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a dry blister, the fluid secreted being taken up as it is exuded by the styptic. 
There are cases in which this blistering fluid would be a considerable advantage; 
indeed, it would probably be an advantage in all cases in which a blister is re¬ 
quired. Two to four grains may be used to the ounce. 
Chloride of Zinc .—Chloride of zinc, which, in solution, has recently been used 
for the dressing even of recent wounds, makes a good compound with the styptic. 
Half a drachm of the salt dissolves readily in an ounce of the solution. 
MEDICAL PARTIALITY. 
TO THE EDITORS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
Gentlemen,—Permit me to ask, through the medium of our Journal, if any 
of our friends can suggest a remedy for a great injustice perpetrated upon the 
Pharmaceutical Chemists residing in the suburbs of London, and which all, par¬ 
ticularly the examined members, must feel most acutely. 
I refer to the unnecessary and ungenerous practice of physicians recommend¬ 
ing patients to have their prescriptions prepared at one of the leading dispensing 
establishments in town , instead of leaving them to use their own discretion as to 
whether they patronize the Pharmaceutist in their own neighbourhood, or no. 
Why do physicians generally act thus unjustly to so large a proportion of the 
Pharmaceutical Chemists? 
Why, after going through the trouble and expense of an examination, and 
often of a laboratory course as well, are we treated with such cool contempt by 
those who, of all others, are best able to understand our position ? 
The public begin to know the meaning of the term “ Pharmaceutical Chemist,” 
and those residing in the suburbs would, if unbiassed, naturally, and as a matter 
of course, accord to us that for which we have so assiduously laboured, and what 
we have every right to expect, namely, the confidence and support of those who 
seek the advice of a physician, in preference to that of a general practitioner 
who dispenses at his own house. 
We have drugs and chemicals of precisely the same purity as any of the first- 
class houses in London, and we can prepare a prescription as well as any of 
them, and perhaps better, for as a rule we of the suburbs can give the matter 
more attention than some of our more fortunate brethren in town. 
The physician naturally desires his prescription should be prepared accurately, 
hence, no doubt, the request to have it sent to oue of the well-known firms (t 
should be sorry to think him prompted by any sordid motive) ; but is not our 
examination a guarantee to the physician, as well as the public, of our ability to 
occupy the important position we do ? 
By all means let the physician recommend his patient to have the prescription 
prepared by a Pharmaceutical Chemist,—and he might also, at the same time, 
suggest the desirability of employing an examined member of the Society,—but 
what I object to is, the naming of some individual firm in particular, instead of 
recommending us collectively. 
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
A Suburban M. P. S. 
CONCENTRATIVE MEDICINES-CHARGES. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
Sir,—Several correspondents have called attention to a fact, w hich must be 
severely felt by the great majority of chemists, though kept sadly in the back- 
