Boards and Associations. NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF PHARMACY.-At the February meeting of this board the following applicants were successful: Samuel Fieldman, Nahum Fieldman and F. L. Wilcox. Thirty-one pharmacists were registered during the month.

ALUMNI OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.-The next meeting of the association will be a social one, and will be held at the college building, Tuesday evening, March 13, 1894, at 7.30 o'clock, to which the members of the class of '94, with ladies, are invited. There will be an entertainment provided.

THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF PHARMACY will meet in the city of Raleigh on Wednesday and Thursday, April 11 and 12, 1894, at 9 o'clock A.M., for the purpose of examining such candidates for license to practice pharmacy as may appear. Any further information will be cheerfully furnished by the secretary of the board. Wm. Simpson, Raleigh, N. C.

KANSAS PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.-The secretary of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association informs us that the date for the annual meeting of the Association has been set for May 29, 30 and 31 and not May 22, 23 and 24, as stated in a previous notice. The meeting will convene at Selina. The secretary can be addressed at Hiawatha, Kan.

THE CLEVELAND Pharmaceutical Association held a banquet at the Forest City House, Cleveland, on the evening of February 20. Lewis C. Hopp presided and acted as toastmaster. The object of the banquet was purely to promote social relations between the druggists of that city. The Cleveland Pharmaceutical Association was called into existence about fourteen years ago by the coming into their city of a cut rate store. Through the ef forts of the association the existence of this store was very short lived, and since that time Cleveland has been free from cutters of any description.

This Association conduct in connection with its other duties a pharmacy school which has been doing some excellent work during the past two years.

THE ARKANSAS BOARD OF PHARMACY met in the Senate Chamber in the city of Little Rock, on the 14th day of February, with J. M. Anderson, F. G. Kerr and J. M. Colburn present. There were 14 applicants for registration, of which number the following were successful: J. W. Smith and P. E. Witt, of Morrillton; J. C. Carnahan, of Bentonville; J. H. Bell and Frank Brush, of Hot Springs; R. P. Sharp, of Jonesboro, and Miss M. E. Lovejoy, of Devalls Bluff. The next meeting will be held in Hot Springs, June 8, next. This meeting will follow immediately after that of the Arkansas Association of Pharmacists, which occurs at the same place on the 5th, 6th and 7th of June, and it is hoped that there will be many applicants and that they will come in time to attend the association. For further information address W. W. Kerr, secretary, Russellville, Ark.

THE NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH AsSOCIATION.-The Norfolk and Portsmouth Pharmaceutical Association, Norfolk, Va., have fitted up, at considerable expense, an assembly room, corner Main and Atlantic streets, and invite from manufacturers and others specimens and samples of rare crude drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical implements, etc., for permanent exhibition. The room, it is stated, will be open at all times to physicians and pharmacists, whether members or not. A reading department and library is con

Merck's Year Book.

Merck's Year Book for 1893, which has just been issued, is a handy volume containing over one hundred pages of original communications, dealing with new remedies. The text is in the German language but printed in Roman type. The compilation is a valuable one which should receive a wider circulation by being printed in the English language.

To Extend the Soda Water Business.

Those of our readers who are desirous of

extending their soda water business during the coming year will do well to write to the D. B. Scully Syrup Co., manufacturers of rock candy and rock candy syrup, 45-51 River street, Chicago, Ill., for a copy of their descriptive Price List and market quotations on Pure Rock Candy Syrup. In bringing the merits of their Pure Rock Candy Syrup to the attention of pharmacists the D. B. Scully Syrup Co. state that some manipulators use the rock candy" drips" containing levulose, uncrystallizable invert sugar, etc, and call it "triple refined." The D. B. Scully Syrup Co. use the purest form of cane sugar, which requires no "triple" or other refining; it is simply pure, a word which in the circumstances has no superlative.

An Elegant Volume.

