No. 2 was a brown liquid, one specimen being bright and another containing a little sediment. Analysis showed it to contain in 100 fluid parts, 18 parts of glycerine, sufficient essential oil of almonds to give a flavour, and a colouring matter which appeared to be burnt sugar. No copper was found in the small free sample, but the larger bottle of No. 2 contained 0·01 per cent. of copper, and a trace of sulphate: this quantity of copper is equivalent to ¹/₄₈ grain of crystallised copper sulphate in each fluid drachm. As regards the other ingredients the following formula gave an exactly similar liquid: Glycerine 18 parts. Essential oil of almond 0·1 part. Burnt sugar q.s. Water to 100 fluid parts. The estimated cost of ingredients for No. 1 and No. 2 together is 2½d. The following notes on some German nostrums for Consumption are derived from Dr. Zernik’s articles in the _Deutsche Medicinische Wochenschrift_. KÖRBER’S CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. The advertisements of this preparation are described as particularly flagrant. Treatment for a fortnight costs about 12s., and the medicine contains butter fat, honey, catechu and tar-water. BACILLENTOD. Bacillentod or “death to bacilli” also described as a “family tea,” is advertised as a miraculous preparation which cures all diseases of the respiratory tract. In the prospectus the word “phthisis” is misspelt. One packet costs 1s., and consists of 85 grams of galeopsidis, the dog, flowering, or hemp nettle, a herb which is now quite obsolete but was an ingredient of “Lieber’s tea for consumption,” which used to have an extended sale. HONEY COD LIVER OIL. Pastor Felke’s Honey Cod Liver Oil is recommended in preference to the ordinary forms of cod liver oil, on account of its pleasant taste and of the absence of any disturbing effect on the digestion. It is said to contain “fat extracted cod liver oil,” whatever that may mean, but proved on examination to be nothing more than a mixture of 0·05 per cent. of cod liver oil with oil of peppermint and raspberry syrup. CHAPTER IV. HEADACHE POWDERS.