C. r. C. p. ALUM XI 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 w^ait 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. 



Sulphur Hair Wash.— F. P. \ ., New 

 York, asks us for a recipe for a hair 

 wash containing sulphur and potassium 

 acetate. W'e have never run across such 

 a recipe and perhaps our querist meant 

 sulphur and lead acetate. However, we 

 venture the following suggestion for one 

 containing potassium acetate, 'f that was 

 really what he wants. Suppose he starts 

 with a recipe for sulphur-sage wash like 

 the following, which we copy from the 

 Era Eor miliary. 



Sage I ounce 



Boiling water i pint 



Macerate one hour, strain and then 

 add to the strained liquid : 



Glycerin 2 ounces 



Borax 



4 ounce 



Precipitated sulphur ^4 ounce 



Tincture of Cantharides. . 34 ounce 

 Oil of Bergamot enough 



Tf F. P. A', really wants to put potas- 

 sium acetate into his preparation, sup- 

 pose he replaces the borax in the fore- 

 going recipe by y\ to i ounce of the 

 acetate. 



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. 



