; 
thought to contain an active principle related 
to emetine ; dose 20 to 50 grs, of powder.- 
Therap. Gaz., Aug. 
Cocoanut.-Parisi: tcenia : has long 
been used in India ; no purgative or confine- 
ment necessary ; dose, the milk and pulp of 
one cocoanut early in the morning, fasting.- 
Pharm. y. & Trans., Nov. 3. 
Codeine.- Brunton: abdominal pain: 
enteralgia without organic disease ; supposed 
malignant tumor ; dose up to 1 grain 3 times 
a day.-Brit. M. y., June 9. McK.&R. pills 
and granules 1-16, 1-8, 1-5, 1-4, 1-2 and 1 gr. 
Colchicin.-Laborde, Houde : gout: as 
soon as the first symptoms appear one gran- 
ule of i-6sth grain at intervals )f 2 hours ; 
second day two granules ; third day one ; 
one on the fourth if necessary ; in well- 
marked gout 4 granules may be used ; sev- 
eral days should elapse between each series 
of granules.-Rev. Gen. de Clin, et de Thirap., 
Jan. 26. McK.&R. granules of 1-60 grain. 
Collidine.-Nencki: ptomaine: C8H11N ; 
from decomposed gelatine.-Arch.de Pharm., 
June 5. 
Conicine, Bromhydrate.-Demme : tet- 
anus, idiopathic : child of 7 years ; 2 hypo- 
derm. injections of 1-32 gr. at an interval of 2 
hours, same dose by mouth 3 times every 2 
hours, 4 doses on second day, 2 on third ; 
recovery.-Nouv. Rem., Jan. 24. 
Conium.-Whitla : rectal pain: the con- 
centrated juice (succus') is mixed with lanolin 
and well smeared inside the sphincter, looriz 
grs. persulphate of iron may be added ; did 
not have good results with the extract.-Prac- 
titioner, Apl. 
Corrosive Sublimate.-Tansini: lu- 
pus hypertrophicus of the point of the nose ; 
injected several times with cor. sub., I, 
sodium chloride 2, distilled water too.- 
Monat. fur Prakt. Derm., No. 8. Laplace : 
antiseptic : uses tartaric acid to prevent for- 
mation of insoluble albuminate ; for solution : 
cor. sub., I, tart, acid, 5, aq. dest., 1000 ; for 
bandages, soak two hours in: cor. sub., 5, tart, 
acid, 20, aq. dest., 1000.-Nouv. Rim., May 
24. For internal administration, McK.&R. 
prepare granules of 1-100, 1 60, 1-50, 1-40, 
1-30, 1-20 and 1-10 grain. 
Creasote (beechwood): Bogdanovitch r 
phthisis : used on himself : 4 grs. daily reach- 
ing 44 grs. daily in 3 months ; no effect with 
small doses ; not to be given on an empty 
stomach ; improvement, but not cure.-Brit. 
M. J., Meh. 3. Guttmann : phthisis : culti- 
vations completely stopped by 1 to 2000 ; can 
be given in pill, or with coffee or cocoa.- 
Z«7. f. klin. Med., B. 13, Heft 5. Ros<en- 
busch : phthisis: 9 cases ; good results ; in- 
jections into lung tissue of 8u[ of 3% solution 
in almond oil in each of two places.- Przglad 
Lekarski, Feb. 4. Generally preferred in the 
pill form : McR.&R. make two sizes-1-2 and 
1 grain. 
Creatinine.-Thudichum : one of six 
alkaloids contained in urine.-Med. Press* 
Nov. 28. 
Creolin.-Kortum : antiseptic : as a dress- 
ing a '/fll watery solution ; for the hands, etc., 
2% solution ; to the eyes 1 to 400 ; has a de- 
cided haemostatic action ; may be given in- 
ternally in pills of iX t° grs. 3 or 4 times 
a day.-Lancet, March 17. McK.&R. pills, 2 
grains. 
Cresylic Acid.-Delplanque : antiseptic : 
from coal tar; C7H8O ; fatal to rabbits in 
i-5ooth of weight, with symptoms of con- 
vulsive spasms and paralysis of hinder ex- 
tremities.-Bull. Gin. de Thirap., Aug. 15. 
Crotonleic Acid.-Kobert : vesicant 
and ptirgative: active principle of croton 
oil. 
CundurangO.-Ewald: an excellent 
stomachic where there is catarrh of the 
mucous membrane ; dose oz. of the decoc- 
tion every 2 hours.-Der Fottschritt, July 20. 
This drug had quite a reputation several 
years ago as a cancer cure, but has lately 
come into use for affections of the stomach. 
McK.&R. fluid extract. 9 
Cyanide Mercury.-Sellden : diphthe- 
ria : before the use of this drug the mortality 
(in Norberg, Sweden), was 92.7$, after its use 
4-9$ J X in find- aconite 31 grs., honey, 
772 grs.; a teaspoonful every 15, 30 or 60 
minutes (according to age) with a gargle of 
cyanide (1 to 10,000) and peppermint water 
every 15 minutes ; has sometimes substituted 
the biniodide of mercury with good results.- 
Lancet, Meh. 24. McK.&R. granules 1-20 
grain. 
Digitalis.-P6tresco : pneumonia : 577 
cases ; has used no other treatment since 1883; 
digitalis leaf, 1, simple syrup, to, water, 50 ; 
dose, a tablespoonful every half hour ; treat- 
ment lasts about 3 days ; no toxic effects.- 
Repert. de Pharm., Sept. Saucerotte : pneu- 
monia : indicated where pulse exceeds too ; 
if temp, is low no active treatment is called 
for; as death supervenes in fatal cases be- 
tween the 8th and 10th day, and digitalis at- 
tains its maximum effect from the 7th to the 
10th day, it must be given not later than 3d 
day.-Rev. Gdn. de Clin, et Thdrap., Oct. 18. 
McK.&R. granules of digitaline, 1-100, and 
1-60 grain, and digitalis compound, contain- 
ing one grain each digitalis and squill, with 
two grains of potassium nitrate. 
Edwigia Balsamifera.-Gaucher: X 
gr. of ale. extract caused death in guinea pigs 
with lowering of temp., paresis of hind legs, 
and convulsions ; grows in the Antilles ; N. 
O. Terebinthinaceae.-Bull. A/AZ., Sept. 30. 
Electricity.-In diagnosis of Grave's dis- 
ease after Charcot (Wolfenden) electrical re- 
sistance very much decreased ; it is not dimin- 
ished in ordinary goitre.-Practitioner. Dec., 
'87. For illumination of male urethra (Fen- 
wick).-Brit. M. Jour., Meh. 3, Apl. 14.- 
In diagnosis of tumors of the bladder (Nitze). 
