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was served; but Mr. Pound admitted that no customer afterwards came to him to say 
that he or she had asked for oxalic acid and received a packet of senna, which they did 
not want. Then it was urged that Mrs. Farrell ought to have noticed that the two 
packets were not wrapped in the same coloured paper. But the learned judge observed, 
in summing up, that it was rather too much to expect this poor woman to remember, at 
a distance perhaps of twelve months, that the last time she bought salts and senna of Mr. 
Pound they were served to her in wrappers precisely similar. The jury, without hesita¬ 
tion, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £100. 
DEATH OF DR. NELIGAN, OF DUBLIN. 
We regret to have to announce the death of Dr. Neligan, which occurred on Thurs¬ 
day, the 23rd of July, in the forty-eighth year of his age. Dr. Neligan had attained to 
a high position in his profession ; he was the author of a popular work on ‘ Medicines, 
their Uses and Mode of Administration.’ He had contributed several articles to this 
Journal, and he was Chairman of the Jury in Class 2, Section B., “Medical and Phar¬ 
maceutical Products and Processes,” at the International Exhibition last year. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
The Progress of Ophthalmic Surgery, from the Invention of the Ophthalmo¬ 
scope (in 1851) up to the Present Time. Being an Oration Delivered before 
the North London Medical Society on February 11, 1863. By John Zachariah 
Laurence, F.R.C.S., etc. London: Printed by Henry Mitchener, Eversholt Street. 
1863. 
The Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences : January to June, 1863. 
London: John Churchill, New Burlington Street. Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Co. 
Dublin : Fannin and Co. 
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Patent Medicine Licence. —We remind our readers that this licence expires on the 1st 
of September, and must be renewed within one month from that time. 
Wanted copies of the May, June, July, and August numbers of the Journal, 1852 
for which the publishing price will be paid by Mr. Bremridge, 17, Bloomsbury Square’ 
W.C. 
A Constant Reader (Oxford).—We are not aware that beer made from sugar in 
place of malt is always “ cloudy.” When such is the case, the beer should b e fined with 
a little isinglass. 
B. W. (Torpoint).—The dose of santonine is generally from one to five grains. We 
know of no easier method of preparing it than that referred to. 
C. W. S. (Camden Town) wishes for the formula for “ Danns’ mixture for bowel 
complaints,” with which we are not acquainted. 
Nil Desperandum (Wales).—Re-distillation will effect the object. 
A. B. (Dover).—The terms are synonymous. 
A Member (Carmarthen).—Amber is rather difficult of solution, and requires to be 
previously heated in an iron pot, over a clear red fire, till it softens. Drying linseed oil, 
previously heated, is now to be poured in and well stirred, in the proportion of ten 
ounces to one pound of amber. After the incorporation is complete, and the liquid 
slightly cooled, a pound of oil of turpentine should be added. See also Ure’s ‘ Dic¬ 
tionary of Arts, Manufactures, etc.’ 
J. E. G. (Aberdare) is thanked for the “ curiosity in pharmacy.” 
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Journal before the 25th of the month, to Elias Bremridge, Secretary, 17 
Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 
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