Sweet Tablets of Magnesia.
0.06 Gm. (gr. 1).
The dose may seem small; it represents, however, 1/3 teaspoonful of Magnesia Magma (Milk of Magnesia) N. F.
| Heavy Magnesium oxide | 6.00 | Gm. |
| Saccharin | 0.03 | Gm. |
| Spirit of peppermint | 0.60 | Cc. |
| Fat starch | 5.00 | Gm. |
| Sugar, powdered | 14.00 | Gm. |
Mix the saccharin with the spirit of peppermint, add the magnesia, and mix by thorough trituration in a mortar. Then incorporate the sugar by thorough trituration, and fat starch by gentle trituration for a short time only. Compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.25 Gm. tablets.
38. TABELLAE MAGNESII SALICYLATIS DULCES.