- Lancet, April. 21. Electric douche (Gariel); 
the current is passed through the water at 
the time of using. Electricity has been 
employed in the treatment of keloid ; sper- 
matorrhoea ; deafness caused by obstruc- 
tion of eustachian tube ; hydro-salpinx ; extra- 
uterine gestation, etc. 
Embelia Ribes.-Warden : taenia : con- 
tains embelic acid which forms a salt with 
ammonia, the dose of this salt is three grs. 
for children and 6 grs. for adults.-Pharm. J. 
er5 Trans., Oct. 20. 
Ergot.-Pinna : ague, with splenic en- 
largement : X gr. ergotine injections at in- 
tervals of several days completely cured the 
latter. Buquoy : polyuria : 14 qts. reduced to 
7 in 5 days : daily dose 10 grs. McK.&R. 
fluid extract of ergot; and ergotine for hypo- 
dermic use (specially prepared), also pills of 
ergotin, 1-2, 1, 2, 3 and 5 grains, each grain 
representing ten grains of selected ergot of rye. 
Ergot Of Oat.-Used in Algeria (Bous- 
quet) in place of ergot of rye, which was 
scarce ; similar to the latter, but said to have 
a stimulating effect. 
Erythrophlaeine. - Lewin : analgesic : 
alkaloid from Erythrophlceum guineense; 
Kaposi, Panas, Kollar and others have ex- 
perimented with this drug, but much uncer- 
tainty remains as to its practical value ; a 
one-eighth of one per cent, solution may be 
instilled into the eyes, but irritation is so fre- 
quently caused as to place this drug far below 
cocaine. 
Ethylate Sodium.-Richardson: ncevus: 
prepared by treating pure metallic sodium 
with absolute alcohol: acts by the production 
of a caustic when in presence of moisture.- 
Asclepiad, August. Taylor: lupus: good re- 
sults ; no water should be allowed to touch 
the parts.-Brit. M. J., Oct. 6. 
Ethylene Chloride.-Dubois : used 
for producing anaesthesia in dogs ; it has the 
peculiar property of producing cedema of the 
eyeball which may persist for several months. 
Exalgine.-Dujardin-Beaumetz, Bardet: 
analgesic, antipyretic : as a substitute for anti- 
pyrin, or acetanilid, and the phenacetins ; is 
said to have none of the bad effects sometimes 
following the administration of the above; is 
generally indicated as an analgesic in the 
place of morphine ; dose, 2 to 4 grains, four 
or five times a day.-Nouv. Rem., Meh. 24, 
1889. McK.&R. pills, 2, 3 and 5 grs. Cordial 
Exalginique. 
Fuchsin.-Reiss: nephritis: benefit in 
all the cases (20); red coloration of urine, but 
no unpleasant symptoms ; dose, 1-64 to 1-13 
gr., increased to 1-6.-Gaz. Heb. Med. et Chir. 
Gadinine.-Brieger : ptomaine: Cs H17 
NO8 ; from stale fish ; non-toxic.-Arch, de 
Ph., June 5. 
Glycerine.-Novotny: constipation: 200 
cases ; generally a good stool in 3 or 4 min- 
utes ; dose, rectal injection of fl. 3 ss-i.-Lan- 
cet, May 12. McK.&R. suppositories, con- 
taining 95$ of pure glycerin, will be found 
convenient. Recent notes on the value of 
this drug in constipation, prolapse and diar- 
rhoea, sent free. 
Glykowine.-An emulsion of glycerin 
and yelk of egg; used externally in burns, 
cracked breasts, etc.-Nouv. Rem., Feb. 
Gray Oil.-Lang: a name applied to a 
mercurial preparation made with olive oil, or 
vaseline, and metallic mercury (30$); one or 
two grains subcutaneously in syphilis. (Also 
see mercury with chalk). 
Guaiac.-Emmenagogue; in amenorrhoea 
6 to 9 grains may be given every morning 
before breakfast. McK.&R. pills 3 grains. 10 
Guaiacol.-Sahli: phthisis: constituent 
of beech-wood creasote, of which it consti- 
tutes 60 to 90$ ; dose, to 1 grain after 
meals ; may be given dissolved in water and 
spirit, or in cod-liver oil. (See creasote). 
Gunpowder.-Knaggs : ringworm : it is 
made into a paste with lemon-juice and applied 
twice or three times daily to the scalp ; it is 
stated to be very efficacious if continuously 
applied.- Therap. Gaz., Nov. 
Helleboreine.-Venturini: anaesthetic : 
in ocular therapeutics 3 or 4 drops of the one 
per cent, solution may be dropped into the 
eye ; local effects are produced by hypoderm, 
injections, but its action on the heart renders 
it dangerous ; its effect passes off very rapid- 
ly if combined with cocaine.-Bull. Gen de 
Therap., June 15. The anaesthetic effect (Vit- 
torio) lasts longer and is more distinctly con- 
fined to the cornea than is the case with co- 
caine. For internal administration, McK.&R. 
granules of 1-50 grain. 
Hippurates.-Poulet: hippuric acid is 
the acid principle of the gastric juice ; it exists 
only in the first stage of digestion ; the hip- 
purate of calcium is used to restore the acid- 
ity of alkaline urine ; some forms of skin dis- 
ease rapidly disappear under its use.-Bull. 
Gin. de Clin, et Thlrap. 
Hot Air .-Altdorfer : phthisis, etc. : acts 
as an oxidizing agent on the microbes and 
ptomaines.-Med. Press, Lond., May 2. 
Weigert, Halter : phthisis : acts by more per- 
fectly aerating the lungs and effects the 
bacillus by its heat ; inhalation of dry air at 
248° to 356° F. raised the temp, of the 
expired air to 109.4.-Lancet, Sept. 29, Brit. 
M. J., Oct. 27. 
Hydrastis Canadensis. - Fuchs, 
Schmidt : uterine myoma : control of haemor- 
rhage, with return of normal menstruation ; 
reduced the tumor in one case.- Therap. Gaz., 
Jan. Rutherfoord : haemorrhage in fibromy- 
omata : controls haemorrhage, but does not 
diminish tumor; dose of tine. 15 to 60TH,; can 
be given continuously.-B. M. J., July 23. 
Schatz : chronic inflammation of the internal 
genitals and in myomata ; uses the fresh 
plant.-Inter, klin. Runds., No. 26. McK.&R. 
fluid extract, colorless solution, and pills of 
hydrastine, 1-2 and 1 grain. 
Hydrochloric Acid.-Malony : nail 
swallowing : two-inch nail ; complained of 
constant pain and tenderness at the pyloric 
end of stomach ; diet of bread and milk ; 
large doses of acid ; stools blackened after 
first two days ; cure.-B. M. J., July 14. 
