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it dissolves and forms one of the most useful articles for a thou- 

 sand purposes. With a brush we cover a cutting or a graft, and 

 in six seconds it forms an impenetrable skin, preserving the cut- 

 ting, &c., for a considerable time, for budding and grafting. Laid 

 over wounds, scalds, &c., it almost immediately stops the pain, 

 and goes on rapidly to cure. Every family ought to have it al- 

 ways on hand. 



Solon Robinson~I know an excellent use for it. A beautiful 

 girl may be saved from being disfigured by the small-pox, by 

 covering up the pustules with collodion, with a soft brush. I re- 

 cently had the small-pox terribly; I just lived through it, and 

 that's all ; I tried collodion on my face, but was rather late in 

 the application. Yet I am not marked as I should have been 

 without it. In malignant erysypelas, cranberries are highly cu- 

 rative, but collodion might prove better. It is a cure for all cuts, 

 and all cases of abraded cuticle, for it is in itself a perfect artifi- 

 cial cuticle. In case of scalds its application is painful for a mo- 

 ment, but the ease comes immediately. I pronounce it to be 

 above all inventions on the face of the earth, the most precious. 



Mr. Wells — Our surgeons use it. Mothers will find it far pre- 

 ferable to doing up wounded fingers in rags, and far more heal- 

 ing. 



Mr. Watkins— It takes the place of the old-fashioned bandages 

 and serves a better purpose. 



[London Repertory of Patent Inventions, No. 137, May, 1854.] 



Mr. Meigs — To preserve seeds, &c. — Jackson's patent. Take 

 sulphate of zinc, or any of the salts of zinc, one pound of the 

 dry salt to twenty pints of water. Potatoes, washed clean, and 

 cut in usual sizes, steeped in the solution for twelve hours. The 

 water must be boiling when the salt is put in, and when cooled 

 down to 100 degrees of Fahrenheit. 



The Chairman stated the subject for the day—" The best time 

 to cut grass and to harvest grain." 



Mr. Robinson — Call up Mr. Waring. 



Mr. Waring — I am not ready, sir. 



