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HE VIEW. 
Company. You can go into the world and say that you have the name of the author 
and the advantage of his personally superintending his prescription, an advantage which 
we have not got; but we follow his prescription. All that (it appears to me) they 
have a perfect right to do and I can only dismiss the Bill with costs.” 
Mr. James—It will include the costs of the Motion which stood over. 
The Vice Chancellor —Yes. 
Mr. James —The Motion stood over till today. It will include the costs of the Mo¬ 
tion. 
The Vice Chancellor —Yes. 
“AN IMPOSTOR.” 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
Sir,—Having seen a letter in your last Journal with the above heading, in 
which I find my name mentioned, will you allow me to state that I know no¬ 
thing of the person who is evidently obtaining money from our country friends 
under false colours ? That he is not an Associate of the Pharmaceutical Society 
has been already proved, that he never was an assistant of mine I am prepared 
to vouch for. I know not the name. 
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, 
Jonathan Potter. 
26, Dudley Grove , Paddington. 
REVIEW. 
An Introduction to Pharmaceutical Chemistry. By John Attfield, Ph.D., 
F.C.S., etc. 
In the introduction to Dr. Attfield's work we find, “ This hook is intended as a guide 
to the student in acquiring a practical knowledge of chemistry, chiefly by means of 
personal experiment.” It represents the course of instruction provided for students in 
the laboratory of the Pharmaceutical Society, and is therefore specially designed for 
pharmaceutical chemists. Pharmaceutical chemistry, however, comprises the chemistry 
of all the more important elements, and its study forms a fitting introduction to a 
general knowledge of the science of which it is an important part. The author says, 
“ Two leading features in the book will be found to be the separation of reactions 
having synthetical from those possessing analytical interest, and the addition of a large 
number of new reactions of the former class; the chemistry of the Pharmacopoeia is 
thus brought prominently into view, while the art of analysis is made clear and concise.” 
Synthetical operations have always formed a leading part in the system of practical in¬ 
struction given in the laboratory of the Pharmaceutical Society, and this has dis¬ 
tinguished the practical course there from that of most of the chemical and medical 
schools ; but in the method adopted by Dr. Attfield, and which we think is a very ex¬ 
cellent one, there is this peculiarity, that throughout a great part of the course experi¬ 
ments are performed having both synthetical and analytical interest, and these are so 
arranged that each substance is examined, first with reference to its synthetical, and 
afterwards with reference to its analytical reactions, before passing to the examination 
of another substance. Thus, for instance, in studying potassium, the student is made 
acquainted with its “reactions having (a) synthetical and ( b ) analytical interest.” 
Eight experiments are described, all illustrating processes in the British Pharmacopoeia, 
in which distinct synthetical reactions occur. The first of these consists in producing 
solution of caustic potash (Liquor Potasses ), the second in producing sulphurated potash 
(Potassa sulphurata ) of the Pharmacopoeia, the third in making acetate of potash, and 
so forth. In each case the reaction is represented by an equation, and the various 