HydrOCOllid.-Gautier, Etard: ptomaine : 
C8 H18 N ; causes spasms ; from decomposed 
meat.-Arch, de Pharm., June 5. 
Hydrofluoric Acid.-Bergeron : diph- 
theria : in a leaden vessel in a water-bath put 
460 grains of fluor-spar with a slight excess of 
sulphuric acid, this must be renewed every 
four hours, the patient inhaling until the com- 
plete disappearance of the false membranes- 
about 48 hours.-Arch, de Pharm., Jan. 5. 
H6rard : phthisis: cured or improved; 
points out the immunity of glass-blowers from 
this disease ; inhalations for one hour daily.- 
Bull, de 'IAcad, de Mid., 1887. 
Hydrophobine.-Peraud macerated the 
brains of mad rabbits and obtained a fluid 
having the odor and taste of tanacetic acid ; 
injected into rabbits it produced paralytic 
rabies.-Gaz. des Hbp., May 12. 
Hyoscine Hydrobromate.-Thomp- 
son : hypnotic: especially in cases of chronic 
mania ; dose, i-2ooth to i-iooth grain.-Lan- 
cet, Feb. 4. Toxic results (Worrall) from 1-100 
gr.; pilocarpine, injections of ether, and cof- 
fee given.-Aust. M. Gaz., Sept. McK.&R. 
granules 1-200 and 1-100 grain. 
Hyoscine Hydrochlorate.-Salg6: 
insanity : if 1-65 gr. be injected during an at- 
tack of frenzy the patient will gradually be- 
come quiet, look as if he were drunk, and re- 
main in a half-asleep condition for from 2 to 8 
hours.-Deut. M. Zeitung, No. 52. Krauss : 
insanity : the best sedative for this purpose 
we have; after injection of 1-70 gr. the 
maniac collapses as if struck by lightning, 
while the paralytic calms down only grad- 
ually ; effectual in sleeplessness.-Med. Chir. 
Centralb., No. 40. (See hyos. hydrobro- 
mide). 
Hyposulphite of Sodium.-Newth : 
blood-poisoning : dose, 5 to 10 grains repeated. 
-Lancet, Feb, 18. 
Ice-bag.-Money : broncho pneumonia in 
children : in severe cases two bags are used- 
one over the seat of consolidation in the lungs 
and the other on the head ; stimulants are 
given.-Lancet, June 2. 
Ichthyol. -Nussbaum : gout and rheuma- 
tism : 2 grains two or three times a day and 
rapidly increased until the effect is produced, 
when the drug is withdrawn; in case of relapse 
the drug is given in the dose that proved active 
before; as high as 77 grains a day have been 
given without injurious effect; an ointment 
may be applied externally.-Monit. Thlrap., 
Meh. 5. McK.&R. pills 2 grains. 
Iodide of Potassium.-Haslund : 
psoriasis : 50 cases, 40 cures ; treatment lasted 
7 weeks ; small doses rapidly increased to an 
ounce, or even to ozs. daily.- Viert. f. 
Derm, und Syph. Berenyl: aortic aneurism : 
26 grs. daily.-Lond. M. Rec., Dec. lodochloride.-Langenbuch : antiseptic: 
prepared by passing dry chlorine over iodine ; 
in surgery, a watery solution i-ioooto 1-1500; 
internally in dyspepsia, 1-1200 to 1-1500, table- 
spoonful every two hours ; in gonorrhoea, in- 
jection 1-1200.-Med. Chir., Rundschau, Feb. 
Iodoform.-Chauvin, Jorissenne: haemop- 
tysis: superior to ergot ; grain in pill 3 to 
5 times a day.-Monit. Therap., Oct. 1. 
Thifery : gonorrhoea : fine powder suspended 
in oil almonds ; cure in two weeks with 17 
injections.-Prog. MM. Jeffries confirms the 
experiments of Heyn and Rovsing that iodo- 
form is not a germicide.-four. M. Sei., Jan. 
McK.&R. pills 1 grain ; with several combi- 
nations. 
Iodoform Bituminate.-Ehrmann: 
combination of tar and iodoform and is used 
like the latter as a dressing ; has a very faint 
odor.-B. M. J., Sept. 29. 
Iodol.-Purjesz : otitis media : in the form 
of powder insufflated into the ear.-Med.Chir. 
Rund., Nov. Used like iodoform ; has been 
given internally in doses of 4 to 10 grs. daily. 
Iodo-tannate of Mercury.-Nourry: 
mercury % gr.; iodine, 3-7 gr.; kramero- 
tannic acid, 3-5 gr.; pure glycerine, 16 drops; 
dose, one-half the above by injection.-Bull. 
GM. de Therap., Meh. 15. 
Ipecac.-Muskett: anthrax and carbun- 
cle: 50 cases without failure: externally, ap- 
plied mixed with water to the consistence of a 
cream ; internally, 5 grs with % gr. morphia 
every 4 hours.-Lancet, Feb. 11. Murrell: 
chronic bronchitis: half ounce of the wine 
with equal quantity of water used as a spray 
for about ten minutes 3 or 4 times a day ; the 
dose is gradually doubled ; it should be used 
warm.-M. Press, Lond., Apl. 25. McK.&R. 
pills 1-4 and 5 grains ; also the fluid extract, 
and the pure powdered drug in sealed cans. 
Iron.-Guelpa : diphtheria : copious irri- 
gations of aqueous solut. of perchloride (1 to 
too) of nose and throat every 2 or 3 hours 
day and night ; cure within a week if used at 
beginning.-Bull. GM. de ThPrap., Sept. 15. 
Martin : acute rheumatism : 15 rq tinct. muriate 
every 2 hours.-Med. Press, Lond., Apl. 11. 
Restoration of haemoglobin (Skvortzoff) after 
venesection the increase of body weight pro- 
ceeds more rapidly when iron is given with 
food, than without it.- Vratch. B. M. y., 
Sept. 29. McK.&R. pills of iron by hydro- 
gen, 1, 2 and 4 grains. 
Knights Spur {Delphinium consolidd) : - 
Krasnogladoff : scrofula : ulcers on both feet, 
which were bathed daily for three weeks, and 
an infusion made with alcohol internally ; 
great improvement, and complete recovery.- 
Lond. M. Rec., Jan. 
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Lactic Acid.-Hayem : diarrhoea : green 
diarrhoea of children, a teaspoonful of a 2$ 
solution every hour ; in adults where the flux 
is chronic and accompanied by dyspepsia three 
tablespoonfuls of the same solution.-Soc. des 
Hop. Rafin : lupus : flax seed poultices first, 
and then paints with an 80 solution.-L' Union 
MM., Sept. 25. 