A very handsome catalogue of Low's Art Tile soda fountain has just been published by the Low Art Tile Company, Chelsea, Mass. The volume is unique from cover page to finish and is an artistic production of a more than usually high order of merit. The illustrations are eight in number and six of these are colored plates-samples of the highest art in lithography. The book measures 9 by 11 and is bound in stiff boards. Every druggist should have a copy of it if only for the colored plates, which will make handsome wall ornaments when framed. The catalogue can be had from the head office at Chelsea, Mass., or from any of the salesrooms of the company, of which the following is a list: Boston, 51 Portland street; New York, Havermeyer building, 31 Church street; Washington, 908 G street, N. W.; Buffalo, 104 Pearl street.

Popular Tablets.

The E. L. Patch Company, manufacturing pharmacists of Boston and New York, call special attention to their Novus Lemonade Tablets and Patch Compound Lithia Tablets, two popular and rapidly selling novelties originated by the E. L. Patch Company. That these goods have merit has been evinced by the numerous imitations which have appeared since their introduction. New York druggists can obtain supplies of these and other specialties of the E. L. Patch Company from Keuhn & Lubbers, 96 Fulton street, who are agents for New York and vicinity.

Notes on Prices.

New York Package Prices. Wm. H. Raser, drug broker of 32 Platt street, New York City, in his circular letter of February 21 says:

There is little of interest to note; prices generally show few important fluctuations. Opium has been quite active for several days past and a material advance has taken place, sales having been made in large way at prices ranging from $2.85 to $3; to-day $3.25 is generally quoted, though single cases can yet be bought at $3.15. Broken parcels 5c. @roc. advance. Pure powdered opium: $3.65@$3.70 will still buy; most holders have advanced to $3.75. Quinine continues to be in fair request though no special activity is noted. Foreign bulk is held at 2334 @ 24c.; for round lots 232c cash would be accepted.

Acid citric is easier at 421⁄2c. for kegs. 5 kegs 42c. Acid carbolic is reported higher abroad, and prices here are a trifle firmer. Acid oxalic is firmly held at 65%c. for German and 634c. for English. Arsenic is firm on spot at the recent advance to 3% @34c.; to arrive it is quoted at 31⁄2c.

Bark Cascara Sagrada is depressed due to recent and prospective large arrivals. Morphia has been marked up 1oc., the advance had been discounted for some days by second hand holders, who had quoted IO @ 20C. oz. premium for P. & W.'s brand.

Calomel, Howard's, in 1 lb. bottles has been reduced to 75c. Gum kino continues scarce and high. Manna is quoted at a slight decline. Menthol tending lower, spot supplies being quoted at $5 and to arrive $4.50 is named; the decline is due to reported heavy shipments from Japan.

Naphthalene is offered at 3 @ 34c. for flake and 4 @ 44c. for white balls; quantities on contract 334c. Nitrate silver declined in sympathy with the low price for the metal. Oil peppermint is dull with values easier.

Ipecac root shows an easier tendency. Mexican sarsaparilla slightly lower. Olive oil is held higher.

Seeds, canary, firm with a fair inquiry. Caraway, Dutch, in moderate demand at the recent advance. Celery seed dull and lower.

Spices are dull and depressed with the exception of allspice, which has been marked up a fraction. Ginger appears to be the weakest article, a further decline being noted. Mace is easier; nutmegs quiet; pepper, Singapore black, is lower.

Gambier continues high, spot stocks being closely concentrated. Cutch unchanged. Spirits turpentine advanced Ic. gallon with a firmer tendency. Chloride lime in casks is offered ex-dock at $2 @ $2.05. Juniper berries are higher on unfavorable reports from abroad.

ALCOHOL has remained steady at $2.24 @$2.28, with the usual rebate from the Trust managers.

ALCOHOL, Wood, has undergone another decline during the interval and the market is still somewhat unsettled; 95 per cent. is now quoted 70c. and 97 per cent. 75c.

BALSAM COPAIBA has sold in moderate quantities to jobbers at 33 @ 40c.; the remaining stock is small and somewhat closely concentrated.

BALSAM PERU is firm upon the basis of $1.65 @$1.75 for stock from direct sources. The quantity here is small and prices abroad are cabled higher.

