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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
treatment she received from a druggist and accoucheur named Harvev Oakes. The 
dread of the pending inquest affected Oakes so much that he drank a large quantity of 
prussic acid. Tn his room was found a letter signed Harvey Oakes, to the purport that he 
was innocent of the imputation about to be sworn against him, and that it was more than 
he could bear. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the woman died from the 
effects of the improper treatment by Oakes, and Charlton, the midwife, and that Oakes 
committed suicide during temporary insanity. 
DEATH OF PROFESSOR THEODOR W. C. MARTIUS. 
We have to announce with regret the death of this amiable and well-known man of 
science, which took place, after a long and suffering illness, on the 15th September. Dr. 
Martius held for many years the Professorship of Pharmacy and Pharmacognosy in the 
University of Erlangen ; he was a Knight of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, 
and member of many scientific societies, including the Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
Britain, to whose Museum and Journal he frequently contributed. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
G. W. P. (Manchester).— Crimson Marking Ink may be made as follows : — 
^ Nitrate of Silver 53 
Carbonate of Soda (crystals) 
giss 
Tartaric Acid 
3ij 3ij 
Liquor Ammoniae (*882) 
fl. 5 ij 
Carmine 
gr. vj 
White Sugar 
5 V J 
Powdered Gum Arabic 
3* 
Distilled Water 
q.s. 
Dissolve the Nitrate of Silver and Carbonate of Soda separately in distilled water; mix 
the solutions; collect and wash the precipitate on a filter; introduce the washed pre¬ 
cipitate, still moist, into a Wedgwood mortar, and add to it the Tartaric Acid, rubbing 
them together until effervescence has ceased; dissolve the carmine in the Liquor Am- 
monise, and add it to the Tartrate of Silver, then mix in the White Sugar and Powdered 
Gum, and add as mucli distilled water, if required, as will make fl. §vj of the mixture. 
Chemicus (Bury St. Edmund’s).—A solution of bisulpliate of lime for the purpose of 
cleansing foul beer-casks may be used in the proportion of one pint of the solution to 
one gallon of water. This should be put into the cask, which is then shaken, so that 
the solution may come in contact with every part of the interior. This should be re¬ 
peated several times, and the cask then rinsed with water. 
T. S. K. (Rochester), and C. K. (Haverhill).— Poisoned Grain Bill. It will be seen, 
on reference to our number for August, page 46, that this Bill has passed, and vse pre¬ 
sume that it w'ould come into operation from the date of the Act, July 28, 1863. The 
provisions of the Act will be found at page 81. 
J. B. (Brighton).—No. The certificate of examination of the Pharmaceutical Society 
would be available in obtaining a situation under Government. 
JB. W. (Torpoint).— Tincture of Sumbul. Vol. xv., page 508. 
“ A Commencing M.P.S.” — Furniture Cream. Pearlash, 2 oz.; soft-soap, 4 oz.; bees’- 
wax, 1 lb.; water, 1 gallon. Boil until the whole is united and forms a creamy liquid 
when cold. (Cooley.) 
Mynsicht's Elixir of Vitriol. —We have received several communications on this sub¬ 
ject, which will claim attention in our next number. 
A Correspondent (“ Anti-Oppression ”) and “ A Registered Apprentice” are thanked 
for their communications. 
R. A. P. S. (Sheffield).—Fownes’s ‘Manual of Chemistry’ and Bentley’s ‘Manual of 
Botany,’ price 12s. Gd. 
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Journal before the 25th of the month, to Elias Bremridge, Secretary, 17, 
Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 
Advertisements (not later than the 23rd) to Messrs. Churchill, New Bur¬ 
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