| ℞. | Wax, | 4 ℥. |
| Copal varnish, | 1/2 ℥. | |
| Red lead, | 1/2 ℥. | |
| Vermillion, | 1 ʒ. |
Melt together.
7.—Green injection.
| ℞. | Wax, | 4 ℥. |
| Blue dross, | 1/2 ℥. | |
| Copal varnish, | 1/2 ℥. |
8.—Blue injection.
To form this it is only necessary to add to the green injection, half a drachm of powdered Prussian blue.”
The advantages of such preparations do not answer, in any degree, to the promises of the title; the artificial preparations of M. Azoux are much more preferable, since his cartons represent the form which the anatomical pieces of Swan have lost by desiccation.
Section 1.—Generalities of the operations which precede preservation.
Desiccation and immersion in liquids are the only means of preservation.