BARK, BUCKTHORN, has been in demand during the week, and we are reported a sale of 1,000 lbs. at 6%1⁄2c. Cascara sagrada meets with fair jobbing inquiry at the range of 5% @ 53c.

BUCHU LEAVES, short, have been actively inquired for, the current sales being within the range of 12 @ 15c. as to quality.

CAFFEINE has been advanced, the quotation now standing $2.35 @ $2.45 as to quality.

CACAO BUTTER, foreign, has been actively inquired for during the week with numerous sales within the range of 321⁄2 @ 34c. There has been some little demand for Cadbury's English, and parcels have changed hands upon the basis of 321⁄2c.

COD LIVER OIL, Norwegian, is meeting with a fair seasonable demand and values are firm, the quoted range being $19 @ $22 as to quality. The proposed change in the tariff is being given some consideration. The present rate is 15c per gallon, but in the Wilson bill now before Congress 20 per cent. ad valorem is proposed.

CUBEB BERRIES are firmer abroad though the tone of the market here does not improve. Prime goods held at 16 @ 18c., and ordinary quality 14 @ 15c.

COCA LEAVES are dull at nominally 15 @ 2 c. for Truxillo, and 28 @ 37c. for Huanaco, as to quality.

CUTTLE BONE is weaker with sellers at 9 and 101⁄2c., with no marked firmness at this range.

HENBANE LEAVES are in request, several parcels having changed hands during the week at the nominal quotation of 10c.

JABORANDI LEAVES are selling in limited quantities within the range of 25 @ 35c. as to quality.

JUNIPER BERRIES continue firm at the recent advance; numerous small sales are reported at the current range of 234 @ 2% c.

MORPHINE Continues in demand and firm upon the basis of $2.50 in eighths. From

outside hands $2.50 @ $2.60 is asked. Scotch from the hands of the agents offers at $2.25 in eighths and $2.00 in bulk.

NAPHTHALINE.-English balls are now offering for forward shipment at the equivalent of 34 c. laid down. The spot price is nominally 4c.

OPIUM has ruled firm during the week and the market has marked a steady upward movement in the drug. To-day the situation is a shade less strong owing to the retirement of morphine manufacturers as buyers. The situation is still in favor of sellers, though values have weakened somewhat. Cables from primary sources indicate a rising tendency influenced by the continued prevalence of frost and serious damage to the fall sowings. The inside price quoted from Smyrna is IIS. 5d., the range being quoted up to 11s. 9d. In this market case lots may now be obtained at $3, though $3.10 is generally asked. For jobbing quantities $3.15 @ $3.20 is nominally quoted, though this range can probably be shaded. Powdered continues to offer at $3.75. though no special activity is displayed.

PIPERAZIN-SCHERING has been reduced in price one-half by the agents here. They are desirous of withdrawing the 5 gramme package from the market and ask the trade to return this size to them and in return offer to ship a like quantity of the 10 gramme package without additional charge.

QUININE has been in fair consumptive demand during the week without, however, much attention being given to quantities. Outside parcels, foreign, are held and selling at 2334 @24c., while from makers' hands 25c. is quoted as strictly inside. The price of domestic is firm upon the basis of 271⁄2c. for large bulk.

SAFFRON, Valencia, is firmer with $5.75 now regarded as an inside figure.

ST. IGNATIUS BEANS have further advanced, 40c. being now required. The stock is small and closely concentrated.

SUGAR OF MILK has felt the effects of sharp competition among manufacturers, and local agents now offer to book crystals at 13c., the National" brand of powdered IOC. and "Empire" 8c. The above figures show a decline of 3 @ 4c. per pound.

VANILLA BEANS have sold well during the week, 2,500 pounds of medium grade having changed hands. Higher prices are looked for the coming year owing to short crops.

WAX, Brazil, continues in good demand, recent arrivals finding easy sales. The market is firmer in tone with 22c asked for No. 1, 20c. for No. 2, and 17c. for No. 3. Japan is selling moderately at 734c., though 8c. is asked for small parcels.

