Sweet Tablets of Morphine.

0.0006 Gm. (gr. 1/100).

Caution:—Owing to the toxicity of morphine only a few of these tablets should be ordered at one time, perhaps not more than three, as a few milligrams are liable to constitute a lethal dose.

Morphine (alkaloid)0.06 Gm.
Alcoholic solution of saccharin, 3% 2.00 Cc.
Sodium bicarbonate1.00 Gm.
Vanilla cacao sugar29.00 Gm.

Mix the morphine with the alcoholic solution of saccharin (in a hot mortar if in a hurry), and permit the alcohol to evaporate; then add the sodium bicarbonate and the vanilla cacao sugar, triturating thoroughly; and compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.

Note:—If any difficulty is experienced in the compression of these tablets, the addition of a little shaved paraffin will probably remedy it.