American journal of pharmacy . 1. As a supposi-tory mould. Puncha dozen holes, largeenough to hang thenipples in, into thecover of a tin seid-litz powder box, asin Parrishs the inner side of the nipple with lycopodium, and do not mind the perforation at itstop, the melted cacao butter not passing through. With some experi-ence you can make as nice a suppository as Avith high-priced machines. 2. For making rubber corks. Moisten a common cork of any con-venient size, slip the nipple tightly over it, trim off the rim if neces-sary, and the cork is ready. It is useful in many cases, as,


American journal of pharmacy . 1. As a supposi-tory mould. Puncha dozen holes, largeenough to hang thenipples in, into thecover of a tin seid-litz powder box, asin Parrishs the inner side of the nipple with lycopodium, and do not mind the perforation at itstop, the melted cacao butter not passing through. With some experi-ence you can make as nice a suppository as Avith high-priced machines. 2. For making rubber corks. Moisten a common cork of any con-venient size, slip the nipple tightly over it, trim off the rim if neces-sary, and the cork is ready. It is useful in many cases, as, for instance,for syrup or mucilage bottles. Such a stopper can be readily cleaned,and as it does not stick to the bottle it consequently is not so liable tobreak. 3. As a funnel. Insert a small and short glass tube in the tophole of the nipple, as in Fig. 3. By flanging one end of the tube it isprevented from slipping through. This can easily be done by soften-ing the end over a S23irit lamp and flanging it with the blade of


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