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To Camphorate Blisters

M. stain. According to Dr. Bogs, of the Indian Deschamps d'Avallon has suggested, when it Service, carbolic acid also renders the efficacy is desirable to camphorate a blister, it may be of tincture of iodine more certain. He re- readily accomplished by dropping on its surcommends the following formula, whenever face a few drops of a saturated solution of injections of the latter are indicated: Alco- camphor in chloroform, made by adding holic tincture of iodine, 45 drops; pure liquid 2 parts of the latter to 4 of the former. carbolic acid, 6 drops; glycerine, 1 ounce; distilled water, 5 ounces. In blennorrhœa and leucorrhea, this mixture is said to be superior to tar-watertic for Corns. Take of Balsams. Balsams are semi-liquid liquid terchloride of antimony and tincture of most part the consistence of honey. Some, iodine, of each 2 drachms avoirdupois; prot- however, are solid, and the greater number iodide of iron, 7 grains; mix, and preserve it harden by exposure to the air and age. They in a well-stoppered phial. Applied, with care. are generally aromatic, soluble in alcohol, Two to four applications are said to effect a partly soluble in ether, and not at all so in water. Their usual constituents are resin cure. 5080. Convenient Vehicle for the and benzoic acid, mixed with a large portion Application of Nitrate of Silver. At of aromatic essential oil. Some of the sub- University College Hospital (London) they stances falsely called balsams contain no benhave adopted the plan of dissolving nitrate of silver in nitrous ether; it can then be spread with a camel's-hair brush over a surface, and the ether immediately evaporates. zoic acid, as the balsam of copaiba, &c.; and many preparations, from the presumption that they possess balsamic qualities, have also received this name.

BALSAMS.