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Conducted by Prof. H. V. Arny. 



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GENERAL INFORMATION . 



T. 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 In- 

 formation 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- 

 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 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 re- 

 search work, will be given courteous 

 attention. 



H. V. Arny, Librarian. 

 Adelaide Rudolph, Bibliography. 

 Hugo H. Schaefer, Queries. 



ANSWERS TO QUERIES . 



Automobile Anti-Freezing Mixture. 

 B. F. C., New York, wishes to know the 

 composition of a non-freezing liquid 

 used to cool automobile engines during 

 the winter weather. 



We understand that a mixture of i 

 part of wood alcohol with 2 to 3 parts 

 of water will not freeze even at a tem- 

 perature of ten degrees below zero. 



Vogel's Pharmakognosie. — T. L. J., 



New York. — This book is published by 

 Carl Ceroid 's Sohn, Vienna. We have 

 in our College library the edition of 

 1892. 



Color for Smelling Salts.— R. K. B., 

 New York, wishes to know how to color 

 smelling salts a golden yellow. 



Pharmaceutical Formulas suggests the 

 use of the coal-tar dye, eosine yellow ; the 

 Druggists Circular Formula Book rec- 

 ommends methyl-orange. We would 

 suggest experimentation with ammonium 

 dichromate. 



Solidified Brilliantine. — L. P., New 

 York. — Pharmaceutical Formulas gives 

 the following recipes for the cosmetic 



named above. 



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Hydrous wool-fat lYz ounces 



Spermaceti i ounce 



Castor oil 4 ounces 



Oil of bitter almonds 2 minims 



Oil of clove 20 minims 



Oil of bergamot 40 minims 



Mix, according to art 



