New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-13
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES.

not all possess latent medicinal powers sometimes "hore
none are obvious sometimes additional to ana very u
ferent from those that obvious and that tnese a
powers arc developed the surface EXTENDED ny SUI
d. vision and separation Of PARTICLES For e1anPe' "
cury or quicksilver In It's natural state may pass Ihros
the system nearly unchanged and without enec'' Du'
when moderately attenuated or extended. by mixture
with some convenient article such sugar or alDumen
itls known to have remarkable powers. Homeopathy
simply accepts this law universal ana uhniIeu' anu
carries indefinitely the attenuation erudey prac'oeu
before in obvious cases. full faith that the iurther
carried the more perfect the development OF the speco
virtue which, in many drugs, nothing else re'eaiS
TrNCTUREs, TRITURATIoNs AND DILUrIOSs'
A NATURAL medium must be adopted for extending the
surface and for this purpose alcohol selected Tor
the attenuation of liquids, and miksugar TOT ury suD
stances Alcohol OF % proof Is redised IN glass uSb
stll with glass head and worm to ria IL Oh lupuli
ties derived from the cask, and also OF fuse OIL MIX
sugar ia i'm ported from Germany and Switzerland where
70 is manufactured from the whey leIo LIZ a. dierrs
cheese 10 has little or no sacchrne TASTE yet
or starch converted into sugar-each GI tne tro m
ssting OF carbon u2). aud hydrogen ana eaU ~
equal parts which arefOr cane sugar II MIX sugar,
~: glucose H. After the other constituents OF the
whey have been removed the sugar IeI
in mass OF large crystals tb color @ea of upSeached
muslin Like the alcohol, 1t has TO be specially purnea
Tor honeCpatJ d ipbeS from tbe fresh plant by
pressure rollers OF galvanized iron or maID
sion IN alcohol Instead OF maccration, the more ap
proved way present TO puyerze the substance aIG
place II In cloth straners pouring on acOh0l 10 percOA
very slowly, drop by drop, through the mass Either oi
known as 'mother tnctures" from which variety OF
lighter tnCures made by dilutlon with alcohol Ior
medical use. Mother tncures OF all drugs are prepared
and sold by wholesale druggists Dut tHe u th
cacy requisite In homeopathic Preparations coinPeS d
manufacturer to select for himself the crude drug ana
10 know for himself. by the most careful process,
that the principle is obtained in its absolute purity
TrturatiOns, ordry preparations are geneIay inera
They are made by triturang-alternaley rubbing ana
stirrng-one grain-of the dry drug Win ~ gLans VI
called the first trituratlOn. The Tltnratbg room InaDu
factories is occupied by girls, who pursue me i35mna
pestle six minutes; then mix IN peculiar manner Win
the spaula four minutes; repeating TINS attenuation SIX
times making one hour Tins first trituraton, contain
ing per OF the drug, IS comparatively htte used
strict homeopathic practice, ana two hgher utIa
manner, OF which the same remark may be made. Ihe
the third rturaOn 10000 Of one per cent OF the drug
These rturatiOns closely bottled ana set ade
NOT o much for direct use being considered very srOng
~ FOR the Of the real nfnosmals by duton
For tls purpose, grain OF the third trnratoh rs
mixed This is called the fourth diluon, potency or at
tenuaon one drop OF this mixture already Containing
the drug only 70 the extent OF nohth OF one per
cent added 10 " drops ~ distilled water aud these 100
drops are placed IN wal ana VIGOROUSLY sucGussed,
thrown upon the bottom OF the VIAL ny peculiar anu
forciUe motion, 200 times, giving the ni potency ana
so ON. The same Is taken with liquid drugs
forming the first dlutOn with one drop OF the mother
tuctuge IN ~ drops OF distilled water the second dutOn
drOp OF tile first 30 Of water, and SO AS
drop Of water will always remain adherg 70 the Interior
OF the VIAL the practice Is generally 70 throw out the
whole OF the dution after "succussOn" and refill tie
wal with water, repeating the operation OF emptylng
and relling as many times as the number OF attehuA
lions required. AS the third neutrality-suspicious.
