Abstract: A thermal printer having a head carriage that includes: a head support member to which the thermal head is attached; a holding member for holding the head support member; and a connecting mechanism for connecting the head support member to the holding member so as to be rockable in forward and backward as well as leftward and rightward directions. The connecting mechanism includes: a shaft member fixed to the holding member; and an insertion hole for allowing the shaft member to be inserted thereinto, the insertion hole being formed in the head support member. The width of the insertion hole in the printing direction is substantially the same as the width of the shaft member, and the width of the insertion hole in a direction of the platen, the direction being orthogonal to the printing direction, is larger than the width of the shaft member as a whole but narrowed at a position in an axial direction thereof. The head support member is rotatable in the direction of the platen.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aqueous solution containing a lipid-soluble active vitamin substance and/or ubiquinone. The solution has a pH of 5.5-8 and additionally contains a hydrogenated lecithin and neutral amino acid. It is stable and free from side effects, and is rather easy to prepare.

Abstract: An elemental diet of amino acids, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals.

Abstract: An aqueous solution containing ubidecarenone which is characterized by the fact that a hydrogenated lecithin is incorporated. This solution is stable and free side effects.

Abstract: A pharmaceutically acceptable emulsifier for preparing fat emulsions for intravenous injection comprising purified phospholipid of vegetable origin, containing less than 5% of glycolipid, and having a degree of hydrogenation of 30-50 as defined by the iodine number is prepared from vegetable phospholipid by a three-step procedure comprising (in any order) (1) isolation of a fraction containing phosphatidylcholine, (2) partial hydrogenation to produce the desired iodine value, and (3) removal of glycolipid.

Abstract: An amino acid intravenous solution is provided which comprises an aqueous solution of L-isoleucine, L-leucine, L-lysine, L-methionine, L-phenylalanine, L-threonine, L-tryptophan, L-valine, L-cystine, L-tyrosine, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, glycine, L-histidine, L-proline and L-serine wherein all or a portion of the cystine component can be substituted by cysteine and/or methionine, while all or a portion of the tyrosine can be substituted by phenylalanine.