CORRESPONDENCE. 
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tions to fabric this artificial champaign wine, given by letter, are sufficient to make all 
necessary manipulation, knowledge of the raw materials, and to obtain the same results 
as ours. 
At foot the protocoil of the society of industrious sciences of Paris and a third list of 
the Papeutees. 
For Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, England and Switzerland to 
adress oneself; per letter franked, to 
Messs.-et Co., Chimists, Belgium. 
For cessions for France to direct to Paris. 
■—The Grocer , June 19. 
©Intuan;. 
At Ripon, June 15th, aged 71, Richard Graves, an old member of the Pharmaceuti¬ 
cal Society. He commenced business at Ripon in 1818, which business he occupied 
until his death. Besides having a leech-pond, he was a grower of medicinal herbs. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
An Introduction to the Elements of 
Pharmacy; or, “The Minor and Ma¬ 
jor Examinations.” A Guide to the 
Principal Points in Materia Medica, Bo¬ 
tany, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Prescriptions, 
and Practical Dispensing. By F. Har¬ 
wood Lescher, Pereira Medallist. Lon¬ 
don: John Churchill and Sons, New Bur¬ 
lington Street. 1869. 
Nouveaux Elements d’Histoire Natu- 
relle Medicale. Par D. Cauvet. 2 
vols., with 409 illustrations. Paris: J. B. 
Bailliere et Fils. London: Hipp. Bailliere. 
Madrid: C. Bailly*Bailliere. New York : 
Bailliere Brothers. 
The Disinfectant Question: Review of 
a Book by Dr. R. Angus Smith, en¬ 
titled ‘Disinfectants and Disinfection.’ 
Reprinted from the ‘ Sanitary Record.’ 
London: M‘Corquodale and Co. 1869. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Persons having seceded from the Society may be restored to their former 
status on payment of arrears of subscription and the registration fee of the 
current year. 
Those who were Associates before the 1st of July, 1842, are privileged (as 
Founders of the Society) to become Members, and by virtue of membership to 
be registered as Pharmaceutical Chemists. 
Length of the Metre.—Mr. James Brown, 
Ampthill, directs attention to the fact that 
the Pharmacopoeia, in giving the equivalent 
of the metre in English measure, states that 
it is = 39’37079 inches, or 1 yard 3 - 7 inches. 
This is obviously a mistake. It should be 
1 yard, 3*37 inches. 
Liniments of Aconite and Belladonna .— 
Mr. Gissing, Wakefield, wishes for answers 
to the following questions from some prac¬ 
tical pharmaceutist:— 
1. In making lin. belladonna and lin. 
aconiti, how much spirit is used in moisten¬ 
ing the roots ? 
2. How much additional spirit is used to 
produce the result ordered ? 
J. C. (Manchester).—We are unable to 
suggest any improvement in the mixture 
described, but liquids prepared for staining 
wood are sold, and one of these would pro¬ 
bably answer the purpose better. 
Syrupus Ferri et Calcis Hypophosphitis. 
—Mr. Gomasall, in reply to a correspondent, 
Fxt. Carnis, in last month’s Journal, sends 
the following formulae from Parrish’s 
book:— 
Syrup of Hypophosphites. 
(Containing Ferric Hypophosphite.) 
Take of— 
Hypophosphite of Lime . 256 grains. 
„ Soda . 192 „ 
„ Potassa 128 „ 
„ Iron 
(recently precipitated). 96 „ 
