| Yellow mercurous iodide | 0.30 | Gm. |
| White fat sugar | 18.00 | Gm. |
Mix by thorough trituration in a mortar and compress in a tablet machine, using 5/16-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.18 Gm. tablets.
Alternate Formula.
| Yellow mercurous iodide | 0.30 | Gm. |
| Spirit of peppermint | 0.40 | Cc. |
| Fat starch | 3.60 | Gm. |
| Sugar, powdered | 14.10 | Gm. |
Having thoroughly triturated the yellow mercurous iodide with the sugar, add the spirit of peppermint and triturate again. Then add the fat starch, triturating gently and for a short time only. Compress in a tablet machine, using 5/16-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.18 Gm. tablets.
34. TABELLAE HYDRARGYRI IODIDI RUBRI DULCES.
Sweet Tablets of Red Mercuric Iodide.
0.001 Gm. (gr. 1/60).
Caution:—Only a moderate number of these tablets should be ordered at one time.