The subjoined formulae are published to serve for guidance in the preparation of sweet tablets and as a basis for further study and improvement. The doses given are children's doses, none of them exceeding a dose safe for a child three years of age. Most of the tablets carry as large a dose as can well be given in this way; which in some cases, though not in many, is not sufficient for a three-year-old child. Where a larger dose can easily be disguised in the same manner, this fact is noted in connection with the formulae. A warning may not be amiss, in this connection, not to put up in this form anything that does not result in a faultlessly pleasant, actually delicious candy. For confidence once lost is not easily restored. Formulae for the preparation of the stock sugars referred to in this formulary will be found in Chapter VIII. They can all be prepared extemporaneously. The drying necessary after the addition of coloring may be expedited by the use of a warm mortar. Nevertheless, alternate formulae have been inserted in most instances to facilitate rapid extemporaneous compounding, in case the stock sugar be not at hand. While most of these tablets keep well, a few deteriorate. In any case, the freshly prepared tablet will be found more pleasant than one that has become stale by being kept in stock. Should difficulty be experienced in the compression of some of these tablets, the addition of a little shaved paraffin by gentle trituration in a mortar; or the stirring in of a little talcum powder with a spatula; or both measures combined will probably overcome the trouble. Some powders work best with light pressure; others require rather heavy pressure. 1. TABELLAE ACETPHENETIDINI DULCES. Sweet Tablets of Acetphenetidin. 0.06 Gm. (gr. 1). _Caution:_--Only a moderate number should be ordered at one time. Acetphenetidin 6.00 Gm. Alcoholic solution of saccharin, 3% 2.00 Cc. Vanilla cacao sugar 24.00 Gm. Mix the acetphenetidin with the alcoholic solution of saccharin (in a hot mortar if in a hurry) and permit the alcohol to evaporate; then mix with the vanilla cacao sugar by thorough trituration in a mortar; and compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets. Alternate Formula. Acetphenetidin 6.00 Gm. Saccharin 0.06 Gm. Tincture of vanilla 1.50 Cc. Cacao powder 3.00 Gm. Sugar, powdered 21.00 Gm. Mix the saccharin with the tincture of vanilla, then add the acetphenetidin and permit the alcohol to evaporate. Finally add the other ingredients, triturating until they are thoroughly mixed. Compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets. 2. TABELLAE ACETYLAMIDOSALOLI DULCES. Sweet Tablets of Acetylamidosalol (Salophen). 0.06 Gm. (gr. 1).