| Magnesium salicylate | 3.00 | Gm. |
| Spirit of gaultheria, 10% | 1.20 | Cc. |
| Solution of malachite green, 1:1000 | 1.20 | Cc. |
| Fat starch | 6.00 | Gm. |
| Sugar, powdered | 21.00 | Gm. |
Mix the ingredients, excepting the fat starch, by thorough trituration in a mortar; incorporate the fat starch by gentle trituration for a short time only; and compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.
39. TABELLAE MORPHINAE DULCES.
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 bicarbonate | 1.00 | Gm. |
| Vanilla cacao sugar | 29.00 | 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.