DYESTUFFS.

CUTCH is in steady fair request and firm at 546c. for best grades SM and 51⁄2 @ 534 c. for HT.

GAMBIER remains rather quiet, but the market continues firm, with 434 @ 5c. asked for stock in store. Goods to arrive are quoted 4% @ 47%C.

NUTGALLS, blue Aleppo, are unchanged from 1334 @ 144c., within which range a moderate demand is "experienced."

SUMAC,Sicily, continues in fair steady jobbing inquiry with the current sales at $72.50 @ $77.50 as to brand and quantity. TURMERIC Continues to find sale in small quantities at 61⁄2 @ 7c.

CHEMICALS.

ALUM is in steady fair request, with the current transactions at $1.70 @ $1.75 for lump, and $1.75 @ $1.80 for ground.

ARSENIC, white, is scarce, and offered sparingly; supplies are held with some firmness within the range of 3% @ 3%c. as to quantity and brand.

CARBOLIC ACID, English, is again cabled higher abroad, and as a result 13c. and 202c. is asked for drums and bottles respectively.

CHLORATE OF POTASH Continues slow of sale, though the quotation of the market remains steady at 144c. for German, and 142c. for English.

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CREAM TARTAR is without quotable change as manufacturers continue to meet the requirements of their customers 172c. for crystals, and 171⁄2 @ 18c. for powdered.

NITRATE OF SODA is quiet though firm. The range of the market stands at $1.90 @ $2, according to quantity.

NITRATE OF SILVER has been reduced again by the manufacturers, who now quote 43 @ 441⁄2c. for quantities, the inside for lots of 1,000 ounces.

OXALIC ACID is scarce and well maintained at 6% @ 634c. for German and 7 @ 74c. for English.

PERMANGANATE OF POTASH is firmer and in instances higher; small crystals quoted 16% @ 17c.

QUICKSILVER does not vary from 45 @ 46c.; small sales are making at this range. SAL SODA, domestic, is easy with 70 @ 75c. quoted f. o. b.

SAL AMMONIAC, white grain, English, has advanced to 634 @ 7c., this action being due to the small available supply and better foreign advices. German is generally held at 62c., though in instances this figure might be shaded slightly.

ESSENTIAL OILS.

ANISE is moving out in moderate quantities to the trade at $1.42% @ $1.45.

BERGAMOT continues to offer at $1.75 @ $2.25, with numerous small sales within this range.

CAJEPUT is easier, though supplies do not offer below 35 @ 40c.

CASSIA Continues dull, though 8oc. ap pears to be the limit of buyers' ideas.

CLOVE is a little unsettled, but 50 @ 53c. still represents the range.

CUBEB is quiet though steady at $1.50 @ $1.70.

LEMON does not change from $1.30 @ $1.65 as to brand.

OTTO OF ROSE is held at the range of $7.50 @ $9. as to brand with a moderate trade reported.

PENNYROYAL is 'quiet, but prices are maintained with a fair show of steadi

ness.

PEPPERMINT appears to be in improved position, but the article is given but little consideration at the moment. HGH has been passing out to the trade in moderately large quantities with $2.80 @ $2.85 the general asking price. Bulk is well maintained at $2.45 @ $2.60 as to quality. WINTERGREEN is quiet but without quotable change.

GUMS.

ALOES, Curacao, are in good jobbing demand and firm at 234 @ 3c.

ASAFOETIDA is selling quite freely in jobbing quantities at the range of 15 @ 30c. as to quality.

BENZOIN has continued in fair moderate inquiry with the sales at 27 @ 40c. as to quality.

CHICLE is maintained steadily at 27 @ 28c., though this range rather exceeds buyers' limits.

ČAMPHOR is meeting with fair moderate inquiry at the previous range.

DAMAR, Batavia, is firmer with 15c. quoted as an inside price for best.

KINO is yet held at $1 and jobbing purchases are said to realize this figure. SENEGAL is quiet but firm upon the basis of 9 @92c. for sorts.

SEEDS.

