ctures, mixing with them sugar of milk, and
distilling off the alcohol. The alcoholic extract remains behind
in a finely divided condition mingled with sugar of milk. This
is broken up, pulverized and compressed into tabloids of a
definite dose, which can be taken either in that form or rubbed
up and dissolved or suspended in gum water.

"The following have been made up in this form: aconite,
belladonna, camph. co., cannabis indica, capsicum, cinchon. co.,
and cinchon. simpl., digitalis, gelseminum, hyosciamus, nux
vomica, opium, strophanthus, ginger and Warburg. Other tinctures
will be gradually added to this list.

"As external liniments those commonly used are the linimentum
terebinthinae and the linimentum terebinthinae aceticum, which do
not contain alcohol. A strong solution of iodine is made with
iodide of potassium.

"The spiritus ammoniae aromaticus is made without the spirit, the
aromatic oils being emulsionized by means of rubbing up with
fine sand, but most of these subsequently rise to the surface.
The spiritus etheris nitrosi is impossible without alcohol, but
nitrite of amyl, and nitrites of potash or soda can be
substituted. The spiritus chloroformi is replaced by aqua
chloroformi, or as a sweetening agent by solution of saccharin.
Thus a favorite expectorant mixture contains carbonate of
ammonia five grains, acetum ipecac, ten minims, and solution of
saccharin in each dose.

"As a special stimulant a subcutaneous injection of a drachm of
pure ether has been given in a few cases; in others digitalis,
or caffeine or ammonia in some form, such as the carbonate
dissolved in a cup of hot coffee; or hot solution of Liebig's
extract, or rectal injections of hot water."

It may be objected by some that glycerine belongs to the family of
alcohols, hence hospitals using glycerine tinctures are not, strictly
speaking, non-alcoholic. To this the answer is, that while glycerine
certainly is classed in the family of alcohols, it is of a very
different nature from ethyl alcohol, which is used for beverage
purposes. Ethyl alcohol, the alcohol in all intoxicating beverages in
common use, and the alcohol generally used in medicine, creates a fatal
craving for itself, and is injurious to the body. Glycerine does not
create any craving for itself, and has not been demonstrated to have
injurious propert