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On the 12th of November, at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, Robert Warington, Esq., 
F.R.S., F.C.S., late of Apothecaries’ Hall, aged sixty years. A notice of Mr. Warington 
will be inserted in our next number. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
The Microscope: its History, Construction, and Application ; being a Familiar Intro¬ 
duction to the Use of the instrument, and the Study of Microscopical Science. By 
Jabez Hogg, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. With upwards of 500 engravings and coloured illus¬ 
trations by Tuffen West. Sixth Edition. London : George Routledge and Sons, 
Broadway, Ludgate ; New York : 416 Broome Street. 1867. 
On the Physiological Action of the Calabar Bean (Physostigma venenosum , Balf.). 
By Thomas R. Fraser, M.D., etc. From the Transactions of the Royal Society of 
Edinburgh, vol. xxiv. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by Neill and Co. 1867. 
(From the Author.) 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
A correspondent wishes to know whether quinine wine may be sold by the dozen 
bottles without either a licence or a stamp. [If the wine contains the quantity of 
quinine ordered in the ‘ Pharmacopoeia,’ it does not come under the “ Sweet Wine 
Licence and if sold without any recommendation as a remedy for the cure or relief of 
any complaint, it does not require the patent medicine stamp.] 
H. J. S .—Apply to any herbalist. 
Associate (Brighton).—1.— 2. Bentley’s ‘Manual of Botany,’price 12s. Gd. 
A Young Student (Plymouth).—A new edition is in progress, and will probably be 
ready by May next. 
M. V. S. (Bristol).—The terms “ Succus” and “Liquor” are not synonymous. It 
would be advisable in such a case to refer to the prescriber. 
W. S. D. (Portsea).—We should think the compound referred to would be liable to 
the duty. 
F. Id. W. —(1) The question is too vague to admit of a satisfactory answer. (2) 
No. 
G. N. (Pulteney Wick, N.B.).— Turpentine. 
“ A Subscriber ” (Wolverhampton).—Orange-flower Water. 
R. L. C. (Camden Road.)—Carpenter’s ‘ Manual,’ price 12s. Gd. Churchill & Son. 
Apprentice (Lynn).— Tinct. Calendulas. There is no authorized formula, but it may 
be made in the proportion of 2\ oz. of the flowers to 20 oz. of proof spirit. 
“ An Associate ” (Plymouth).—See vol. xii. page 71. 
Y. Z. —(1) Attfield’s ‘ Pharmaceutical Chemistry.’ (2) See answer to X. Y. K. in 
our last number. 
F. E. M .—(1) Vol. vii. p. 183. (2) Peracetateof Iron —sesquioxide of iron, 1 part; 
acetic acid, 6 parts ; digest for three days and Alter. 
u Iota .”—(1) Iron Alum. (2) By means of manna. (3) No chemical change takes 
place. (4) The object is concisely explained as follows :—“ Phosphate of soda contains 
as base to each atom of phosphoric acid, two atoms of soda and one atom of water. An¬ 
other atom of soda is therefore necessary to produce, with the sulphate of iron, the re¬ 
quired result. This atom is supplied by acetate of soda ; on mixing the solutions, basic 
phosphate of iron is precipitated, and sulphate of soda, with some free acetic acid, left 
in solution.” (Church.) 
J. H. (Leighton Buzzard).—By boiling until the steam issuing through a small aper¬ 
ture in the top of the tin has expelled the air, and then stopping the hole with solder. 
We have received a communication from a correspondent who calls our attention to 
the fact that the “ Chemists’ Assistants’ Association,” which meets at 14, Air Street, has 
for some time been effecting mutual improvement among its members in the way sug¬ 
gested in our leader of last month. 
