Sweet Tablets of Santonin.

0.03 Gm. (gr. 1/2).

Caution:—Only a small number of these tablets should be ordered at one time, perhaps not more than three, as 0.13 Gm. has caused the death of a child.

Santonin3.00 Gm.
Alcoholic solution of saccharin, 3% 2.00 Cc.
Vanilla cacao sugar27.00 Gm.

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