ANISE, Italian, sifted, is firm with limited transactions at the quoted range of 10 @ 101⁄2c.; business is somewhat restricted owing to the fact that buyers' limits are below the quoted prices.

CELERY, French, is generally held at 15c. up, though in one instance 15c. is quoted as acceptable. A parcel of inferior domestic is reported to have changed hands at 132c.

CORIANDER is in better demand, but buyers' limits are below those of holders; 6c. is asked for bleached and 5%c. for unbleached.

CUMMIN has been selling freely for export to Mexico with 1oc. accepted for new and 92c. for old.

HEMP, Russian, is cabled higher abroad, though supplies are yet obtainable here at 2@23%c.

MUSTARD, upon spot, continues quiet but firm. On the coast yellow is held at 334c. f.o.b. and brown Trieste at 34c. Of the stock held there some 2,000 bags brown have sold recently, a portion of which was taken for export.

POPPY, German, is dull but steady at 534 @ ốc.

Rhode Island.

S. J. Briggs & Co., of Providence, are to have a new fountain; it is to be supplied by the Low, Art Tile Co.

The Low Art Tile Co., of Boston, are manufacturing a large and expensive soda fountain for A. W. Ferneer, of Providence.

E. C. Danforth, of Providence, has gone out of business. This is the store which was run for many years by A. L. Calder. It is said that "cutting" was the cause of the business being abandoned; whether this is so or not it is certain that in close proximity to Mr. Danforth's store is an establishment run by a firm which has achieved notoriety throughout New England for its "cutting" propensities, and as this firm has pursued its peculiar methods in this city, the deduction drawn above seems to be a proper one.

Suitable notices of moderate length under this heading inserted one time free; for each additional insertion Fifty Cents. Write distinctly, on one side of paper only, and do not use postal cards.

POSITIONS VACANT.

WANTED first-class salesmen to sell side line on commission; only those selling to first class trade need apply; state the line of goods now carried; samples small. Address H. T. C., care this office.

POSITIONS WANTED.

POSITION WANTED in some town in Connecticut by a young man aged 25 years; 8 years' practical experience in retail drug store; can furnish good references. Address" Cortex," this office.

WANTED.-Situation in drug store by young man of good address, 25 years of age; have had nearly six years' experience; best of references regarding honesty and willingness to work for interest of proprietor; sober habits. Address" G. O. R.." Box 1344, Le Mars, Iowa.

JUNIOR DRUG CLERK, 10 years' experience, wishes position; experienced with fine trade; best references; city or country. Address H. A. M., care of this office.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

RARE BARGAIN in a drug business; present proprietor has other business and must close out by April 1 or May 1; first class chance. Address Ferguson's Pharmacy, Cooperstown, N. Y.

FOR SALE.-Elegant drug store with large prescription and general trade on good corner in Chicago; low rent; only $1,200 required; a positive snap. Address" Edwards, 7,001 Madison avenue, Chicago, Ill.

CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM, (98 per cent.) K. C. N.), wanted to purchase in quantities; annual consump tion about ico tons; strength must be guaranteed; quotations and terms to be addressed to "Export,' care of Deutsch Amerikanische Abotheker Zeitung, New York.-9.

FOR SALE.--Drug store doing a large prescription business on the principal business street of the most enterprising city on the Hudson River; invoice about $2,300; rent $25 per month; good reason for selling. Address "A. B. C.," care this office.-9.

TO DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.-The old established Buffalo Homoeopathic Pharmacy is offered for sale; store is centrally located on Main street; object for selling, proprietors desire to devote their time to practice of medicine. Address Drs. McCrea & Buck, 362 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.-II

TO ANY pharmacist desiring a perfect and simple process for making and repairing glass mirrors or silvering glass, I will send formula for same and full directions for one dollar; the process is simple and the chemicals are to be found in every drug store. Frank Edel, care of Hurlbut, Ward & Co., Des Moines, Ia.

FOR SALE.-A general store with a drug department; can be run by an unlicensed person; located in a growing town of 1,200 which is unaffected by hard times; average daily sales $18; expenses light, profits good. Full particulars by addressing "Beans," care this office.-9.

