A Pleasant Disinfectant For Rooms

4915

℞ Camphorae............℥ j

Calcii hypochloridi,

Alcoholis,

Aquae........... āā ℥ iij

Olei eucalypti,

Olei caryophylli.......āā 3 ss

The ingredients must be mixed slowly, in a cool, spacious vessel. - Italian Med. Journal.

How To Disinfect The Intestinal

4916

℞ Creatine............3 iij

Alcoholis diluti,

Pulveris gummi tragacanthae..........āā 3 ss Succi glycyrrhizae,

Pulveris glycyrrhizae......................āā 3 vj M. Make 200 pills. S. Take two pills thrice daily, while the putrid process continues.

- Spaeth.

For Preserving Museum Specimens So As To Keep Their Color, Size, Form And Consistency For Several Weeks

4926

℞ Sodii chloridi..........℥ v

Potassii nitratis.........3 v

Aquae..............Oij

M. To this add three per cent. of boracic acid.

Embalming Fluid

4927

Take arsenious acid, 14 ounces; caustic soda, 7 ounces; water, 20 ounces; carbolic acid, sufficient to render the fluid, after stirring, opalescent. Then add water enough to make 100 ounces. Mix well. - Morell.

For Pre»erting Anatomical Specimens.

Ammonia Solution

4928

Strong liquid ammonia (sp. gr. O, 882) is always useful as a preservative. Twenty to thirty minims diffused in a pint jar well closed, will preserve anatomical parts for many years.

- B. W. Richardson, M. D.

Bichromate Solution

4929

Potassa bichromate......gr. iij

Potassa nitrate.........gr. ij

Water (distilled).........℥ j

Suspend the specimen to be preserved in a jar, and afterward add the solution. - Ibid.

Zinc Colloid

To preserve and at the same time fix or harden a tissue.

4930

Tannin............ gr. x

Alcohol (sp. gr. O. 830)......3 iv

Tincture of benzoin....... 3 j

Collodion...........3 viij

Zinc chloride..........gr. v

Dissolve the tannin first in the spirit; add the benzoin and the collodion, and finally drop in the zinc chloride in very small pieces and slowly, until a complete solution of it is secured. This preparation is laid on to the structure with a brush. Very little of it is required.

- Ibid.

Diffusible Creasoted Fluid

For spongy textures, and for fur, feathers or hair.

4931

Pure beechwood creasote....................... x Amyl hydride (sp. gr. O 620) ............ ℥ j Let the creasote dissolve in the hydride; stop the bottle well, and keep in a cold place.

In using this solution, it is only necessary to pour a little of it on the specimen to be preserved, and then gently blow with the warm breath over the part where the solution has been laid. The light amyl hydride (rhigolene), which boils at 88° Fahr. will all evaporate instantly, and leave the creasote in a state of the finest subdivision, on the structure. - Ibid.

Diffusible Iodine Fluid

When a substance is already somewhat tainted and requires to be deodorized. 4932.

Iodine.............gr. v

Amyl hydride (sp. gr. O. 620).............. ℥ j

Let the iodine dissolve, close the bottle firmly and keep in a cool place.

In using the solution, pour a little on the specimen and blow gently to evaporate the hydride. The iodine will be left in a state of fine subdivision, and will quickly deodorize. - Ibid.