Lanolin.-Frankel: burns and cuts: pre- 
vents formation of scabs ; burns desquamate 
less ; haemorrhage is prevented in small 
wounds.-Pharm. Ruud., No. 3. Gottstein : 
acts as a preventive of decomposition.-Deut. 
M. Zeit., No. 8. Is used generally in skin 
diseases, and with boracic acid ; is said to 
alleviate the itching. 
Lappa.-Stratton : amenorrhoea : burdock; 
saturated tinct. of the seeds in proof spirit; 
dose, 60 drops three times a day a week be- 
fore expected flow ; used with aloes if a 
cathartic is wanted.- Therap. Gazette, Feb. 
McK.&R. prepare a fluid extract of the seed. 
Lemon Juice.-Geneuil : epistaxis: in- 
jection of the contents of a small urethral 
syringe ; one dose generally sufficient ; citric 
acid solution alone does not have the same 
effect.-Bull. Gdn de 'The rap., Nov. 30. 
Litholeine.-Noel: a petroleum product 
obtained by distilling at a particular pressure 
and temperature ; said to exert a particular 
curative action over eczema.-Gaz. MM. de 
Paris, Jan. 21. 
Magnesium Salicylate.-Huchard : 
typhoid fever: prepared by dissolving salicylic 
acid in distilled water and saturating the 
boiling solution with carbonate of magnesium; 
crystals are obtained soluble in water and 
alcohol; is but slightly laxative ; acts as an 
antithermic and intestinal antiseptic ; dose, 
40 to 8ogrs. daily.-Rev. Gen. Clin, et Thdrap., 
Jan. 26. 
Menthol.-Duke: pruritus vulva:: crystal- 
lized menthol rubbed over the parts 3 or 4 
times.-Brit. M. four., Sept. 1. Dana: 
neuralgia, migraine: a 25 % alcoholic solution of 
which the dose is 10 to 15 iq, in a wineglassful 
of hot water.- Therap. Gaz., July. 
Mercury with Chalk.-Hutchinson : 
syphilis : dose, 1 grain three or more times a 
day for six months. McK.&R. will send an 
abstract of Mr. Hutchinson's article on Abor- 
tion of Syphilis free ; their pills are 1-4 and 
1 grain. 
M eta-Phenylenediamine.-Dubois, 
Vignon : obtained by means of the action of 
tin and hydrochloric acid on meta-dinitroben- 
zene ; 1-7 gr. per kilo, caused death in dogs 
in about 12 hours ; produces symptoms sim- 
ilar to an intense influenza ; causes great 
protrusion of the eyes.-Ph. four., Sept. 29. 12 
M ethylal. - Richardson : hypnotic, anti- 
spasmodic: from methylic alcohol; must be per- 
fectly pure ; dose, 31 to 4.-Asclepiad, May. 
Methylene, Bichloride.-Wells(Spen- 
cer) : anesthetic : over 2,000 operations ; one 
of the most harmless of anaesthetics (Day) in 
1,230 cases; the methylene in market (Buxton) 
is composed of 4 parts methylated chloroform 
and one part methylic alcohol and prqduces 
anaesthesia; pure bichloride methylene (C2H2 
Cl8) produces no anaesthesia, but wild excite- 
ment.-Brit. Al. J., June 9, July 14, 28. 
Midaleine.-Brieger •. ptomaine : from de- 
composed meat.-Arch, de Phar., June 5. 
Midatoxine.-Brieger: ptomaine : C6Hj s 
NO2 ; from decomposed cadavers ; similar to 
curare.-Arch, de Pharm., June 5. 
Midine.-Brieger: ptomaine : C6HuNOj; 
from decomposed cadavers.-Arch, de Pharm., 
June 5. 
Milk, Sour. -Osthoff : summer diarrhoea, 
and as a food.-Med. Press, Feb. 8. 
Mountain Pine.-James : bronchitis : 
should be used with caution if kidney disease 
is present; the oil may be sprinkled about the 
room, or 10 to 20 drops added to a steam in- 
haler half full of water; internally, one to 
five minims; is of the terebinthinate series and 
is also known as mugho, pinus pumilio oleum 
templinum or krummolzdl.-Lancet,March 10. 
Muscarine.-Brieger :ptomaine : C5H15 
NOS ; from stale fish ; moderately toxic.- 
Arch, de Pharm., June 5. 
Myrobalan.-Apery: diarrhoea, dysentery: 
an ancient remedy, the fruit of which is used 
roasted in the form of powder and pills; dose 15 
to 120 grs.; is used by the Turks, Persians,etc.; 
contains a great deal of tannin and an oily green 
body called myrobalin.- Therap.Gaz., March. 
Mytilotoxine.-Brieger: ptomaine. C6 
H16NO2 ; from snails ; toxic.-Arch, de Ph., 
June 5. 
Myrtol.-Eichhorst: bronchitis : one of 
the best disinfectants of the air-passages we 
possess ; is obtained by distillation from the 
common myrtle ; dose, 4 grs. in capsule every 
two hours ; has no specific action against 
tubercle bacilli.- Wien. M. Presse, No. 42. 
Naphthol (/f).-Rualt : ozena: naphthol 
B, 1, alcohol, go$, 7; a teaspoonful of this to a 
quart of water is used as a wash ; cocaine may 
be used, or a solution of one-half the above 
strength.-Arch, de Laryn. Gintergoff : dysen- 
tery : 7 or 8 grs. in an ounce of water for a 
single enema ; may be repeated in a few 
hours ; quinine internally if necessary.-Russ. 
Med. Shoemaker : leucorrhoea, gonorrhcea : 
half a grain to the fluid ounce of water.-J. Am. 
M. Asso., July 14. McK.&R. prepare a concen- 
trated solution which may be conveniently 
used where naphthol water is desired fresh. 
Neurine.-Brieger;ptomaine: CBH13NO; 
from decomposed meat ; acts like curare.- 
Arch, de Ph., June 5. 
Nitrate of Mercury.-Kenner: boils, 
felons : the ointment is applied % in. thick 
and left on for 24 hours ; several cases cured.- 
M. 5. Rep., April 14. 
Nitroglycerin.-Osler : epilepsy: 19 
cases, improvement in g ; begins with 2 1-100 
gr. pills three times a day increased until the 
physiological effect is produced.-f. Men. dr* 
Nerv. Dis., Jan. Korczynski, Holst: useful 
in affections of the heart and kidneys ; cured 
a case of angina pectoris in which there was 
no organic affection of the heart ; small 
doses-1-200-1-100 gr.-at first.-Paris Mdd., 
Jan. 7. McK.&R. will send full notes on the 
use of this remedy free ; granules of 1-200 
grain (equal to one drop of the usual one per 
cent, solution) 1-100 and 1-50 grain. 