FOR SALE.-Drug store in a Hudson River city of 26,000, doing an excellent prescription and family trade; invoice about $2,000; rent $15 per month; Address 61 owner has two stores. J. S.," care this office.-9.

BACK NUMBERS wanted of AMERICAN DRUGGIST, Vol. 18, No. 9, and PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD, Vol. 10, No. 7. Address, stating price, "Record," 37 College place, New York.

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37 College Place, New York.

A. R. ELLIOTT, President.

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AMERICAN DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD.

Several cases of this kind have come under our own observation. They order this better in Russia, where a compilation of the pharmacy laws is required by law to be kept in each pharmacy.

A QUEER PENNSYLVANIA

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DECISION.

ROM an esteemed correspondent in Pittsburgh we are in receipt of a communication in which he states fully the facts in the suit brought recently against a physician by the president of the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board of Pennsylvania, and commented upon editorially in a previous number of this journal (issue of March 1). It seems that Dr. C. N. VANSICKLE and his wife, M. E. VANSICKLE, who were the defendants, conducted a pharmacy in Oakland, Pa., known as Vansickle's Pharmacy. At Munhall, Pa., there is also a store under the name of M. E. VANSICKLE, with J. H. RISING, a registered pharmacist, as manager. The Board prosecuted C. N. VANSICKLE, but owing to the mysterious absence of witnesses, were unable to prove that he was the owner. The board at the same time made information against his wife with view of testing the point whether or not a person not holding a certificate from the Board can carry on the drug business by employing a registered pharmacist. Owing to an erratic judge this case was summarily disposed of. These cases will again be tried in the March term. In his charge the judge said: "I have often said in this court that the way to repeal a bad law is to enforce it. I have no use for laws which protect the public one-tenth and those engaged in the traffic nine-tenths. I believe the law is unconstitutional because it does not provide that examiners should have a knowledge of chemistry, and gives the appointing power an opportunity of appointing examiners who have no knowledge of chemistry. Nor does it provide that those examined should be examined in chemistry."

With regard to the first point, as to whether or not a person not holding a certificate from the Board can carry on the drug business in Pennsylvania by employing a registered pharmacist, it is the opinion of those competent to speak in these

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matters that, under the amended act regulating the practice of pharmacy, sale of poisons, etc., in Pennsylvania, no one can be engaged as manager, nor be engaged in or interested in the business of pharmacy as owner, unless he obtains a certificate from the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board. This is not only plain from the reading of the act itself, but the proviso clearly states the legislative mind that "only the widow or legal representatives" of a deceased manager, who was a registered pharmacist, may carry on and continue the business.

Since the repeal in March, 1893, of the section of the Pharmacy Act which permitted graduates in medicine to carry on the retail drug business without proper qualification, determined by an examination in practical pharmacy, the law has been quite explicit as to the registration of all applicants for licenses to practice pharmacy in the State, and it is difficult to understand what has prompted this recent adverse ruling against the Board.

TO REGULATE THE SALE OF PATENT MEDICINES.

THE

HE SOUTHWORTH bill has made its appearance in the Legislature of the State of New York. This bill it will be remembered was introduced last year but was squelched in committee. An effort was made at that time to procure for it the indorsement of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, but without avail. The scope of the proposed measure can be determined from the text of the first section, which is as follows:

SECTION 1. In addition to the powers now conferred by law upon the State Board of Health said Board is hereby empowered, and it shall be its duty, upon receiving a fee therefor of fifty dollars, to cause an examination and analysis to be made by a practical chemist of any drug, medicine or mixture of drugs, herbs or medicine commonly known as patent or proprietary medicines, and shall ascertain and determine whether the use of the same may or may not endanger the public health, and it shall not be lawful for any person or persons or cor. poration to sell or offer for sale any such drug, medicine or mixture not prescribed by a regular physician, unless the same shall have been so examined and approved and certified in writing as not dangerous to the public health by said Board of Health.

