Mix, and make a mass, and divide into 200 globules, weighing about 15 grains each. Roll in wheat flour, in which a little powdered sugar has been mixed.
Phosphorus electuary, made as indicated above, may be smeared upon bits of fried bacon, which should be tacked firmly to a bit of board or to the floor. It is essential that either flour or sugar, or both, be strewn over the surface of the phosphorus.
The most convenient in practice, on the whole, are the phosphorus globules, either made after Hager’s formula, or, more readily, by adding rye flour and sugar to the electuary and working up to a pill mass, or barium carbonate and plaster may be added.
Arsenical Poisons.
| I.— | Arsenic, white, powdered | 100 parts |
|---|---|---|
| Soot from the kitchen | 5 parts | |
| Oil of anise | 1 part | |
| Lard, sufficient. | ||
| Wheat flour, sufficient. | ||
| Make into 400 globules. | ||
| II.— | Beef suet | 500 parts |
| Rye flour | 500 parts | |
| Arsenic, white, powdered | 50 parts | |
| Ultramarine | 10 parts | |
| Oil of anise | 1 part | |
Melt the suet, and add to the flour, mix in the other ingredients, and work up while hot, beating the mass with a roller. Make 1,000 globules.
Strychnine Poisons.
| Strychnine sulph | 1 drachm |
| Sugar milk | 3 drachms |
| Prussian blue | 5 grains |
| Sugar | 1/2 ounce |
| Oat flour | 1/2 ounce |
Nux Vomica Poison.—
| Oatmeal | 1 pound |
| Powdered nux vomica | 1 ounce |
| Oil of anise | 5 drops |
| Tincture of asafetida | 5 drops |