Alternate Formula.

Lactic acid ferment6.00 Gm.
Spirit of lemon, 10% 1.25 Cc.
Tincture of curcuma2.50 Cc.
Fat starch6.00 Gm.
Sugar, powdered18.00 Gm.

Mix the sugar with the tincture of curcuma and the spirit of lemon and permit the alcohol to evaporate. Then thoroughly incorporate the lactic acid ferment by gentle trituration in a mortar. Finally add the fat starch by gentle trituration for a short time only; and compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.

24. TABELLAE FERRI CARBONATIS DULCES.