Black Currant Paste. Soften 12 lbs. of picked black currants by heating them in a water-bath in a covered earthen vessel, pulp through a hair sieve, and evaporate to a paste, incorporating with it 1 lb. powdered sugar; roll it out into a sheet of proper thickness. Mr. Bartlett gives the following formula: 3 lbs. of powdered sugar, 3 lbs. of extract of black currants (the inspissated juice),

1 oz. of tartaric acid, 6 oz. of powdered gum; mixed, rolled out, and cut, when dry, with a large pair of scissors into square pieces.

Black Currant and Ipecacuanha Lozenges. Black currant paste (as above) 8 oz., ipecacuanha 30 grs., tragacanth 90 grs.; in 240 lozenges.

Cough Lozenges (with Lactucarium). Powdered lactucarium

2 drs., extract of liquorice root 12 drs., ipecacuanha 30 grs., powdered squill 15 grs., refined sugar 6 oz., mucilage of tragacanth q. s., mix, and divide into 240 equal lozenges. Each contains 1/2 gr. lactucarium, 1/8 gr. of ipecacuanha, 1/16 gr. of squill.

For other Cough Lozenges, see Trochisci Anticatar-rhales, Glycyrrhizse et Opii, LactucAe, MorphiAe et Ipecac, Opii, Papaveris, Scilla3, Tolutani, etc, Pocket Formulary.

Digestive or Live-long Candy. 1. Powdered rhubarb, 60 grs., heavy magnesia 1 oz., bicarbonate of soda 1 dr. finely-powdered ginger 20 grs., cinnamon powder 15 grs., powdered white sugar 2 oz., mucilage of tragacanth q. s.; beat together, and divide into parallelograms of 20 grs. each.

2. Caraway Candy. Rhubarb 60 grs., powdered caraways 60 grs., oil of caraway 10 drops, ginger and cinnamon, each 15 grs. magnesia 6 drs., carbonate of soda 1 dr., sugar 2 oz., mucilage q. s. - as the last.

Edinburgh Lozenges. Extract of poppies 2 oz., powdered sugar 8 oz., powdered tragacanth 4 oz., water q. s.

Fruit Lozenges. Black currant paste 8 oz., red currant paste (or the juice evaporated to a paste) 4 oz., syrup of raspberries 4 oz., soften by a gentle heat, and beat in a warm mortar with 2 lbs. of powdered sugar, and a drachm of powdered citric acid, and, if required, a little mucilage of gum tragacanth.

Marshmallow Lozenges. Marshmallow root powdered 2 oz., sugar 14 oz., mixed with some mucilage of tragacanth, and orange-flower water.

Peppermint Lozenges. Rub together white sugar 6 oz., oil of peppermint 36 drops, and the whites of two eggs. Make into lozenges. See Pocket Formulary. Lynch's Embrocation. Olive oil coloured with alkanet, perfumed, and rendered stimulating by essential oils.

Madden's Essence. A strongly acidulated infusion of roses.

Mahomed's Electuary. Grocer's currants 1 oz., powdered senna 1/2 oz., powdered ginger 30 grs., oil of croton 1 drop, syrup of roses sufficient to make an electuary; two tea-spoonsful every morning. - Bateman.

Mahy's Plaster (American). Boil 12 oz. of white lead, 32 fluid ounces of olive oil, and a little water, stirring constantly until incorporated. Add yellow wax 4 oz., lead plaster 18 oz., and when these are melted stir in 9 oz. of powdered orris.

Maredant's Norton's Drops. Corrosive sublimate, gentian, ginger, and cochineal.

Marshall's Cerate. Palm oil 5 oz., calomel 1 oz., acetate of lead 1/2 oz., ointment of nitrate of mercury 2 oz.; mix. - Dr. Paris.

Marshall's Eye-drops. These are said to consist of 2 grs. of nitrate of silver in 1 oz. of decoction of snails.

Marsden's Antiscorbutic Drops, Morton's, Perry's, Lig-num's, and other antiscorbutic drops, contain corrosive sublimate. - Dr. Paris.

Magnesia Fluid. A solution of carbonate of magnesia in water by means of carbonic acid gas, forced into it by pressure. Murray's and Dinneford's should contain from 12 to 15 grs. of the carbonate in each fluid oz. See Liquor MagnesiAe Carbonatis, Pocket Formulary.

Mathieu's Vermifuge. Tin filings 1 oz., fern root 3/4 oz., worm seed 1/2 oz., resinous extract of jalap 1 dr., sulphate of potash 1 dr., honey to form an electuary. A teaspoon-ful every 3 hours for 2 days; then substitute the following - jalap 2 scruples, sulphate of potash 2 scruples, scam-mony 1 scruple, gamboge 10 grs.; made into an electuary with honey, and given in the same dose.

Mineral Waters (Factitious), and Salts for producing them. See further on.

Montein's Barege Balls (for Sulphur Baths). Sulphate of lime 8 oz., common salt 2 oz., Flanders glue 1 oz., extract of soapwort 1 oz.; make into 8 balls; to be kept from the air. M. Meniere recommends, extract of soap-wort 1/2 oz., water 6 oz., lime in powder 4 oz., sulphnr 3 oz., gelatine 1 oz.; dissolve the extract and gelatine in the water, add the lime and sulphur, heat gently, stirring it constantly, till the mass gets detached from the sides of the vessel; then form it into balls of 1 1/2 oz. each.

Morphia Collodion. One part of hydrochlorate of morphia to 30 parts of flexible collodion. Applied with a camel's-hair brush, for neuralgic pains.

Morrison's Pills. No. 1, consists of equal parts of aloes and cream of tartar; No. 2, consists of 2 parts of gamboge 3 of aloes, 1 of colocynth, and 4 of cream of tartar, - made into pills with syrup.

Morrisons' Adhesite Paste, for ring-worm. See Pasta Adhesiva, ' Pocket Formulary.'

Moseley's Pills. Turkey rhubarb 60 grs., Jamaica ginger 24 grs., syrup and tincture of rhubarb q. s. to form a mass, to be divided into 24 pills.

Moxon's Effervescing Magnesian Aperient. The following have been proposed as imitations:

1. Heavy carbonate of magnesia 2 lbs., bicarbonate of soda 1 lb., tartaric acid 1 1/2 lbs., refined sugar 1/2 lb., essence of lemon 40 minims; the powders to be all separately dried at a moderate temperature.

2. Sulphate of magnesia 1 lb., bicarbonate of soda 1 lb., tartaric acid 1/2 lb.; the ingredients to be well dried separately, at a moderate temperature. (' Pharmaceutical Journal.')

3. Carbonate of magnesia 1 lb., sulphate of magnesia 2 lbs., bicarbonate of soda 2 lbs., potassio-tartrate of soda