ASTHMA CURE

1. (Dr Aubrée, Ferte Vidame, Eure et Loire, France.) Decoction of senega (10 parts of the root), 250 parts; iodide of pota ium, 50 parts; extract of opium, 4 parts; simple syrup, 500 parts; weak spirit, 200 parts. Coloured with some cochineal tincture. (Hager.) According to a later analysis by Schröppel, this remedy is thus composed:—Iodide of pota ium, 9 parts; French lactucarium, 1 part; water, 288 parts; simple syrup, 48 parts; chloric ether, 1 1 ⁄ 2 part. 2. (Kubale, Klitschdorf, near Bunzlau.) This is a solution of iodide of pota ium, bromide of pota ium, and sugar in water, strongly coloured with a cochineal tincture containing alum. It is supplied in six bottles, numbered 1 to 6, No. 1 being the weakest, and No. 6 the strongest in the iodide and bromide. In No. 3, for example, we found:—Iodide of pota ium, 5 grms.; sugar, 2 1 ⁄ 2 grms.; alum, 1 ⁄ 3 grm.; cochineal colouring matter, 1 ⁄ 2 grm.; water, 200 grms. (Hager.)