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The President asked Mr. Savage if the right to visit chemists’ shops, exercised by 
the Society of Apothecaries, was the same thing as was claimed by the College of Phy¬ 
sicians. 
Mr. Savage replied that they were quite distinct. 
The President remarked that the College of Physicians used to have the right of 
visitation within the City of London, and exercised it down to a recent period. There 
had been two or three visitations to his place of business within his recollection. On 
one occasion the censors were armed with hydrometers, and proceeded to take the spe¬ 
cific gravities of certain spirits. Since the establishment of the General Medical 
Council, the custom had lapsed. 
Mr. Cooper recollected that when he was a young man, residing in a place of busi¬ 
ness in Fleet Street, London, the censors made a visitation. They expressed approval 
of the drugs inspected, and then went to the shop of a neighbouring surgeon, who drew 
his supplies from the same source, but was less fortunate, as the censors condemned 
them. 
RARE ESSENTIAL OILS. 
The President (Mr. Hanbury) exhibited to the meeting authentic speci¬ 
mens of the following, viz. 
Essential Oil of Canella alba. 
„ Clove Bark or Culitlawang. 
,, Chian Turpentine. 
,, the leaves of Finns sylvestris. 
„ „ ,, Pumilio. 
,, the cones of Abies pectinata . 
,, Ptyehotis Ajowan. 
,, Origanum vulgare. 
„ Mexican Lignaloe. 
"With regard to that obtained from the leaves of Pinus sylvestris and some¬ 
times called Fir-wool Oil, he observed that, administered by inhalation, it 
has of late been recommended in certain diseases of the throat and respira¬ 
tory organs. 
Dr. Morell Mackenzie, by whom in this country it has been chiefly pre¬ 
scribed, has also employed the essential oil of the leaves and twigs of Pinus 
Pumilio, a pine which covers many of the barren limestone slopes of the 
Southern Alps at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. This pine is closely re¬ 
lated to the Common Scotch Fir ( Pinus sylvestris), but has a curious decum¬ 
bent habit of growth, giving it the aspect of a shrub of 6 feet high with long 
branches spreading along the ground: seen covering the mountain-side, it 
might at a distance be mistaken for furze ( Ulex Furopcea). The essential 
oil is distilled at Eeichenhall in Bavaria, as well as in other places, and held 
in high estimation by the Germans, who use also an aqueous extract made of 
the leaves, and other preparations. The oils of Pinus sylvestris and of P. 
Pumilio have been prescribed in England, in the form of emulsion made thus : 
9 >. 
Olei pini sylvestris 3ijss 
Magnesise carbonat. 3iss 
Aquae destillatae ad ^hj 
Misce.—One or two tea-spoonfuls in a pint of warm water to be in¬ 
haled (from an inhaler) for ten minutes twice a day. 
Dr. Mackenzie has also prescribed the oils of Abies pectinata, of Cajeput, 
of Hops and of Sandal wood. The specimen of oil of Abies pectinata was 
