CORRESPONDENCE. 
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Ess. Iridis. 37 
Ess. Cassie 
Ess. Tubereuse > of each 5 X 
Ess. Ambergris ) 
01. Bergami 5ss 
Otto de Rose 5i 
S. V. R. 3 xiv. 
The ess. iridis is a capital body for per¬ 
fumes, it is made by adding I pint of 
g. Y. R. to 1 lb. of orris in coarse powder, 
to stand a month and press off; or by per¬ 
colation in the ordinary way. 
In reply to H. M. D., an “ inseparable 
lime juice and glycerine” may be made 
thus:— 
Lime-juice ^ pint (10 oz.) 
Rose Water 5 pint 
S. V, R. (added gradually) 2 oz. 
Shake well together, after twenty-four 
hours strain through muslin, and add— 
01. Limonis 3ss 
01. Lavand. nixv, dissolved in S. Y. R. 5iv 
Lastly add Glycerine (Price’s) f ^iiss. 
Shake well for some time (Cooley). This 
makes a semi-transparent liquid. 
If it be required to make the thick, opaque, 
white liquid, sold under the name of “ Limes 
and Glycerine,” take equal parts of— 
Liq. Calcis 
01. Amygdal. 
Shake well together, and add perfume to 
taste. 
Now with reference to cinnabar of anti¬ 
mony, although not wishing to dispute the 
facts of the case, as stated by Mr. George 
Cocking, still I am strongly disposed to dis¬ 
pute his inferences, and to believe that in 
very many cases in which cinnabar of anti¬ 
mony is ordered it is far safer to use a sul- 
phuret of that metal than a sulphuret of 
mercury; and I have, I think, more than 
once proved the correctness of this in my 
own experience. 
I often use the oxysulphuret of antimony 
(antimonium sulphuratum) where I should 
not like to use vermilion most certainly, 
and I think if I err, it i 3 on the right side; 
it is quite possible I may be in error as re¬ 
gards my views in this respect. 
Yours respectfully, 
W. C. H. 
York, March 22, 1870. 
Sir,—Now that chemists and druggists 
form one body, and will, in the lapse of time, 
be entirely “ pharmaceutical,” would it not 
be advisable to alter the price and the period 
of publication of the ‘Pharmaceutical Jour¬ 
nal,’ so as to make it accessible to all, the 
poor as well as the rich ? The price, I have 
no doubt, is for many a hardship, especially 
apprentices and assistants. Yet it is vex - y 
desirable, and for harmonious working, ab¬ 
solutely necessary that your learned pages 
should be in the hands of every one con¬ 
nected with the trade. 
It has long struck me that chemists want 
an organ that shall be to them what the 
* Lancet ’ is to surgeons, not only a guide 
and instructor but defender. The ‘ Pharma¬ 
ceutical Journal,’ by being made a weekly 
organ, could take up this position. The 
many advantages that would accrue from a 
weekly issue are obvious. The monthly ad¬ 
vertisements would appear weekly; novelties 
would bo made known to the trade at once; 
the opinion of the whole trade on trade 
questions would be obtained instead of a 
part; the interests of chemists would be de¬ 
fended while the enemy was assaulting, and 
not after ho had triumphed; masters, assis¬ 
tants, business buyers and sellers would not 
have to wait a month to make known their 
wants, and all (now legislation affecting 
chemists is becoming microscopical) would 
have a common friend to appeal to in diffi¬ 
culty. 
The present form of the Journal might be 
retained, the only change being less matter, 
a lowering of price (say 2d. or 3d.), and a 
weekly issue. Trusting my suggestion will 
bear fruit, 
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
Niemand. 
March 17, 1870. 
Sir,—Allow mo to suggest the following 
formula for preparing mucil. tragac. as an 
improvement on that of the B.P., and 
Mr. Martindale :—• 
R. Pulv. G. Tragacanth. 5j 
Glycerini f 5 yj 
Aqua ad f 5 X. 
G umm i primum cum glycerino in mortario 
tere, deinde cum aqua paulatim instillata. 
This will produce a mucilage at once , 
without the objectionable air bubbles inci¬ 
dental to agitation, and there can be no ob¬ 
jection to glycerine. 
Also permit me to say it is my humble 
opinion that tinct. aurantii may be pre¬ 
pared far better by percolation than by the 
present process of maceration; for I, and 
others, find maceration for seven days and 
pressing brings out a certain quantity of 
matter, which is, after a short time, depo¬ 
sited on the side and bottom of the vessel 
containing the tinctures. This is not the 
case when prepared by percolation, etc., and 
the aroma is far superior. 
I am, Sir, yours obediently, 
H. E. Godfrey. 
45, Curzon Street, 
March 16, 1870. 
Chlorodyne. 
Sir,—Your correspondent “ Prcvlncia 1 ,” 
