Calomel 2·1 parts. Lead acetate 1·0 part. ” oleate 2·5 parts. Oil (probably olive) 2 ” Glycerine 5 ” Creosote A trace. Oil of lemon grass Sufficient to perfume. Paraffin ointment To 100 parts. The estimated cost of the ingredients for 0·85 ounce is ½d. The following are quoted from Dr. Zernik’s notes on some of the skin remedies most advertised in Germany. CRÈME EKZEMIN. Crème Ekzemin, advertised as a cure for almost all diseases of the skin, including psoriasis, is a mixture of precipitated sulphur and a semi-fluid fatty mass, coloured red. The tube contains 75 grammes, and costs 5s. 2½d. PHEUN SKIN PASTE. Pheun Skin Paste, according to the vendors, possesses marvellous properties, and when applied to the skin it not only removes all the dirt but kills all the bacteria, even when situated in the deeper layers, and it is recommended as a cure for all forms of skin diseases. Zernik, on analysis, found it to contain 31 per cent. of soft paraffin, 5 per cent. of water, 2 per cent. of soap, and 10 per cent. of a dry substance yielding slimy material. JUNIPER BEAUTY CREAM AND JUNIPER BEAUTY SOAP. It may be worth while to add that Zernik says of a certain “Juniper Beauty Cream,” sold in Berlin, that it is a water-containing ointment, perfumed with oil of bergamot, containing 5 per cent. of white precipitate (ammoniated mercury) and 11 per cent. of salicylic acid. It seems to be intended for the face, but looking to the large proportion of salicylic acid it contains, it might, perhaps, be more appropriate for use as a corn plaster. RINO CURATIVE OINTMENT. Rino Curative Ointment, advertised as containing naphthalan, Peru balsam, chrysarobin, etc., was found by Zernik to consist of turpentine, oil of cade, 1 per cent. of boric acid, 6 or 7 per cent. of yolk of egg and an indifferent vehicle, CHAPTER XI. MEDICINES FOR BALDNESS. During recent years the number of preparations put forward for the cure of baldness has been increased by a new class, those, namely, which are not applied locally but taken internally. The principal ingredient in all seems to be the dried colouring matter of the blood of warm-blooded animals—haemoglobin. The most widely advertised of them is sold under the name of “Capsuloids.” CAPSULOIDS. The price was 2s. 3d. for a box containing 36 capsuloids. On the outer package it was stated that: