Extract of bladderwrack 2·5 grains. Proteid of thyroid gland 0·15 grain. Powdered liquorice 0·9 ” Excipient and moisture, etc. q.s. In one tablet. _The “special” tablets._—There were 33 of these in a box; the directions were to take one after the mid-day and one after the evening meal. They were sugar-coated but not coloured. After removal of the coating, they had an average weight of 4·6 grains. Analysis showed their composition to agree qualitatively with that of the preliminary tablets, but the nitrogenous material and the liquorice were present in somewhat larger amounts. The following formula was indicated by the results: Extract of bladderwrack 2·5 grains. Proteid of thyroid gland 0·19 grain. Powdered liquorice 1·4 ” Excipient and moisture, etc. q.s. In one tablet. _The liquid._—Two fluid ounces were supplied, the directions being to take 30 drops in a wineglassful of cold water the last thing at night before retiring and on rising in the morning. Analysis showed this to contain alcohol, glycerine, nitrogenous matter, a little iodine in organic combination, and substances of extract nature; the character of the extract and the composition of the ash again pointed to its being derived from _Fucus vesiculosus_; the amount of nitrogen was determined and the equivalent amount of proteid matter calculated; the alcohol and glycerine were also determined quantitatively: the amount of extract of bladderwrack could only be arrived at by difference, supported by the probability that the alcohol was all, or nearly all, added in the form of the fluid extract of this drug, and the figure can therefore only be given with reservation; there were also indications of some small amount of flavouring and colouring matter having been added. The approximate formula appeared to be: Proteid of thyroid gland 0·3 part. Liquid extract of bladderwrack 32 fluid parts. Glycerine 12 ” In 100 fluid parts. The amount of thyroid actually represented by the nitrogenous matter found in these three preparations was too uncertain for an estimate of the cost price to be of value. CORPULIN, AND DALLOFF’S TEA “CONTRE L’OBESITÉ” GRAZIANA ZEHRKUR.