Olive Oil.-Chauffard : hepatic colic : sev- 
eral cases ; dose, ozs., and in 15 minutes 
a similar dose ; patient is kept lying on right 
side for three hours ; in about 8 hours nu- 
merous half-solid, greenish concretions are 
evacuated. Hayein and Bucquoy have used 
olive oil in biliary lithiasis accompanied by 
chronic icterus.-Brit. M. J., Nov. 24. 
Onobaio.-Varigny, Langlois : arrow 
poison ; 1-16 gr. to 13 lbs. weight slows res- 
piration with little cardiac disturbance ; 1-13 
gr. kills rabbits quickly.-Brit. M. f., June 30. 
Oranges.-Del Valle, Castro : metrorrha- 
gia : the unripe fruit is boiled in the skin and 
well sweetened.-Cronica Med.-Quir. 
Orthosyphon stamineus. - Froch- 
ard : diuretic: known as Java tea; used in 
gravel and arthritis ; it is harmless ; dose, in- 
fusion of 70 grains to the quart of water 
daily.-Brit. M. J., May 5. 
Osmlc Acid.-Grinevitski : muscular 
rheumatism : always improvement with com- 
plete recovery in the majority ; dose, 8 drops 
of a one per cent, solution up to a Pravaz 
syringeful (care being taken with women or 
susceptible patients) injected into the parenchy- 
ma of the muscle ; generally two injections 
effect the cure.-Russ. Med., Practitioner, Sept. 
Oxygen.-Jaccoud quoted by Carter : 
Bright's disease : inhalation of 11 quarts three 
times a day ; plainest food ; douches followed 
by frictions.-Brit. M. Jour., Sept. I. 
Oxyphenate of Mercury.-Chadex: 
syphilis: less painful than any other salt of 
mercury ; absorption very rapid ; injects an 
emulsion of one part of the salt to fifty of gum 
arabic mucilage.-Bull. Gdn. de TIDrap., 
Dec. 15. Papayotin.-Schrimmer: fissures of the 
tongue: successful in 24 out of 25 cases ; 
papayotin, 1 or 2 ; glycerin and distilled 
water, of each, 10; apply 5 or 6 times daily 
after carefully drying the parts.-L'Union 
Med., Sept. 25. 
Paraldehyde.-La Moure: obstinate vom- 
iting : 40 drops to an ounce of simple elixir.- 
Albany M. Annals, June. 
Para-Phenylenediamine. - Dubois 
and Vignon ; 1-7 gr. per kilo, causes death in 
dogs by coma in two hours ; obtained from 
orthonitraniline in the manner employed 
for meta-phenylenediamine, q. v.-Ph. four., 
Sept. 29. 
Parvoline.-Gautier, Etard : ptomaine: 
from decomposed meat; spasmodic; C7H1SN. 
-Arch, de Ph., June 5. 
Pengawar Djambi, or Paku Kidang.- 
Reber: hoemostatic: consists of the silky, 
glossy, yellow or brown hairs on the stems of 
several kinds of tropical ferns ; a thin layer is 
applied to the cut surface.-Der Fortsch., 
Nov. 5. 
Peppermint Oil.-Braddon : phthisis, 
diphtheria : one drop placed under a bell-glass 
covering a cultivation of cholera bacilli will 
kill both bacilli and spores in 48 hours ; as an 
antiseptic dressing, the lint may be soaked in 
olive oil, one ounce, peppermint oil, one 
drop ; in diphtheria, the pure oil is applied 
thoroughly twice a day.-Lancet, March 17, 24. 
Phenacetin. - Dujardin-Beaumetz : 
apyretic, analgesic: 5 grs. produces a durable 
fall of temp, of 4 or 5 degrees. Bull. Med., 
April 1. Bell : sciatica : 8 to 12 grs.-Brit. 
M. four., April 7. Has been used (Gren 
fell) in neuralgia : in dilatation (Misrachi, 
Rifat) and other neurotic conditions of the 
stomach. McK.&R. pills 2 and 5 grains. 
Phosphomolybdic Acid. -Thudi- 
chum : precipitates all alkaloids contained in 
any animal or' vegetable liquid in a body ; 
used to precipitate the alkaloids of urine.- 
Med. Press, Nov. 28. 
Phosphorus.-Comby : rickets : 40 
children aged from 10 months to 3 years; 2 grs. 
to 39 ozs. cod-liver oil; dose, one teaspoon- 
ful daily for infants under 12 months, 4 tea- 
spoonfuls if over 2 years ; treatment lasted 3 
months to one year ; no unpleasant effects, 
but prefers the old method of cod-liver oil, 
phosphate of lime and salt water baths. - Rev. 
de Therap., April 15. McK.&R. pills 1-200, 
1-120, i-ioo, 1-60. 1-50, 1-30, 1-20, 1-12 grain, 
and a large number of compounds with quin- 
ine, iron, digitalis, etc. 
Phosphotungstic Acid, same as for 
phosphomolydic acid. 
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Physostigmine.-Rieiss: chorea : cure 
in most cases ; dose, hypodermically, i-ioo 
(children) to i-6ogr.; at first one injection 
afterwards two, daily ; has also used the drug 
in paralysis agitans, tremors, etc., with good 
results.-Berl. Klin. Woch., No. 22. McK.&R. 
salicylate of physostigmine granules i-ioo 
grain. 
Pichi (Fabiana imbricata).-Indigenous to 
Chili ; used in catarrhal inflammation of the 
mucous membrane of the bladder and kidneys; 
dose, 15 drops of the fluid extract. McK.&R. 
prepare a fluid extract of this drug. 
Pilocarpine Nitrate.-McKeown: atro- 
phy of the optic nerves : hypodermic injections 
from July 1882 (at which time he had to be 
led) until 1887-the last note-when he was 
earning his own living in a ship yard.-Brit. 
M. four , July 28. Dr. Wyss gives the drug 
internally in respiratory difficulties ; dose, 1-8 
to 1-4 grain ; never on an empty stomach. 
McK.&R. granules of the hydrochlorate, 1-60, 
1-30, and 1-8 grain. 
Pyridin.-De Renzi : angina pectoris : 
dose, 6 to 25 drops in water.-Riv. Clin, e 
Teiap., No. 3, '87. 
Pyrodin.-Drescbfeld: antipyretic: (acetyl- 
phenyl-hydrazin): more powerful than anti- 
pyrin, acetanilid or phenacetin. Dose, 3 to 
4 grs. for children, 8 to 12 for adults. L6pine: 
neuralgia, and pains of locomotor ataxia, 
etc .; great caution should be used in giving 
this drug, and effects should be carefully 
watched ; 12 grs. once in 18 hours should not 
be exceeded, and then it should only be em- 
ployed for a few days at a time.-Brit. M. f, 
Oct. 20, Dec. 29 ; Lancet, Dec. 8. 
