4. TABELLAE ACONITINI DULCES.
Sweet Tablets of Aconitine.
0.00003 Gm. (gr. 1/2000).
Caution:—Order only a small number at one time.
| Aconitine, crystallized | 0.003 | Gm. |
| Red fat sugar | 30.00 | Gm. |
Mix the aconitine with the red fat sugar by very thorough trituration in a mortar and compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.
Alternate Formula.
| Aconitine, crystallized | 0.003 | Gm. |
| Carmine | 0.75 | Gm. |
| Spirit of cinnamon, 10% | 0.30 | Cc. |
| Fat starch | 6.00 | Gm. |
| Sugar, powdered | 23.25 | Gm. |
Triturate the aconitine with the sugar, added in portions, until well mixed. Add the spirit of cinnamon and the carmine and triturate again until the red color is perfectly uniform. Then add the fat starch, triturating gently and for a short time only. Compress in tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, and make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.