C U. C. p. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



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Conducted by Prof. H. V. Amy. 



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 

 librar}', desiring to do their own re- 

 search work, will be given courteous 

 attention. 



H. V. Arny, Librarian. 

 Adelaide Rudolph, Bibliography. 

 Jeannot Hostmann, Queries. 



ANSWERS TO QUERIER. 



Extractum Thymi Saccharatum. — 



G. R. P., New Jersey. — Pertussin, the 

 well-known whooping cough remedy, is 

 said to be a preparation of thyme and 

 in a number of druggists recipe books, 

 we find formulas for products similar to 

 the specialty just named. Thus Hager's 

 "Handbuch" gives the following: 



Compound tluidextract of thyme 15.0 

 Potassium bromide 0.5 



Syrup (made from fruit sugar) 85.0 



The compound fluidextract of th}me 

 is prepared from equal parts of thyme 

 and serphyllum, of course making the 

 finished products represent the typical 

 fluidextract strength. 



Legal Queries. — During the month, 

 we have answered a number of queries 

 relating to pharmacy laws, local, state, 

 and national, emphasizing each time that 

 the information given was merely the 

 personal opinion of a layman. For this 

 reason we do not print such answers, 

 since in serious legal matters a lawyer 

 should be consulted. 



Compound Powder of Boric Acid. — 



F. K. L., Xew York. — In the fourteenth 

 edition of Martindale's "Extra Phar- 

 macopoeia" the following recipe is given 

 for compound powder of boric acid : 



Boric acid i part 



Zinc o.xide 3 parts 



Starch 6 parts 



