Epicolloid and Its Combinations, and Also Ichthyol Court Plaster

a substitute for collodion, but it never obtained the notice it deserved. Much more recently a similar preparation, having the attractive name of " New Skin," has been introduced and has a considerable reputation and sale. At my request, Messrs Duncan, Flockhart & Co. have prepared a solution of pyroxylin in acetic ether, to which they have given the provisional name of " Epicolloid." This has been tinted a pale pink, in order that it may more nearly approximate the colour of the skin. It has the advantage over collodion, even the flexible sort, that, drying more slowly, it forms a closely adherent, smoother, finer, more pliant, and impervious coating, firmer than " New Skin "