Oucmilonth Of drop OF the drug IN tull dose-the
class Of homeopathic physicians called low attenua
tonlsts" content 10 rest aud the popular medicine
cases are usually filled with this preparation, Of nearly
all the drugs they contain although the inst FOURTH ana
sixth attcnuations are sometimes adopted Tor rev OF
them OF COURSE no test chemical other, detect
the presence Of the drug In such preparation as this
Guanatyo conception by the human mind, we have not
yet approached what are called hlgh aenuatons sueh
@ loo 70 tbe Goth term or attenuation
which is fnyore standard potency ana MI two or three
lines with the GO decimal places required To express the
fraction the preparation contributed by the drug And
vet nobody would he the wiser for having this unit
ectai dytson OF substance and extension OF surface
Pass from this 10 the 2Oth attenuation requiring the
sO0h decimal place 10 express the htteness OF the me-
dcinal fraction actually aud equally extended through
the preparation and have another fayOrite potency,
the made by Dr. Durham, IS years ago. IN about l36
drugs 10 which reference has already been made. We
only add 10 this that Dr. Fncke is reported 10
have elaborated ms poencies ms high as the 00Ooh IN
which the attenuation of the drug would DO expressed by
m 900 decimal places This would cost, allowing three
minutes Tor each diutlon. over 20 days labor for each
kind OF medicine and ofcourse can nave been done only
by machinery. The attontuations chiefly sold, require
from one 10 three hours each
PILL MAKING.
The attenuation having been perfected TO the desired
hght-3d 9th, oOth, 2OOth whatever 1t may be--the
potency now contanedi distilled waterls transferred
for preservation and direct 20 small pellets gobules
Of sugar varying from that Of pins head TO that
OF corander seed and sometimes shot These pellets
having been first made absolutely dry. are moistened
with the liqud preparation which Immediately perme-
this It remains fixed ia the sugar latent moisture
gethcr with Us medicinal CONTENTS ond the corruption OF
the water thus prevented well as the loss the
potency by evaporation diffusion in the atmosphere
nned and granulated sugar is employed; selecting
manufacture IN which the grains are hard, crystalline
Ia afhtY al IN fgF IL pmnh
series OF screens so graduated as 10 separate IL into DIFF
ferent sizes the hTst screen throWlhS on the par
that are too small while the intermediate screens lay on
each turn the sizes that 10 be used quantity OF
any given size s taken (about half peck.l and
placed In broad and habottomed copper suspended by
pot handle on crane over hot fire OF Goals. pot OF
hot syrups made from the kind Of sugar, stands by
the fire. aud the pelletmaker rocks the copper with the
left hand while sprnkng the contents with hot sirup
from ladlo In the right from time 10 time, and stirring
tho hot ganules meanwhile until the syrup distributed
and dried them. BY this means tho granules are
RAPIDLY and equally enlarged and rounded into the form
OF globules The spectator win observe contrary to his
expectation, perhaps that OF the grains stuck
together by the srup. When finished 10 the desired sze
they again screened to UNIFORM guage which Is
pressed by number equal to ten tunes the diameter IN
10 be kept perfectly dry and ready for medication.
About half gil OF dry gobuos are placed IN two
and eight drops OF the duton OF whatever potency may
steadily shaken until the dnuon has been equally dis
trbuted, and every pellet is permeated with the
moisture. After this neither AR nor light is
allowed generally, to have access TO them.
The neat and uniform appearance OF the medicines in
their Is obtained by exact system. The numer
OF Walls Ia reduced To simple notation,
which gives each size number, compounded Of two
parts. the first denong tho diameter In memetres, fol-
lowed by the length. the whole being read mum
Der. Thus, mo l5s describes vial 10 millemetres In
diameter ~ In length This notation has been adopted
BY the American Institute OF Homeopathic Pharmacy.
The cOrs, which Of the finest quality and cut tn the
exact shape and size, are pressed In by an implement
made for tho purpose TO uniform guagc so that the
yHl, when standing In their sockets make IN level floor
OF their heads The proper label Is put ON each VIAL ms
ed aud then the corks are printed with the name OF
the medicine, from copper plate ON which the 100 names
engraved In This plate Is mostened and rolled
with printing ink after which each vial is taken by hand,