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procured from egg-shells, and snail-shells calcined. Along with thissoap, which was given in form of pills, a diuretic and laxative decoc-tion was given, prepared with chamomile, fennel, parsley, and bur-dock, with some AKcant soap. When pain was produced an opiatewas given, and when the decoction purged it was intermitted.Sterry's Plaster. A nostrum very popular in London, and com-posed of the common ammoniac plaster of the Pharmacopoeia, orammoniac dissolved in vinegar, and spread on brown paper.Stibic Acid. A name for Antimonic Acid.Sttbious Acid. A name for Antimonious Acid.Stcechas. P. Yellow Cudweed. GnaphaUum .itcechas. The tops are

aromatic, slightly astringent, and expectorant.Stone Blue is indigo mixed with starch or whitening.Storax. See Styrax.

Storey's Worm Cakes. A nostrum composed of 3j of jalap, 3J ofginger, 3ij of sugar, 5] of cinnabar, and q. s. of syrup to make theminto cakes.Stoughton's Elixir. A nostrum composed of a compound tincture ofgentian made with Ifeijss of gentian root, ft>j of Virginian snake-root,ftjss of dried orange-peel, Jiv of calamus aromaticus, and six gallonseach of rectified spirit and water. Cardamoms are sometimes added.Stramonii Semina et Folia. L. E. D. P. Seeds and Leaves of

Thornapple. Datura stramonium, which see.Strapping. See Adhesive Plaster.

Struve's Lotion for Hooping-cough. A nostrum composed of 5jof tartarized antimony dissolved in ^ij of distilled water, to whichadd 5J of tincture of cantharides. It is curious to see this comingagain into fashion, under the auspices of the late venerable Dr.Jenner, under the form of antimonial ointment.Strychnia, or Strychnine. New. Called also Vauqueline. A che-mical principle, discovered by Pelletier and Caventou in nux vomica,and also in the upas of Java. Make an alcoholic extract of nuxvomica, or upas tieute, dissolve it in water, add to it a solution ofsubacetate of lead, till no precipitate ensues. The strychnine willthen remain in solution, and any excess of the acetate of lead mustbe got rid of by means of sulphuretted hydrogen. Then filter andboil with magnesia, which removes the acetic acid, and precipitatesBrucine and Strychnine. Wash these with cold water, re-dissolvein alcohol to get rid of the excess of magnesia, evaporate the alcohol,and a mixture of strychnine, brucine, and colouring matter willresult. Macerate in a small portion of alcohol, which will take upthe brucine and the colouring matter, and the strychnine will remainin form of powder, which being dissolved in boiling rectified alcohol,

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