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is free from acidity. Moreover, Wood 

 and Marshall have shown that it is not 

 poisonous to adults even in 15 grain 

 doses. For details concerning this com- 

 pound, our querist is referred to Ruddi- 

 man's Incompatibilities in Prescriptions. 



Legal Qoeties.— 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. 



Direct Dyes, — B. S. L., New York. — 

 This phrase is used to designate those 

 aniline dyes which stain the fabric with- 

 out the intervention of a mordant. They 

 are also called substantive dyes. 



The Composition of Proprietary Pre- 

 parations. — A number of queries to the 

 composition of proprietary remedies 

 have been answered by telephone during 

 the past month, by reporting analyses 

 published by chemists in various bureaus 

 devoted to such work. For various rea- 

 sons, at this time we will not print the 

 answers to such queries, but will refer 

 onr readers to the two publications of 

 the American Medical Association, "The 

 Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary 

 Medicines" and "Nostrums and Quack- 

 ery" as well as to the Bulletins of the 

 food and drug departments of the States 

 of Connectict, Ohio, Indiana and North 

 Dakota, all of which we have in the 

 library. 



"Pulv. Zinci Borat."— Mr. A. J. 

 Reeder, Class of 1890, N. Y. C. P., has 

 kindly written us concerning the pre- 



scription published in the June issue ot 

 the Journal calling for the above-named 

 substance. He cites Hager, the United 

 States Dispensatory and Merck's Index 

 on Zinc Borate, ZnB^0,+H20, an 

 amorphous insoluble powder prepared by 

 adding a borax solution to a zinc sul- 

 phate solution and then collecting, wash- 

 ing and drying the resulting precipitate. 



The only question in our mind is 

 whether such an insoluble powder could 

 well be used as a douche. This idea we 

 had in mind when in the June number 

 we were guilty of "taking a chance" in 

 suggesting that the physician had in 

 mind Soluble Antiseptic Powder N. F. 



Heilkraft Red Salve.— P. G., New 

 York. — According to New and Non- 

 Official Remedies, the Heilkraft's Medi- 

 cal Company prepare a salve, contaifiing 

 8 parts of medicinal Biebrich scarlet red, 

 2 parts of eucalyptol and 90 parts of 

 petrolatum. 



Names of Manufacturers. — We glad- 

 ly furnish our querists with information 

 concerning the manufacturers of goods 

 handled by the drug trade, but for 

 obvious reasons, such answers are not 

 published in this department. 



Stainless Silver Nitrate Solution, — 

 B. R. K., New York, wishes to know if 

 we have ever heard of a silver nitrate 

 solution that did not stain .the skin when 

 applied. We have not, but perhaps some 

 of our readers know something on the 

 subject and will let us know. 



In passing we might point out that 

 while protargol solutions are brown and 

 so tinge the skin and fabrics, the stain is 

 easily removed with soap and water. 