Quillaia Root.-Gretchinsky : nasal 
catarrhs: the finely chopped dried root one- 
half ounce, powdered root one drachm ; shake 
in a paper bag, the patient to inhale the dust 
through the nose until the passages are clear; 
repeat 3 to 5 times daily.-L. Med. Rec., July. 
Quinolin.-Dormat: antiseptic: used asa 
gargle in diphtheria; one part to 50 of alco- 
hol and 500 of peppermint water.-four, de 
Med. de Paris, June 10. 
Reducin.-Thudichum : one of the six 
alkaloids of urine.-L. JZraf. Press, Nov. 28. 
Resorcin.-Maxwell : ulceration of 
tongue : a very small quantity was sprinkled 
on the tongue, which gave the patient great 
relief.-Lancet, April 21 : Ch&ron : pharyngeal 
congestion of uterine origin : gargle of resor- 
cin, 4 ; glycerin (neutral), 15 ; distilled water, 
250.; 3 or 4 times daily.-four, de Med. et 
Chir., July.-Greene: diarrhoea : 10 grs. in 
half ounce of distilled water every hour at 
first.-Lancet, June 23. 14 
Simulo.-White: epilepsy: fruit of the 
Capparis coriaceoe, a member of the hyssop fam- 
ily found in South America ; cases appeared 
to improve under treatment ; Dose, % to 2 
drachms of the tincture.-Lancet, March 31. 
Soda Salts.-Osherovski : haemorrhage : 
case of uterine fibroid ; subcutaneous injec- 
tion of a mixture of 90 grs. each of cryst. 
phosphate and sulphate of soda in 4 ounces 
of distilled water ; 60 grs. injected at one 
time.-Lancet, Aug. 25. 
Solanine.-Sarda : analgesic: especially 
in pains of long standing ; in obstinate sciat- 
ica and locomotor ataxia great relief was 
experienced.-Bull. Gen. de 'Th. erap., May 
30. [Dose, % to grain three or four times 
a day], McK.&R. granules 1-3 grain. 
Sparteine Sulphate. - Levascheff, 
Pawinski : heatt disease: nervous troubles, 
painful and distressing sensations in cases of 
valvular diseases of heart; commencement 
of Grave's disease ; asthmatic attacks of bron- 
chitic and emphysematous subjects ; where 
digitalis is not supported ; dose, gr. to 5 
grs. daily, in three or four doses.-Bull. Gen. 
de Thdrap. July 15. McK.&R. granules 1-4 
grain; full notes, with pulse tracings, sent free. 
Spasmotoxine.-Brieger : ptomaine : 
from tetanus cases.-Arch, de Ph., June 5. 
Strophanthus.-Charpentier: the diu- 
retic effect of this drug will sometimes con- 
tinue in a marked manner for 15 days after 
its administrafion is discontinued. [Dose, 
1-20 to 1-4 grain], McK.&R. granules of 
1-20 and 1-4 grain ; also, with iron, and with 
nitro-glycerin; also the tincture,prepared after 
the formula of Dr. Fraser, and the fluid ex- 
tract. Strophanthin granules 1-65 gr. Notes 
on the uses of strophanthus sent free. 
Strychnine.-Berblinger : alcoholism : 
suicidal wounds of the head when intoxicated; 
confirmed dipsomaniac; wounds got worse ; 
suffered from sleeplessness and craving for 
liquor ; injection of i-ioogr. nitrate of strych- 
nine for first three days twice, afterwards 
once daily ; sleep returned ; craving disap- 
peared and wounds began at once to look 
better ; no desire for liquor after 65 days.- 
Buss. Med. Korona : alcoholism : causes an 
aversion for liquor ; no use in acute cases.- 
Lond. M. Rec., March. Brunton : hypnotic : 
used in cases where the " patient is too tired 
to sleep ;" dose, 1-200 gr. of the sulphate at 
bed-time.-Practitioner, Jan. Chouppe : antag- 
onistic to antipyrin; has prevented the action 
of mortal doses of strychnine in guinea-pigs 
by injections of antipyrin.-Le Prog. Med., 
May 26. McK.&R. granules of strychnine, 
and sulphate of strychnine, 1-20 to 1-200 
grain ; arseniate of strychnine, 1-60 and 1-120 
grain ; the nitrate, 1-60 grain. 
Rhinanthin.-Phipson : glucoside from 
the common snapdragon {Anterrhinum majus) 
aud the seeds of Rhinanthus hirsutus ; said to 
resemble digitalin.-Pharm. Jour, dr' Trans., 
Sept. 29. 
Saccharin.-Has been generally used as 
a sweetening agent in cases where sugar is 
contra-indicated, as in diabetes ; has antisep- 
tic properties, and decreases the foetor of the 
urine ; stated to give rise to stomach troubles 
when taken for a long time. 
Salicylic Acid.-Sharkorski: malig- 
nant scarlatina: 15 grs. in § vi. of hot distilled 
water and § i of syrup of orange ; dose, a 
teaspoonful to a tablespoonful every hour.- 
Russ. Med. Jaccoud : ■pulmonary tuberculosis : 
for reducing the fever 30 grs. daily for three 
days, then 23 grs. daily for three days ; doses 
are then suspended for two days, and then 
renewed ; if fever diminishes 15 grs. are giv- 
en daily.-Rev. de Therap., Feb. 14. McK.&R. 
pills 1, 2%, and 5 grains; also, with morphine. 
Salicylate of Magnesium.-Huchard: 
typhoid fever : 40 to 80 grs. daily; prepared by 
dissolving salicylic acid in distilled water and 
saturating the boiling solution with carb, mag- 
nesia.-Rev. Gdn. de Clin, et The'rap., Jan. 26. 
Salicylate of Mercury.-Aranjo: 
syphilis : one-half grain by mouth or hypo- 
dermic injection three times a day ; acts more 
promptly and energetically than other mer- 
curials ; also used externally and as an ure- 
thral injection in gonorrhoea.-Bull. Gdn. de 
Therap., Feb. 29. 
Salicylate Of Sodium.-Graham: ton- 
sillitis: 10 to 20 grs. every two hours, dose to 
be reduced as relief is afforded ; where it 
failed bicarb, soda was applied locally.- 
Practitioner, May. 
Saline Cathartics.-Suckling: peri- 
tonitis, typhlitis : sulphate of magnesium and 
sodium 30 grs. with 10 1TL. tr. belladonna every 
four hours. Smith (Blaike): acute pleurisy : 
two drachms sulphate magnesium twice daily 
in a little hot water.-Brit. M. four., May 
26, Oct. 13. 