The bill is condemned on all sides by the wholesale drug trade of New York on account of its looseness of construction and the uncertainty of its requirements.

It is thought by many in the trade that the passage of the bill would create a bureau for blackmail, and it is hoped that it will be met with the combined opposition of members of both branches of the tradewholesale and retail. This can be accomplished best by each member of the branches interested in writing an individual letter to the State Assemblyman and Senator from his own district and insist. ing upon their opposing the measure.

Pharmaceutical Notes.

Hyoscine Hydrobromate.-An English physician has studied the clinical effects of this compound, working with a sample of undoubted purity, and finds that they differ little from those of atropine. He considers, however, that until more is known of the chemistry, pharmacology, and clinical effects of hyoscine, it can hardly be recommended as а safe hypnotic.

Calcium Chloride as a Hæmostatic.The influence which calcium chloride exerts upon the coagulation of the blood as demonstrated by Wright has induced Dr. Saundby to test this substance clinically in cases of hæmorrhage. In a case of bleeding from the rectum, and also in a case of purpura hæmorrhagica, the results were very favorable. The dose of the chloride was up to 6 grains, and this was repeated every two to four hours.

Poisoning from Vaseline.-A company of the Forty-second French infantry while in garrison at a fort at Belfast were served one day with beef and green salad. This was followed by the illness of nearly all the soldiers, they being affected with headache, vomiting and stomach ache. On investigation it was shown (Pharm. Qost.) that the poisoning was due to socalled vaseline oil which had been issued to grease the guns with but which had been used in making the salad.

The Poison of Influenza.-The ptomaine extracted from the patient in cases of influenza is a white substance crystallizing in prismatic needles, soluble in water, and of a slightly alkaline reaction. It forms a hydrochlorate, a chloroplatinate, and a chloraurate, all crystalline. It gives a brownish precipitate with phosphotungstic acid, a yellowish with phosphomolybdic acid, a yellow with picric acid, and a red with tannic acid. The composition of this base is C,H,NO,. It is poisonous, inducing a strong fever and death in eight hours. It is not met with in normal conditions.

Tubercle Bacilli transmitted by Cigars. -An interesting paper on the possible transmission of the tubercle bacillus by cigars has appeared in the current number of the Centralblatt fur Bakteriologie. Dr. Kerez, in the preface to his experiments, points out that ample opportunity is given for the infection of cigars with tuberculous material, as so many of the people employed in tobacco manufactories are known to suffer from consumption. The manner in which the cigars may become infected is apparent when it is remembered that by force of habit and convenience the tobacco workers prefer to use their saliva for getting the leaves to adhere in cigar making, instead of the materials supplied to them for this purpose. In this way the tubercle bacillus is easily conveyed to the cigar. Dr. Kerez has, therefore, imitated in every detail on a small scale the manufacture of

cigars, using saliva containing tubercle bacilli for the moistening of the leaves. After being dried and packed away in boxes, cigars preserved for different lengths of time were carefully unrolled, the leaves washed with water, and the infusion inoculated into guinea pigs. In all cases where the infected cigars had only been kept for ten days, the animals treated with the tobacco infusion died of tuberculosis, but when the cigars were kept for longer periods the animals suffered no illeffects. indicating that during this time the tubercle bacilla had either been destroyed or deprived of their virulent character. As long, therefore, remarks Dr. Kerez, as the cigars, presuming them to have been infected in the course of making, are kept for a sufficiently long time in the manufacturer's hands before distribution this possibility of spreading consumption may be ignored.

