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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [February l, ifc73.. 
already been suggested and discussed in connection with 
the nomenclature of our own Pharmacopoeia. It results 
from an attempt to render into Latin the names which 
are in common use among chemists for distinguishing 
from such other salts corresponding to lower and higher 
degrees of oxidation. Thus we find carhonas ferrosus; 
chloruretum ferricum ; chloruretum hydrargyrosum : 
chloruretum hydrargyriemn. As will be seen, these 
are, in some cases, a little cumbersome, and there seems 
to he no well-founded reason for preferring them to the 
older names, with which, moreover, we are already 
familiar. 
The whole is arranged in the form of a dictionary, 
the articles following one another in alphabetical order : 
and, in addition, there is a copious index. The book is 
not well printed, and is, of course, clothed in the usual 
paper cover, hut the price is only six francs, and the ad¬ 
dition of a strong binding would not very seriously in¬ 
crease the cost. 
We have carefully examined the work, and can con¬ 
scientiously recommend it to our readers as not only 
remarkably free from all hut trifling inaccuracies, and 
as containing in a cheap and portable form much that 
will he useful both to pharmacists and students. 
poles unit fumes. 
[327.]—PILULES ILIACkE RHASIS.— 
£ Colocynthidis 
Sagapeni aa . . . . 3 vj. 
Diagrydii. 5 ij- 
Cum succo porri fiat massa. 
Schroder Pharmacopoeia Mcdico-Chymica, Ed. 4., 1656. 
—D.H. 
POMADE FOR FRECKLES.—The following for¬ 
mula is from the New York Druggists' Circular : —Take of 
Citrine Ointment and Oil of 
Almonds, each. 1 drachm. 
Spermaceti Ointment. 6 „ 
Oil of Roses.3 drops. 
Mix well in a wedgwood mortar, using a wooden or 
hone knife. 
PREPARATIONS OF EUCALYPTUS.—The fol¬ 
lowing formulae for preparations of Eucalyptus globulus 
are given by M. Dorvault in L' Union Pharmaceutique, 
vol. xiii. p. 259 :— 
Syrup of Eucalyptus. 
Distilled Eucalyptus Water . . . 500 parts. 
White Sugar . . •. 950 „ 
Dissolve without heat and filter through paper. 
Tincture of Eucalyptus. 
Eucalyptus Leaves (dry and cut) . . 1 part. 
Rectified Spirit.5 „ 
Macerate ten days and filter. 
Wine of Eucalyptus. 
Eucalyptus Leaves (dry and' cut) . 30 parts. 
Proof Spirit.60 „ 
White Wine. 1000 „ 
Macerate with the alcohol during twenty-four hours ; 
then add the wine and leave together for ten days, and 
afterwards filter. 
Extract of Eucalyptus. 
Eucalyptus Leaves (dry and cut) . 1000 parts. 
Water .......... 3000 „ 
Distil to obtain the essence. Make an aqueous ex¬ 
tract with the residue in the apparatus and to this add— 
Proof Spirit . . . .. 1000 parts. 
Filter ; concentrate this alcoholic solution to the con¬ 
sistence of an extract, and when cool add the volatile 
oil, mixing thoroughly. 
Comsjwtton. 
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for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. 
“Major Associates.'’ 
Sir,—Circulars are being sent by the Registrar of the- 
Pharmaceutical Society to those Major Associates who are not 
in business on their own account, informing them that, “ in 
accordance with the bye-law,” they have been removed fronn 
the Register of Associates, and must either take up their 
membership—forms of application for which are enclosed—- 
or cease to be connected with the Society. 
As one of those to whom the alternative is presented, I 
would ask, which bye-law is referred to ? The only one- 
bearing on the point which I can find is clause 4 in Section 
XI., bearing date 1852. But this has been in abeyance- 
twenty years, and no notice has been given of any intention 
to revive it. Naturally, therefore, considerable surprise and 
indignation arG felt by those who are thus cavalierly told to- 
increase their subscription or leave the Society. The salaries, 
of chemists’ assistants are not generally so largejthat half a 
guinea more or less is of no consequence to them; and on. 
the other hand, an associate who has been connected with the- 
Society for some years is unwilling to leave it. 
What is the Society’s motive in thus swooping down on us ? 
In the Calendar for 1872,1 see mentioned 149 Major associates- 
who are not in business. Supposing that all these take up 
their membership, the Society will be an annual gainer of ' 
about £80. But is this likely ? Is it not probable that the 
larger number of them will leave the Society ? In that case 
we shall have the paradox that, while the Society laments that 
so few candidates present themselves for the “Major,” it 
actually turns out a number who possess that qualification. 
And all for the sake of a potential eighty pounds! 
Again, the bye-law directs that, on an Associate passing 
the Major examination, he shall be removed from the ranks of 
the Associates to those of the members. Butin my own caso 
I have been allowed to continue an associate for more than 
five years, and am now suddenly called upon to pay double 
subscription, or go. I cannot think this course a dignified- 
one for the Society to pursue. Had they given us fair warn¬ 
ing, there might have been dissatisfaction, but there would 
not have been the feeling of being “ done,” which now exists. 
A Major before the Passing of the Pharmacy Act. 
Sir,—Imagine my surprise when, on presenting the half¬ 
guinea subscription for the current year at the “Square,” I 
was informed that it had just been discovered that a bye-law 
existed proving that there was no such grade as Major Asso¬ 
ciate, but that in future all Pharmaceutical chemists con¬ 
nected with the Society, whether in business or not, must pay 
the full subscription of one guinea. 
Now, in the name of common sense, I ask, Where has this-, 
bye-law been all this time that it is only just discovered ? and 
it brought into force, what will be its immediate effect ? 
The secession of the greater number of those to whom the 
Society in the future must most look for support, and who- 
have hitherto been known as “Major Associates.” 
Even as it is, I hardly know of one single immediate ad¬ 
vantage to an assistant from holding the Major qualification. 
Painful experience shows that employers do not recognize it, 
for if the aspirant to the diploma dreams that he will got one 
penny more salary for his pains, he will, most probably, find 
himself painfully disappointed; and now if it is to meaa 
an extra half-guinea yearly, I may safely predict that fewer 
will go to the expense and pains of qualifying, and fewer 
still will continue their connection afterwards. 
If this hitherto dormant bye-law doe3 exist, it should cer¬ 
tainly be either amended at once, or allowed to die a natural 
death; to bring it into force would be ruinous policy to the So¬ 
ciety, and a great injustice to those who have already qualified.. 
I 5 for one, protest against it, and, in opposition, beg strongly 
to commend to the consideration of the Council a proposition 
of a late correspondent to the effect, “ That Pharmaceutical 
Chemists not in business be admitted to membership on pay¬ 
ment of the Major Associate subscription of half a guinea.” 
H. B. H. 
