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C. U. C. p. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



March, 1918 



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Conducted by Prof. H. V. Amy. 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 



1. Telephone inquiries will be an- 

 swered cheerfully without charge. Res- 

 idents of Greater New York or vicinity 

 wishing to inquire about some pharma- 

 ceutical problem will ring up the Infor- 

 mation Bureau, Columbus 117, and will 

 receive information immediately, if same 

 is accessible. 



2. Non-residents will have their prob- 

 lems answered in the next issue of the 

 C. U. C. P. Alumni Journal without 

 cost, if they send their inquiries by mail. 



3. Those not wishing to wait for their 

 information until the next issue of the 

 Journal, may have their inquiries an- 

 swered by mail by enclosing a self-ad- 

 dressed stamped envelope. 



4. Problems requiring extended re- 

 search will be handled for a fee as mod- 

 erate as consistent with high grade ser- 

 vice. 



5. Translations of articles from for- 

 eign languages, either in full or in ab- 

 stract, as well as transcripts of papers 

 appearing in English or American phar- 

 maceutical, chemical or botanical periodi- 

 cals will be prepared for those desiring 

 to pay for such service. 



6. As in the past, all visitors to the 

 library, desiring to do their own research 

 work, will be given courteous attention. 



H. V. Arny, Librarian. 

 Adelaide Rudolph, Bibliography. 

 Hugo H. Schaefer, Queries. 



ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 



Lubricating Jelly.— H. D. K., New 

 York. — The following recipes for lubri- 

 cating jelly for surgical instruments are 

 taken from the Druggists Circular, 191 5, 

 pages 421 and 586 respectively. 



I. 



Take three ounces of Irish moss and 

 wash in running water for one-half hour. 

 Place them in one quart of water and 

 boil in a double boiler for ten minutes, 

 stirring constantly. Pass through fine 

 wire strainer, put the strained jelly back 

 on the stove, sterilize by boiling and 

 finally add enough water to make a jelly 

 of the proper consistence. A mild anti- 

 septic like eucalyptol, may be added. 



II. 



Tragacanth 3 grammes. 



Glycerin 25 mils 



Phenol 1.5 grammes 



Water, enough to make . . . 300 mils 

 Mix the tragacanth with the other 

 constituents in a wide-mouthed bottle 

 and shake occasionally until a uniform 

 jelly results. 



Names of Manufacturers. — We gladly 

 furnish our querists with information 

 concerning the manufacturers of goods 

 handled by the drug trade, but for ob- 

 vious reasons, such answers are not pub- 

 lished in this department. 



