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THE CHE]\IIST AND DEUGGIST OF AUSTRALASIA. Feb. 1st, 188G 
of Mooloolah and Maroochy, as well as in scrubs in other i 
places. The bane and the antidote grow together. So it is j 
with the stinging tree and the Cunjevoi. The leaves of the j 
Cunjevoi are large, something like a cabbage leaf, but grow 
nearly upright, and are j)ointed. One measured 18 inches 
long and Vd inches wide. The stem when old lies along the 
ground, and from it roots go down. It is about an inch in 
diameter. I have not heard of any use being made of the 
stem. F. M. Bailley, in his “ Queensland Flora,” p. 5G^), says 
it is “a most acrid plant, but may be used for food after 
careful cooking.” 
COKEECTIOKS. 
HINTS TO YOUNG PHARMACISTS. 
(Feom a Contributoe). 
In making the P. B. preparations, adhere strictly to the 
directions, as bad results sometimes ensue for want of precau- 
tion in tills respect. Experience alone will in many cases 
serve to produce the best results, but an occasional hint from 
a reliable authority, simple though that hint may seem, will 
ofttimes save you trouble, annoyance, and waste. Certainly 
you may rej)ly by saying, “ Oh ! what is the use of troubling 
myself about the making of such preparations, since I can get 
all I require from the wholesale dealers.” Granted so far; it 
is, however, but a poor argument, as there may be occasions, 
when, through some inadvertence, you find yourself minus a 
preparation, and a prescription is waiting for you to dispense. 
You have no desire to transfer this to another chemist, and 
you cannot betray your oversight or neglect to your customer. 
Or you may be so situated that you have no chemist, retail or 
wholesale, to ax>ply to in an emergency of this kind. You 
have, however, the crude materials ; make the best of them, 
and set to work with a will. 
A hint as to one or two preparations for which the instruc- 
tions given are somewhat indefinite, or incomplete, may not 
be unavailing. For instance, in making the Syrup Ferri 
phosph., after you have obtained your precipitate of Iron 
phosphate, and pressed it between bibulous paper to get rid 
of excess of moisture ; the Acid Phosphoric should be added 
at once before the precipitate has had time to get quite dry, other- 
wise your Syrup will not become clear. The same rule applies 
to the non-official Syrup Ferri Phosph. cum Mariganesio. The 
writer has sometimes obtained a good result by using a propor- 
tionate quantity of the Glacial or Metaphosphoric Acid, which 
is, however, not always free from Soda Phosphate, and is 
difficult to keep unless well stoppered, on account of its liability 
to change into Ortho Phosphoric Acid. 
There is another i>reparation, the Mistura Ferri Co., which, 
however, dispensers in large and busy establishments have 
seldom to make in toto on account of the Mist. Myrrhju Co. 
being kept ready, either made during leisure time, or supplied 
from the wholesale warehouses. Should it fall to your lot to 
prepare it extemporaneously, do not use the Pulv. Myrrlue but 
the whole gum. You must remember that you have a gum 
soluble in water, and an insoluble resin combined. Therefore 
it is better to have your Gum Myrrh^e in granules rather than 
in fine powder, and by mixing it slowly with the Rose Water 
you get a better result. In practice, the writer finds it prefer- 
able to do this before adding either the Potassa Carbonate, or 
the sugar. 
With regard to solutions made by the decomposition of an 
alkaline carbonate and an acid, it is incumbent that the 
resulting product be quite neutral. 
In the case of Liq. Ammon. Acet., the writer prefers usings 
the concentrated Acetic Acid on account of the natural 
tendency which water has to retain the carbonic acid. Befoi’( 
applying your test papers, the solutions should in either casj 
be warmed to expel any lingering traces of Acid Carbonic. 
THE BRITISH PHARMACOPOHA, 1885. 
Our readers may have heard tliat the Pharmacopceia Com 
mittee of the General Medical Council has printed a list of 
corrections of errors that have been discovered in the new 
Pliarmacoi)oeia since its publication. This list is supplied to 
all applicants who have purchased a Pliarmacoxroeia. To save 
the necessity of axrirlications from the various colonies, we 
here reprint the official list, and will forward slips for pasting in 
the volume to anyone who will send us a stamped addressed! 
envelope, marked P. B. in the corner;— 
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154, 
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last. 
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fluid drachms 
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450, 
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19 
191 
7 7 
460, 
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190, 
104, 
0, add Glycerine of Alum 
IG, omit in j)owder. 
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4, 
line 
10, 
add Linimentum Terebinthinm Aceticum 
34, 
7 7 
8. 
,, Unguentum Hydrargyri 
57, 
7 7 
17, 
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228, 
77 
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278, 
7 7 
6. 
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316, 
7 7 
24, 
,, Emplastrum Plumbi lodidi 
7 7 
26, 
77 Hh 
cerinum Plumbi Subacetatis 
44, 
7 7 
22, 
omit Liquor Ammonii Citratis Fortior 
115, 
7 7 
17, 
,, Acidum Sulphuricum Aromaticum 
314, 
77 
27, 
,, Glycerini 
405, 
7 7 
13, 
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read 14 fluid ounce 
49, 
7 7 
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77 
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202, 
315, 
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7 7 
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7, 10 
331, 
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7, 41 
35o, 
7 7 
last 
7 7 7 8 
7, 16 
Impure Water. — The following valuable suggestions, made 
by Dr. Lowe, of Lynn, Norfolk, deserve the attention of tra- 
vellers and xfiiarmacists. He points out the great danger of 
contracting tjq^hoid fever, by total abstainers and travellers, 
from drinking impure water. His experience has led him, 
when travelling, always to carry a small case containing a 
kettle and spirit lamp, and invariably to boil water before 
drinking it ; also to apply Nessler’s test to it. He suggested 
that if 10 or 15 drops of that re-agent wore enclosed in a thin 
glass caxDsulo, and hermetically sealed, the fluid would keej) 
for a length of time, and a dozen or so packed in a box would 
form a valuable addition to a traveller’s outfit. One of the 
caiDSules broken in a wine-glass, and a spoonful or so of the 
suspected water added, would show at once if it were of a 
dangerous nature, and might thus be the means of saving 
life.^ — 'L'he Au^tmUan Veterinanj Junniat. 
Wild Lettuce (Victoria). — Mr. John Akod, M. 
Sandhurst, kindly forwarded a ])lant which he obtained 
Mr. George Killingbeck, Leichardt, Victoria. On submitting 
the x>lant to Baron Von Mueller^ that botanist furnished the 
following valuable information: — “The herb of which I 
received a samx3le is indigenous to the southern jiarts of 
Europe. It is sedative, andin large doses narcotic. Ijactuouvium 
is the inspissated sap of this and allied plants. Medicinally, 
lactucarium has been in use as a general anti-spasmodic. It 
alleviates asthma, cough, palpitation of the heart, Ac. This 
lettuce is botanically known as lAictuca miigna, and is closely 
allied to the British wild lettuce (L, scariola ). — “Balfour 
‘ Class Book on Botany,’ I3age 838).” Lactuca virona (wild 
lettuce) gives out abundantly a white juice which, when 
msj)issated, constitutes the anodyne narcotic called lactuca- 
rium, or lettuce opium. L. Satica (common lettuce) also 
yields a similar juice, but by cultivation loses mucli of Us 
narcotic projierty. Both plants contain a neutral active 
principal called lactucinT — The Auniralian Veterinary Jour 
nal. 
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