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THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST OF AUSTEALASIA 
April 1 , 1887 . 
THE STOCKOWNER’S MEDICINE CHEST. 
The Jounial of the Royal Agiiciiltural Society recently pub- 
lished the following alphabetical list of veterinary medicines, 
arranged by Professor Brown, with the doses for different 
animals. The list may be made x>rofitabIe to chemists by 
judicious labels, medicine-chests, and the like. 
Aconite. — Tincture (Fleming’s) ; action sedative, allays 
fever, and externally relieves irritation. Doses : Horses and 
ox, 10 to 30 drops ; sheep, five drops ; add water in propor- 
tion of a tablesp)Oonful to each drop of tincture to a j)int of 
water. 
Aloes. — A purgative for horse or ox. The ordinary aloetic J 
mass and the solution should be kex)t at hand ; both j^rei^ara- j 
tions must be obtained from a druggist. Doses : Horses, four I 
to six drams of the aloetic mass as an ordinary j^urgative ; ox, i 
half a x)int of the solution, usually given in combination with I 
linseed oil, in cases of continued constipation. ' 
, Areca Nut. — A useful worm medicine. The nuts should be ‘ 
kept in a stoppered bottle in a dry p>lace. When reciuired for ! 
use, the quantity should be grated by means of a nutmeg- j 
grater. Doses: Horse or ox, half an ounce to an ounce of ! 
•the grated nut, mixed with the food, corn and bran; sheep, 
2 drams ; dog, half to one dram. 
Carbolic Acid. — A powerful caustic and antiseptic, ordi- 
narily used in combination with 50 to 100 parts of water, as 
an antiseptic lotion to unhealthy wounds, and for disinfecting 
j)urposes. 
Castor Oil, also Linseed Oil. — Purgative ; doses : Horse or 
'ox, one or two x?hrts ; sheep, four tablespoonfuls. 
Colic Mixture. — E(xual parts of laudanum and sweet spirit 
of nitre, and an eighth x^art of chloric ether. A half-pint i 
bottle to be kept at hand. Dose : Horse or ox, two to four I 
tablespoonsful in three parts of a pint of water. I 
Salts (Epsom or Glauber) common purgatives for cattle or | 
sheep. Dose: Ox, 12 to 10 ounces, dissolved in a wine bottle ( 
of hot water. A tablespoonful of ginger may be added. Sheep, I 
four to six ounces. 1 
Salicylic Acid. — A valuable antisex^tic, effective in the treat- | 
ment of foot-and-mouth disease. Dose : Four tablespoonfuls ! 
of the acid are to be x>nt in an earthen vessel and dissolved in : 
a quart of boiling water ; hot water is then to be added to ' 
make a gallon. This solution is to be used to syringe the feet 
and lave the mouth and nostrils, and also to wash the udder, 
and finally to sprinkle over the litter ; half a pint of the solu- 
tion may be added to the gallon of drinking water every day. 
Tlie dry acid (powder) may be sx^i'inkled on the feet after they 
have been syringed with the solution. 
Santonin, used to expel worms, one of the most effective 
ag- nts for this pmqDose. Dose : Horse, 15 grains, three drams 
of aloes, to be given in morning before feeding, and repeated 
af er two days. 
Turxientine, Oil of. — Stimulant to the skin. Internally 
us ed to expel worms ; useful in “ husk in calves.” Doses: A 
tablespoonful daily in half a x)iut of a mixture of milk and 
eggs; lambs, one quarter of the quantity. 
Vaseline. — Emollient to the skin ; effective in irritation of 
the surface, chapped heels, mud fever, especially if mixed 
with an eighth part of the trisnitrate of bismuth or carbonate ‘ 
of lead (white lead), or oxide of zinc. ' 
(5r:ii)e |lotes. 
Harrison & Wliiffen, 6 Market Chambers, 472 George-street, i 
Sydney, have been appointed agents in Australasia for May 
and Baker, manufacturing chemists, Battersea ; and also for ! 
John Richardson and Co,, manufacturers of soluble coated ! 
X)ills, and pharmaceutical prex^arations, Leicester. Samples I 
of the products of both these well-known firms can be seen at ' 
the address given above. 
Bukkouohs, Wellcome afd Co. have issued a revised trade I 
Xorice list for Australasia, giving revised retail prices which ; 
have been adopted in Victoria. Additional duty will have to ! 
be added in the other colonies — New South Wales, 0% ; | 
• Queensland, 7^% ; Tasmania, 11%; New Zealand and South ' 
Australia, 16^%. | 
Burroughs, Wellcome and Co.’s x^harmaceutical laboratory, I 
and some of the x-)rocesses their carried on, are described in | 
an interesting manner on page xxii of our advertisement i 
. sheets. 1 
The Aerated 
Beverage Tr.ide. 
• — Chemists in' 
Australia do not ' 
rise to their opx)or- > 
trinities in the di- 
rection indicated 
by the title. Where 
there is room and 
Xoleasant accom- 
modation, a che- 
mist who could 
supply cool aerated 
drinks would be 
sure to attract 
numerous custom- 
ers. Of course, 
it is somewhat un- 
Xn'ofessional, but 
not everyone can 
afford to be xn’ofes- 
sional in tliese 
days. In America, 
the axq^^'i’f^'tns for 
disxiensing these 
drinks is one of 
the regular fittings 
of the shop. One 
chemist in Sydney, 
Mr. H. P. SabieX 
has followed the 
Trans-Pacific ex- 
7]5amx3le, and has 
adopted the Mat- 
thews Ax^x^aratus. 
Special care is 
taken in this plant 
to avoid all metal- 
lic contamination ; 
even the syrup 
tank, illustrated at the side, is of glass instead of metal, and 
can easily be removed and cleaned. Mr. J. B. Millner, whose 
advertisement axjpeavs on another X5^g®» agent in New South 
Wales and Victoria for this firm’s xhant. 
.Stutfnts’ (iToruer. 
‘Competiiimi is the best training.” 
REPORTS AND COMMENTS ON THE THIRTEENTH 
COMPETITION. 
We have received on this occasion four papers of rexilies to 
our last series of questions, of which two bear the stamp of 
considerable merit, the marks gained being excexitionally high. 
RESULTS. 
“ Thersilochus,” 
“ Nil Despeiuxdl'm,” 
“ Karma Loca,” / ^ 
“ Dum Spiro Spero,” ( 
Full Marks, 100 
90 
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PRIZE AWARDS. 
The first xn’ize, 10s., we award to Mr. C. H. Howes, care of Mr. 
J, W. Ayscough, chemist, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane. The 
second, 5s., to Mr. John A. Anderson, care of Mr. H. J. Heale, 
U.F.S. Dispensary, Ballarat. Prize winners will please com- 
municate to us at once their choice of books to the value 
stated. 
We may mention that of the two other competitors, one 
hailed from New Zealand and the other from Victoria. For a 
first attempt they did very well, and we trust they will com- 
pete again. 
The physico-chemical question has been well handled by 
all the competitors, cax^ital sketches being furnished by three 
of them, With regard to the electrolytic decomposition of 
water, the voltameter invented by Faraday is adox^ted. This 
instrument is understood although not named. Water in 
itself is not an electrohjte. To render it so, it must become 
a suitable conductor of electricity. A battery is also requisite 
to generate and x^rox^el the electric current. Of the various 
