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THE SACCHARIDE OF COD-LIVER OIL. 
Prescriptions. 
“ 5. Chlorodyne (Collis 
Brown’s) 5 ii. 
Sign. Take twelve drops 
in water, and repeat in 
two hours if necessary. 
“ 6 . JJ, Spir. Ammon. Co. 5 SS. 
Bismuth. Trisnitr. 5 ii 
Chlorodyne (Collis 
Brown’s) 5 ii. 
Naphthse Medic. 5 iii. 
Oxymel. Scillse 51 . 
Decoct. Senegse ad ^viii. 
M. ft. ^ss, urgent, tussi. 
“ 7. $ Chlorodyne 
(Collis Brown’s). 
Send full directions. 
Oct. 15, 1865.” 
Directions. 
Collis Brown’s Chlorodyne. 
Take twelve drops in water, and 
repeat in two hours if necessary. 
A tablespoonful to be taken when 
the cough is troublesome. 
The directions supplied to the patient 
with No. 7 were the printed in¬ 
structions supplied by the maker 
of the Chlorodyne, and stated in 
your last communication to render 
it liable to stamp duty.” 
(copy.) 
Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, W. C. 
11 20th December, 1865. 
“ Sir,—The Board of Inland Revenue have had under consideration your 
letter of the 1 st instant, in further reference to the liability of the preparation 
called ‘ Chlorodyne ’ to Medicine Stamp Duty, when supplied in the manner 
therein described, as an ingredient with others in a medical prescription, and 
in reply I am directed to acquaint you that the dispensing of this preparation 
in the manner indicated would not subject the dispenser to a liability to the 
Medicine Stamp Duty. 
“ I am, Sir, 
“Your obedient servant, 
“ J. Sargent.” 
w Mr. 13. S. Proctor .” 
THE SACCHARIDE OE COD-LIVER OIL. 
The following communication from Dr. Thiere, of Paris, addressed to Dr. 
Attfield, with reference to the subject of his paper on the “ Saccharide of 
Cod-liver Oil,” published in our last number, has been handed to us, and 
we publish it in full, thus affording the author an opportunity of stating what 
he can in his justification :— 
“Sir,—Messrs. Roberts and Co., pharmaciens at Paris, who are agents for 
my powder (saccharide of cod-liver oil) have just submitted to me the article- 
published in the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal’ of this month. It is right that I 
should relieve these gentlemen, as well as Messrs. Wilcocks and Co., from all 
responsibility. I repeat, therefore, that these gentlemen are my agents. I 
wished to have the value of this preparation appreciated by others besides 
my own patients. Its success affords ground for the conclusion that jealousy 
has called forth this article from your pen. 
“ In fact, this powder has been sold for many years in the houses of Messrs- 
Barclay and Co. and others, including that of Wilcocks and Co., who have- 
