Larger dose of red mercuric iodide could be administered in this form.
| Red mercuric iodide | 0.10 Gm. |
| Red fat sugar | 18.00 Gm. |
Thoroughly mix the red mercuric iodide with the red fat sugar by 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.
| Red mercuric iodide | 0.10 | Gm. |
| Spirit of cinnamon, 10% | 0.20 | Cc. |
| Carmine | 0.50 | Gm. |
| Fat starch | 3.60 | Gm. |
| Sugar, powdered | 13.80 | Gm. |
Having thoroughly triturated the red mercuric iodide with the sugar, add the carmine and the spirit of cinnamon 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.
35. TABELLAE HYOSCINAE DULCES.
Sweet Tablets of Hyoscine.
0.00006 Gm. (gr. 1/1000).
Much larger dose could be administered in this form, e. g., 0.0006 Gm. (gr. 1/100) per tablet.