MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS.
Jlf. Recamier’s Jlloetico-Febrifugic Elixir.—The obstinacy of certain
intermittent fevers and neuralgic affections is familiarly known, and
when it is sought to contend against this by largely increasing the dose
ol quinine, very mischievous results sometimes follow, especially in
persons of constipated habit, who then often suffer from long-continued
disturbance of the sight and hearing. The following formula devised
by M. Recamier, has, in his hands, and in those of various other prac-
titioners, been found of great utility in these cases:
Powdered socotrine aloes,	6	parts
Picked myrrh, -	6	“
Rum, ------	150	“
Alcohol, -	-	-	-	20	“
Macerate for twenty-four hours, and add to the filtered liquor—
Sulph. quinine (previously acidulated) 6 parts
Sydenham’s laudanum -	-	-	2	“
The dose is a teaspoonful for children, and a tablespoonful for adults.
The patient should keep himself warm in bed, after each dose, and
should abstain from drink for at least two hours. In rheumatic affec-
tions, additional advantage is derived by adding four parts of powdered
colchicum bulbs.—Brit, and For. Med. Chir. Rev. from Jour, de Phar.