Paramannane.-A lengthy description of this new carbohydrate, extracted from the beans of Caffea arabica, has just appeared, by M.Gilson. It had been shown by the work of Schultze and others that the compounds which constitute the cellular membranes of the coffee bean yielded four different glucoses on hydrolysis-dextrose, galactose, mannose, and a pentose (either arabinose or xylose). These results did not, however, settle the number of separate carbohydrates existing in the plant. Gilson, therefore, set out with the intention of separating these in their original state, without hydrolyzing them. He has succeeded in preparing cellulose and paramannane from the bean in a perfectly pure state, and with crystalline structure. Cellulose, of course, will only yield dextrose by hydrolysis, and paramannane is distinguished by furnishing mannose under this treatment. The beans, in fine powder, are extracted with ether. After the fat is completely taken out the powder is digested several times with .25 per cent. solution of KOH, and then washed with distilled water, and afterward boiled with 2 per cent. H2SO, for five hours. The portion which does not dissolve with acid is treated for an hour with 3 per cent. NH, at 60° C., and then washed with water and alcohol, and then dried. The residue is dissolved in Schweizer's solution, and 20 parts of strong solution of ammonia are added. It is then allowed to stand and cool and is poured off from a slight deposit. A current of CO2 is now passed through the liquid, and the cellulose is precipitated by this, whereas the paramannane remains in solution. This solution is dried on a water bath, and is treated with a weak solution of hydrochloric acid to remove copper oxide. The solution is now filtered, leaving the carbohydrate on the paper, which is washed with distilled water and dried. It can be further purified, if necessary, by re-dissolving in Schweizer's solution and repeating this treatment. It is a white, light powder, very much like starch in appearance. Under the microscope it shows a crystalloid structure. It is insoluble in water and alkalies; easily soluble in Schweizer's solution and strong sulphuric acid. On hydrolysis by Flechsig's method it yields a sugar whose hydrazone melts at 185° and possessing the other properties of mannose. mentary analysis gives the following results:

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Queries and Answers.

We shall be glad, in this department, to respond to calls for information bearing on pharmacy or any of its allied topics, and cordially invite our friends to make use of this column.

When sending for the formula of an unusual, patented or proprietary compound, the query should be accompanied with information regarding the locality in which it is used, its uses, and reputed effect. When it can conveniently be done, a specimen of the label used on packages of the compound should also be sent.

Mixture of Dry Chemicals to Produce a Liquid.-C. E. R., Jr. writes: "Kindly inform me of any two (or more) dry chemicals other than chloral and camphor, which, through chemical affinity, produce a liquid when mixed.

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We are not aware of the existence of any dry chemicals" which will liquefy when brought in contact with each other. Salts containing notably large amounts of water of crystallization give up their water in presence of certain other salts; but these cannot be regarded as "dry chemicals." Mixtures of sodium sulphate with potassium citrate and zinc sulphate with lead acetate become moist and resolve themselves into a pasty mass but do not completely liquify. This action is due to the liberation of the water of the sulphates.

Flavin. W. H. R.-This is the yellow coloring principle of quercitron bark. It is obtained by boiling the bark repeatedly with solution of soda precipitating the mixed decoctions with dilute sulphuric acid and continuing the boiling. It is not the pure principle quercitrin, but a product of its partial decomposition.

To Dye Eggs. J. R. P.-Any of the aniline dyes dissolved in water may be used for dyeing eggs, no mordant being required. Buy your aniline dyes in bulk and put up in small packages to retail at 5c. or 10c. each. The dealers in egg dyes do not claim any special properties for their colors; any person is at liberty to retail aniline dyes of any shade in any quantity.

Cream or Milk of Camphor. J. E. P. -Wehave two formulas for preparations answering to the above names. The first was formerly advertised as Camphor milk" and is composed of:

Pure oxide of zinc....

Spirit of camphor..
Rose water.

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Mix the camphor and sugar intimately; add the almond emulsion gradually and trituate together.

To MakeLeather Waterproof. L. P.We are unable to place our hands on the formula you seek. The most recently devised method of waterproofing leather is that published in a recent number of a French contemporary as follows: Into a bottle partly full of benzine is placed as much paraffin wax in shavings as the liquid will dissolve. With this mixture the leather is saturated, the liquid finding its way into every pore of the article. The benzine quickly evaporates, leaving the paraffin behind it to render the leather both flexible and waterproof.

Smokeless Powder. "L. X."-This is produced in Krupp's great iron works by the following method: Prepared gun cotton (dinitro cellulose) is saturated with