tablet machine. Fantus recommends the No. 25 Machine from the Whitall Tatum Company, which, at the time, was effective and inexpensive at only ten dollars. Fantus found that the most effect way to disguise the taste of medicine and still maintain an effective integrity that met his criteria was with sugar coating and the use of tolu. The idea was to cover the medicine with resin then sugar. To saturate the granules of medical powders, Fantus used a solution consisting of tolu, saccharin, and alcohol. Fantus suggests the addition of saccharin to lessen any aftertaste. Candy Medication In 1915, Fantus published a book called Candy Medication. Through his book, Fantus sought to make sweet tablets common place by giving pharmacists and physicians a guide book of sorts. Sources: Contents Historical Introduction Tabellae Dulces The Uses of Sweet Tablets The Making of Sweet Tablets The Tablet Machine The Construction off Formulae for Sweet Tablets Choice of Flavor Subduing of Tastes Choice of Color Formulae for the Preparation of Sweet Tablets Formulae for Stock Preparations In the book, Fantus includes sweet tablet formulas for the following: Acetophenetidin Acetaminosalol Cocaine Heroin Aspirin Aconitine Anaesthesin Antimony potassium tartrate Antipyrine Apomorphine Arsenic trioxide Atropine Bismuth subcarbonate Bismuth subnitrate Caffeine Charcoal Cerium oxalate Chalk Emetine Lactic acid fermentation Ferrous carbonate Arsenic Iron Quinine Strychnine Nitroglycerin (drug) Urotropin Mercury chloride Mercury(II) iodide Hyoscine In 1918, three years after the publication of Candy Medication, Fantus published an article in the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association entitled "Tolu and sugar coating in the disguising of medicines," in which he amended some of his formulas from the book. Source: Therapeutics Therapeutics involves the comprehensive care of patients and is sometimes considered the science of healing. Preventative medicine and the proper use of drugs in treatments and administration fall under the purview of pharmacologic therapeutics. Therapies worked on: Amebiasis Insomnia Tetanus Rheumatic Fever Dextrose Phleboclysis Conjunctivitis Fresh Accidental Wounds Ersipelas Furunculosis Fever Regimen Barbiturate Poisoning Mycoses Anthrax Carbuncles Eczema Burns Glaucoma Chanoroid Bubo Bedsores Pain Ulcer Uncinariasis Trichiniasias Varicose Veins Acne Acne Rosacaea Arterial Thrombosis of the Extremities Eclampsia The Blood Bank Throughout his career, Fantus became acutely aware of the importance of having access to blood for transfusions and the lack of accessibility that existed at the time. Transfusions were typically only done directly from donor to patient and were typically not used for emergency traumas. Fantus was introduced