Robin's Gelatin Vehicle

A warm, flowing ma for injecting ti ues. One part of gelatin is soaked in seven, eight, nine, or ten parts of water, according to the consistency of the ma desired, and when soft is melted on a water-bath. This vehicle is then combined with any of the coloring-matters employed in injecting ti ues in the proportion of one part color to three parts vehicle. Filter through flannel before injecting. R.'s Rye. See Hair-cap Mo . Robinia (ro - bin'- e - ah). A genus of leguminous shrubs indigenous in North America. R. amara, of China, is used as a stomachic tonic. R. pseud acacia, the locust tree of North America. Various parts of it are used by eclectic physicians. The bark is said to be emetic and cathartic, the flowers antispasmodic. Cases of poisoning from chewing the root are recorded in which the symptoms resembled those of belladonna-in toxic a, n n er ni i r i e n idn, d nch b den rs e r r Ro (ro -tbriee. cos i. An ointment used in treating eczema of the beard. It consists of diachylon and zinc-oxid ointments, each ammoniated-mercury ointment, 3 iij; bismuth sub nitrate, 3 i . R.'s Patent Barley, a farinaceous food for infants. Its composition is: water, 10. 10; fat, 0.97; grape-sugar, 3°8; cane-sugar, 0.90; starch, 77.76; soluble carbohydrates, 4. 1 1; albuminoids, 5.13; gum, cellulose, etc., 1.93; ash, 1.93.