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189 



Preparations as Pound in 10 Drug Stores—Concluded. 



Dealer. 



KixD OF Goods. 



Station 

 number. 



C. H. Pendleton, Rockland 



C. H. Sawyer, Saco . 



Lime water 



Sweet spirit of nitre . 

 Ammonia water .... 

 rincture of iodine . . 



Lime water 



Sweet spirit of nitre. 

 Tincture of iodine . . 



8456 

 8534 

 8535 

 8.536 

 8537 

 8666 



Smith & Broe, Portland . 



Lime water §59 



Spirit of camphor 



Spirit of peppermint .... 



Tincture of iron 



Tincture of iodine 



Tincture of iodine. . 

 Spirit of camphor. . . 

 Sweet spirit of nitre. 

 .Ammonia water. . . . 

 Spirit of gaultheria . , 



Lime water 



Spirit of peppermint. 



* Per cent. 

 U. S. P. 

 standard. 



80 

 86 



207 

 84 

 99 

 96 



100 



8592 



81 



8613 



95 



86 14 



124 



8615 



111 



8617 



106 



8570 



98 



8571 



120 



8572 



91 



8573 



88 



8574 



88 



8575 



103 



S576 



100 



* In this column 100 means in accord with U. S.T7~K^ds from 90 tn lin o.. 



''""~';m:,r"w m d ' >""' '"^'' ''''^' ''''' '^""'^ '^"^ ""' '^'-^'fi-d - the small 

 san pie that made it appear more than three times as strong as it is possible 



qualiti and had a sharp, disagreeable taste suggestive of formaldehyde The 

 nature of this was not discovered. -J'oenjae. j he 



Tiii; Druggist and the Law. 

 The law regulating the sale of foods has been effective in 

 Maine smce the spring of 1905. The law regulating the sale 

 of drugs will have been in effect two years on the first of Jan- 

 uary, iqio. Naturally with the longer time more has been 

 accomplished m the regulation of the sale of foods than in the 

 sale of drugs. 



It has been something of a disappointment to the executive 

 officer of the law to find that the drug trade in AFaine needs 

 supervision. When it is remembered that men have to be 

 specially educated and pass special examinations conducted by 

 a State Board constituted for that purpose before they are 

 permitted to compound drugs, it would naturallv be thou-ht 

 that this business would be uniformly well conducted. 



In the late spring of 1908, tincture of iodine, a preparation 

 which IS very readily and accurately made and which has good 



