| Sodium bicarbonate | 6.00 | Gm. |
| Spirit of peppermint | 0.60 | Cc. |
| Fat starch | 6.00 | Gm. |
| Sugar, powdered | 18.00 | Gm. |
Mix the sodium bicarbonate with the sugar and the spirit of peppermint by thorough trituration in a mortar. Then incorporate 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.
50. TABELLAE STROPHANTHINI DULCES.
Sweet Tablets of Strophanthin.
0.00003 Gm. (gr. 1/2000).
Caution:—Only a small number of these tablets should be ordered at one time.
| Strophanthin trituration, 10% | 0.03 | Gm. |
| Alcoholic solution of saccharin, 3% | 2.00 | Cc. |
| Vanilla cacao sugar | 30.00 | Gm. |
Mix the strophanthin trituration with alcoholic solution of saccharin (in a hot mortar if in a hurry); and permit the alcohol to evaporate. Add the vanilla cacao sugar and triturate thoroughly. Compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.