The wise druggist: “Well, sonny, what is it?” asked the drug clerk, peering over the counter at the 3-feet mite of humanity. “Mamma sent me to get a piece of soap--cast-iron, I think she said.” “We don’t keep any summer hotel soap here,” returned the clerk; “you must have mistaken the metal. Wasn’t it Castile?”--[Life.
Dr. Austin Flint gives (_N. Y. Med. Jour._) the formula of a saline and chalybeate tonic which is now prepared by several leading drug houses in New York city in the form of tablets. It is used with success in loss of appetite, etc., and is also said to be an excellent remedy in Bright’s disease. The following is the formula:--
Sodii chloridi 3 ij Potassii chloridi gr. ix. “ sulph gr. vj. “ carb gr. iij. Sodii carb gr. xxxvj. Magnes. carb gr. iij. Calc. phos. præcip ℨss. “ carb gr. iij. Ferri redacti gr. xxvij. “ carb gr. iij.
Mix and divide into 60 tablets, two of which may be taken three times a day after eating.
Hydrochlorate of ammonium 4 parts. Dilute hydrochloric acid 5 parts. Lait virginal 50 parts. Glycerin 30 parts.
Mix, with strong and continued agitation. The freckles are to be touched morning and evening with a camel’s hair pencil wet with this solution. “Lait virginal” is a mixture of 2 parts tincture of benzoin with 62 parts orange flower water.--_L’ Union Medicale._
To make a benzine jelly for removing grease spots from textiles _Meyer Bros.’ Druggist_ recommends the following:
Infusion of soap bark, 20 per cent. 4 fl. dra. Benzine 2 fl. ozs.
Mix and shake for half an hour and then let stand for 12 hours to gelatinize.
A translucent, gelatinized benzine can be made as follows:
Tincture of soap bark 12 fl. drs. Benzine to make 8 fl. ozs.
The following formulæ for sachet powders are given in the _Chemist and Druggist_:
_Lavender._ Parts. Lavender flowers 128 Thyme 8 Mint 4 Oil of lavender 1 Cloves 4 Tincture of ambergris 2
_New Mown Hay._ Parts. Orris root 2 200 Tonka beans 300 Vanilla 300 Oil of bitter almonds 1 Oil of rose geranium 12 Oil of rose 3 Oil of bergamot 6 Extract of musk 64
_Jockey Club._ Parts. Orris root 600 Sandal wood 100 Oil of bergamot 16 Oil of rose 1 Extract of musk 32 Extract of civet 16
_Violet._ Parts. Orris root 400 Rhodium wood 100 Rose leaves 100 Black currant leaves 100 Benzoin 4 Musk pods 8 Oil of bitter almonds