Salol.-In catarrhal pharyngitis (Thorner), 
10 to 15 grs. three times a day : mixed with 
iodoform (Barduzzi) as an application in skin 
diseases: in acute rheumatism (Bradford) infe- 
rior to salicyl, sodium: dysentery (McCall), boy 
of five years, 200 grs. in ten days. McK.&R. 
pills 2'4 and 5 grains ; also, with morphine- 
the latter pill is valuable where a local action 
of morphine is desired on the lower bowel. 
Saprine.-Brieger : ptomaine: C8H16N2; 
from decomposed meat ; not toxic.-Arch. de. 
Ph., June 5. 
Silico-fluoride Sodium.-Robson : 
disinfectant: as a wash, one grain to the ounce 
of water ; known as salufer. 15 
Succinimide of Mercury.-Vollert: 
syphilis : 19 to 35 injections of a one percent, 
solution given to each patient in the course of 
treatment ; the injections are made daily into 
the right and left buttock alternately with a 
Pravaz syringe, the needle to run into the mid- 
dle of the subcutaneous fat parallel to the 
surface.- Therap. Monatsc. 
Sulphonal.-Kast : hypnotic: diethylsul- 
phondimethylmethan ; dose, 30 grs.-Berl. 
klin. Woch., April 16. Macvie : soporific : 
does not disturb heart-action ; dose, 15 to 30 
grs.-Med. Press, Lond., June 13. Salgo : 
about equal to paraldehyde ; pleasant to take; 
no disagreeable after-effects.-Deut. M. Zeit., 
No. 52. Disagreeable effects have been noted 
in some cases. 
Sulphur.-Knaggs ; diphtheria: B Pre- 
cipitated sulphur, pure, 3 iss ; chocolate pow- 
der, 3 j ; cinnamon water (1 in 40) f f i ; glyc- 
erin, 3 iii ; dose, % to I teaspoonful every 
hour or oftener for five days ; sulphur also 
generally recommended in germ diseases.- 
Therap. Gaz., March. Sulphur has also been 
used for sciatica neuralgia, etc.; in these cases 
the affected part is covered with a thick layer 
of the flowers ; practitioners differ as to the 
results of this treatment ; a case of poison- 
ing from two ounces taken internally in two 
days is recorded. 
Sulphurous Acid.-Delon : phthisis: 
sulphur flowers are placed on hot coals and 
the fumes inhaled ; one case only, with a 
phthisical history ; apparent cure in three 
weeks.-Lyon Med., Feb. I. Manby : whoop- 
ing-cough : the room in which the child sleeps 
is fumigated as above during the day ; doors 
and windows being opened for some time 
before the patient goes to bed ; during the 
night the room in which the child plays in the 
day-time is treated in the same manner.- 
Practitioner, Aug. 
Talc .-Debove : diarrhoea : impalpable 
powder in milk, 7 to 20 ounces daily for an 
adult ; not tested in children ; diarrhoea due 
to tuberculous lesions was followed by obsti- 
nate constipation.-Bull. MM., June 10. 
Tannin.-Landion, Duboud : meningitis: 
six grains daily ; other practitioners use 8 to 
to grs. Rev. deThe'rap.-Boulland: dilatation of 
stomach : dose, 3 grs.; where constipation is 
present, grs.-Brit. M. four., July 21. 
Terebene.-Betrin : cancer of uterus. 
plugs steeped in the drug are placed in appo- 
sition to the ulcerated surface after washing 
and drying the parts.-Med. Press, Dec. II. 
Cammann: bronchial affections: dose,15 to 30TTL 
in mucilage, four times daily.-N. Y. M. J., 
Nov. 10. McK.&R. terebene has been highly 
spoken of for its purity and effectiveness. 
Terpin Hydrate.-James: bronchitis: 
dose, two grains every three or four hours.- 
Lancet, March io. Houdart: bronchitis : as 
an expectorant 8 to 16 grs.; in affections of 
the urinary tract., 2 to 8 grs.; large doses 
must be avoided where renal disease is present. 
-Bull. Med. Aug. 22. McK.&R. pills 2 grains. 
Tetanine.-Brieger : ptomaine : C13H3() 
NgO4 ; from tetanus cases ; moderately 
toxic.-Arch, de Ph., June 5. 
Tetanotoxine.-Brieger: ptomaine: C5 
H14N ; tetanus cases.-Arch, de Ph., June 5. 
Thallin.-Dhercourt: gonorrhoea : 1 to 50 
or 1 to too solution of the tartrate in naphthol 
water ; urethral injection of half a syringeful 
three times a day.-Rev. Gen. de Clin, et de 
7'he'rap., July 19. McK.&R. can furnish both 
the thallin and concentrated naphthol water 
(from which the fresh can be prepared). 
Thallium Sulphate. - Kreis, Goll: 
gonorrhaPt : injections of 1% to 2% solution ; 
the first injection must be allowed to flow off, 
and the second, immediately after, is retained 
for a few seconds ; bougies of butter of cacao 
are also employed.-Der. Fortsch.,]wa.2c>,i,i'i'>~i. 
Thuya Occidentalis.-Baratoux : der- 
moid vegetations : gives the tincture internally 
in doses of 20 drops and more, and paints the 
affected parts with the same ; in epithehoma- 
tous affections of the larynx and pharynx, a 
spray of 1 to 20 solution in glycerin is also 
used.-Rev. Clin, et Therap., L. M. Rec., June. 
McK.&R. fluid extract. 
Thyme.-Johnson : whooping-cotigh : one 
ounce of the common herb* is boiled down 
from a pint and a half of water to a pint; if 
there is much inflammation of the bronchial 
tubes, two drachms of pot. iod. and pot. 
chlorate are added to each pint ; dose, 1 or 2 
teaspoonfuls every hour to infants.-M. dr5 
5. Rep., March 17. 
Tin Oleate .-Nails liable to be split may 
be treated nightly with the ointment spread 
on flannel, cure is effected in two months.- 
Arch, de Ph., May 5. McK.&R. have a full 
line of oleates, including that of tin. 
Tribromphenol.-Grimm : antiseptic : 
formed by the action of bromine on carbolic 
acid : as a dressing the bandages may be 
soaked in a solution of two or three per cent.- 
Dent. Med. Zeit., No. 52. 
Ulexine.-Bradford: diuretic: dropsy 
due to heart disease ; alkaloid from the com- 
mon gorse.-Lancet, Feb. 4. To be used with 
caution in stricture, 1-10 gr. producing bad 
effects in such cases. 
Urochrome.-Thudichum : the yellow 
coloring matter of urine.-M. Press, Lond., 
Nov. 28. 
