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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 

 vicinity 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 inquiries by mail. 



3. Those not wishing to wait for 

 their information until the next issue 

 of the Journal may have their inquiries 

 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. Arny, Librarian. 

 Adelaide Rudolph, Bibliography. 

 Jean NOT Hostmann, Queries. 



ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 



Balsamo Catolico.— L. A. C, New 



York. — This is a preparation resembling 

 our Friars' balsam. The recipe given in 

 the Mexican Pharmacopoeia of 1874 fol- 

 lows : 



Angelica root 10 grammes 



Hypericum flowers. . 20 " 



Alcohol (8o7o)- •• • 720 



Macerate eight days, then express and 



dissolve in the expressed liquid : 



Myrrh 10 grammes 



Olibanum 10 " 



Again macerate for eight days with 



frequent agitation, then add : 



Balsam of tolu 60 grammes 



Benzoin 60 " 



Cape aloes 10 " 



Macerate for eight days and finally 

 filter. 



Removing Camphorated Oil from 

 Cerium Oxalate. — R H. Flatbush, is 

 in trouble. The boy spilled camphorated 

 oil upon almost a pound of cerium ox- 

 alate and R. H. wishes to recover the 

 salt, even at the expense of the camphor- 

 ated oil. We suggest that he wash the 

 oxalate several times with petroleum 

 ether or ether in a closed bottle, adding 

 each time enough of the solvent to cover 

 the salt. He could be more economical 

 with the solvent by placing the salt in a 

 small percolator plugged with a pledget 

 of cotton and then pouring on the sol- 

 vent. In either case, he should look out 

 for the inflammability of the solvent. 



