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C. U. C. P. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



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Conducted by Prof. H. V. Arny. 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 



1. Telephone inquiries will be an- 

 swered cheerfully without charge. 

 Residents of Greater New York or 

 ^•icinity wishing to inquire about some 

 pharmaceutical problem will ring up 

 the Information Bureau, Columbus 

 117, and will receive information im- 

 mediately, if same is accessible. 



2. Non-residents will have their 

 problems answered in the next issue of 

 the C. U. C. P. ALUMNI JOURNAL 

 without cost, if they send their in- 

 quiries by mail. 



3. Those not wishing to wait for 

 their information until the next issue 

 of the. JOURNAL may have their in- 

 quiries answered by mail by enclosing 

 a self-addressed stamped envelope. 



4. Problems requiring extended re- 

 search will be handled for a fee as 

 moderate as consistent with high grade 

 service. 



5. Translations of articles from for- 

 eign languages, either in full or in 

 abstract, as well as transcripts of 

 papers appearing in English or Ameri- 

 can pharmaceutical, chemical or botan- 

 ical periodicals 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 re- 

 search work, will be given courteous 

 attention. 



H. V. Arnv, Librarian. 

 Adelaide Rudolph, Bibliography. 

 Jeannot Hostmann, Queries. 



ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 



Introduction. — In inaugurating the 

 queries department of the JOURNAL 

 which will be conducted each month 

 under the heading given above, it is only 

 necessary to state that on the pages de- 

 voted to the department the answers to 

 the more important questions submitted 

 to the Information Bureau will be given. 

 Because of the large number of queries 

 coming in. at the present stage of the 

 JOURNAL, space cannot be given all of 

 the answers and a selected list is there- 

 for found below. 



Spiritus Balsamicus. — R. K., New 

 York. — This is a synonym for "baume 

 de Fioraventi," the recipe for which is 

 as follows : 



Balsam of Peru 



Oil of turpentine 



Oil of cloves 



Oil of juniper 



Oil of mace 



Oil of thyme of each 15 minims. 



Alcohol I pint 



Halphen's Reagent.— B. O. C, New 

 York. This reagent used in the sensitive 

 and reliable test for the presence of 

 cottonseed oil in olive oil devised by 

 Halphen (/. Soc. Ch. Ind., 16-1897-1045) 

 is prepared by mixing equal volumes of 

 amyl alcohol and carbon disulphide and 

 dissolving in the mixture i per cent, of 

 sulphur. When this reagent is mixed 

 with an equal volume of the oil in ques- 

 tion and the fluid is heated in a boiling" 

 brine-bath for from ten to fifteen min- 