U rotheobromin.-One of the alkaloids 
of urine.-ibid. McK. & R. ALBOLENE. 
I 
This base for ointments, etc., is derived from petroleum and "meets all the requirements 
of the pharmacopoeia for petrolatum, with the extra advantage that it is translucent-nearly 
water white. It forms elegant ointments with mineral and vegetable medicaments, a list of 
which will be sent on application. 
McK. & R. LIQUID ALBOLENE. 
This is a colorless, tasteless and odorless fluid with a specific gravity of .865 at 60° F. 
It does not saponify nor become rancid, neither is it decomposed by acids or alkalies. 
It forms clear solutions with stronger ether, chloroform, oil of turpentine, oleic acid, ben- 
zole, toluol and carbon bisulphide. 
Its lightness, and freedom from odor, taste, etc., eminently fit it for use in a vaporizer or 
spray apparatus. We give below a partial list of drugs with which it may be employed to 
advantage. 
The following form clear solutions by simple admixture with 
Liquid Albolene: 
Camphor, 1 part, Liquid Albolene, 4 parts. 
Carbolic Acid, 1 " " " 19 
Eucalyptol, 1 " " " 9 " 
Menthol*, 1 " " " 4 " 
Menthol Camphor, 1 " " " 4 " 
Naphthaline, I " " " 9 
Naphthaline Camphor, 1 " " " 4 " 
Naphthol Camphor, 1 " " " 9 
Phenol Camphor, 1 " " " 4 ** 
Salol, 1 " " " 19 
Salol Camphor, I " " " 4 
Terebene, 1 " " " 4 
Thymol, 1 " " " 9 
Thymol Camphor, I " " " 4 
*Dr. Charles H. Knight {Jour. Am. M. Asso., Aug. 3, 1889) uses as a spray in laryngeal 
phthisis : Menthol, 60 to 90 grains dissolved in fluid albolene one ounce. 
The following form clear solutions when previously mixed with ether 
in the proportions given. 
Camphoric Acid, 1 part, Ether, 3 parts, Liquid Albolene, 16 parts. 
Iodol, I " "2 " " " 17 " 
Naphthol, 1 " "3 " " " 
Salicylic Acid, 1 " "3 " " " *6 
The following mixture forms a valuable antiseptic: 
3 
Ol. Menth. Pip., 
Ol. Gaultheriae, 
Ol. Thymi, 
Ol. Eucalypti, aa, 12, 
Ac. Benzo-Boric., 1, 
Liq. Albolene, 191. 
M. 
McKesson & robbins, 
Manufacturing Chemists. NEW YORK. Exalgine as a Substitute for Antipyrin. 
By Drs. Dujardin-Beaumetz and Bardet. 
Exalgine is the orthomethylacetanilid. In quantities of 40 cgm. to 75 cgm. taken in one 
dose, or of 80 cgm. to 1 gm. taken in two doses during the 24 hours, this substance is a power- 
ful analgesic, which, even in the various forms of neuralgia visceral neuralgia included has 
shown itself to be superior to antipyrin, while its effective doses may be lower by one half, 
than those of antipyrin. Thus far, we have observed no circulatory troubles, such as rash or 
cyanosis, as following its use, though we have encountered these symptoms both in antipyrin 
and acetanilid. This appears to be due to the fact that exalgine is essentially a nervine, its 
antithermic action being secondary, and this is why we can make satisfactory use of it in 
such moderate doses. 
In studying in one group the substances belonging to the aromatic series, we succeeded 
in establishing the facts that all of these bodies are antiseptic, antithermic and analgesic, that 
the antiseptic character predominates in the hydrated derivatives such as phenol, naphthol, 
etc.; that antithermia is the principal character of the amidogenic derivatives such as kairin, 
thallin, acetanilid, etc.; and that, finally, the substitution of a hydrocarburetted radical of the 
fat series-and especially of methyl-for an atom of hydrogen in the amidogenic bodies, pro- 
duces a class of bodies which are predominatingly analgesic. To this class exalgine belongs, 
and in this respect, i.e., as an analgesic it appears to us to be superior to antipyrin. - 
Acad, des sci., Nouv. rem., March 24. 
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The value of glycerin as a mild evacuant-useful alike in constipation, and in prolapse 
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medical profession as a convenient means of administering this agent. 
It is unnecessary to mention the advantages of a well-made suppository over the syringe, 
especially in cases w'here the injection is to be made frequently. 
The suppositories prepared by us are soft, /.<?., flexible, and hence easily inserted where 
there is tenderness of the parts. They present not only a convenient means but a less danger- 
ous, and certainly less painful means of administration than that by injection. Notes on the 
use of glycerin in constipation, prolapse, etc., sent on application. 
Can be procured from any druggist, or a box of one dozen will be sent by mail, to phy- 
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CARDUUS MARIANUS. 
McKesson & Robbins are now prepared to furnish the tincture of this valuable remedy 
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The results obtained by Dr. A. Tripier, published in the Btill. Gdn. de Therap,, have 
shown the value of this drug in most, if not all, forms of varix. Dr. Tripier says : " Try 
for rheumatism with digitalis; the touchstone for varix will be carduus marianus ; ' and he 
further says : " That visceral varices, which have thus far been studied as existing exclusively 
in the rectum and in the spermatic cord, may exist in isolation (or with other symptoms) in all 
the organs of the pelvic cavity." 
An abstract of Dr. Tripier's article, translated the French, will be sent free on 
application ; it is interesting. INTRODUCTION. 
In presenting these short notes relating to recent medical literature, we desire to 
say that, they are for the most part culled from the medical journals of 1888, and 
many of them-for which we here make acknowledgement-have been taken from the 
columns of rhe New York Medical Abstract. 
Each note is followed by a full reference to its source, and hence its origin can 
be investigated at any time. 
While by no means complete the list will, we trust, be of value in these days when 
so many new drugs and chemicals are brought to the attention of physicians. 
While we are prepared to furnish most, if not all, of the substances mentioned in 
this list, we have, where preparations-such as pills, etc.-are made, mentioned the fact 
at the end of the note for the convenience of the medical profession. 
Regarding the value of exalgine, the new synthetical anilin derivative for the sup- 
pression of pain, we will say that, its use appears to be extending, and it bids fair 
to become a recognized analgesic agent of great value. 
In regard to glycerin suppositories, which have lately come into extensive use, we would 
warn the medical profession against such suppositories as come wrapped in lead foil, or in 
tin foil containing lead. When we first placed our glycerin suppositories in the market, we 
made a careful selection of the foil to be used for the very«purpose of avoiding contamination 
with the dangerous metal. Since then we have seen samples of suppositories wrapped in 
lead foil, they can be easily told, as the foil loses its lustre, becomes rough and very brittle. 
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