March 29,1873.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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|fotes suit (Queries. 
( [333.]—ESSENCE OF RENNET.—“ Edina” would 
feel obliged by any reader of the Journal favouring him 
with a receipt for making Essence of Rennet that will 
keep. 
[The following formula was sent to this Journal some 
years since by Mr. Houlton, of Wetherby :— 
“ One Fresh Rennet (or Calf’s Stomach), 
f-gallon Boiling Water. 
20 oz. Salt. 
Set by for twelve hours and strain ; then add— 
Spirit of Wine, 6 oz.”—E d. Ph. Journ.] 
DR. LOCOCK’S HAIR LOTION.—“ Glycerine ” is 
informed that the following is the formula for this pre¬ 
paration as given in Cooley’s ‘ Cyclopaedia of Practical 
Receipts ’:— 
“ Oil of Mace (Nutmeg) . . 1 oz. 
Liquefy at a gentle heat with— 
Olive Oil.^ oz. 
When cold form into an emulsion by agitation with— 
Rose Water.J pint. 
Spirit of Rosemary . . . 2| fi. ozs. 
Stronger Liquor of Ammonia 1^ fl. drs.” 
SYRUP OF PHOSPHATE OF LIME. — Carlo 
Pavesi, of Mortara, describes ( VIndipendente , Feb. 15) a 
syrup of phosphate of lime made of part of subphos¬ 
phate of lime, 1J part of bicarbonate of soda, a sufficiency 
of lemon juice, 18 parts of saturated decoction of wheaten 
bran, and 12 parts of refined sugar. The phosphate of 
lime and decoction of bran are introduced into a strong 
glass bottle ; the bicarbonate of soda is then added, and 
after it the lemon juice. The bottle is now tightly closed, 
and shaken gently; this is repeated from time to time for 
forty-eight hours, so as to leave a slight excess of lemon 
juice. The fluid is then filtered through blotting paper : 
it contains citrate of soda and subphosphate of lime dis¬ 
solved in the bran decoction, which itself contains phos¬ 
phates, gluten, etc. The sugar having been added, the 
fluid is evaporated to the consistence of a thick syrup.— 
London Medical Record. 
LINIMENTUM AMMONITE IODIDI.— 1 The fol¬ 
lowing is published in the Druggists' Circular as the for¬ 
mula of an Iodide of Ammonia Liniment prescribed for 
many years by medical practitioners in New York, and 
formerly known under the name of Rourke’s Iodine 
Liniment:— 
Iodine.grs. xv 
Alcohol..^viij 
Camphor.3ij 
Oil of Lavender, 
Oil of Rosemary, each . 3j 
Solution of Ammonia . §j. 
The liniment soon becomes of a pale straw colour, and 
is free from the objections of being either greasy or 
soapy. 
The following journals have been received:—The ‘ British 
Medical Journal,’ March 22; the ‘Medical Times and 
Gazette,’ March 22; the ‘Lancet,’ March 22; the ‘London 
Medical Record,’ March 26 ; ‘ Medical Press and Circular,’ 
March 21; ‘ Nature,’ March 20 ; ‘ Chemical News,’ March 
22; ‘ Gardener’s Chronicle,’ March 22; the ‘ Grocer,’ 
March 22; ‘Journal of the Society of Arts,’ March. 22 ; 
‘ Grocery News,’ March 22 ; ‘ Produce Markets Review,’ 
March 22; ‘Scientific American,’ March 22; ‘Brewers’ 
Guardian,’ March 25 ; ‘ Neues Repertorium fiir Pharmacie,’ 
January and February; Doncaster, Nottingham, and Lin¬ 
coln Gazette;’ ‘Manchester Evening News;’ ‘Philadelphia 
Press;’ ‘ Goulburn’s Courier.’ 
*** No notice can be taken of anonymous communica¬ 
tions. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenti¬ 
cated by the name and address of the writer; not necessarily 
for 'publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. 
Benevolent Fund. 
Sir, I, with many others, more particularly country 
members and chemists, quite agree with J. B. B. in your 
issue of the 22nd inst., that if some more active steps are 
not adopted, the subscriptions will be found to fall off very 
materially. I have heard it frequently expressed, that if I 
give a guinea it yields only about sixpence to the purpose it 
was contributed for, the principal being “Consoled” for 
posterity. What have we to do with them ? Sufficient 
unto the day is the evil thereof. Build schools, provide 
suitable dwellings for decayed chemists and their widows, 
relieve orphans, and subscriptions will then come in amply 
to meet all demands; members of the trade would give 
then with a willing heart and liberal hand. 
Camden. 
Greenwich, S.E. 
Sir,—I am glad to see some one entertains the same 
opinion as regards the use of this fund as myself, and I 
indorse J. B. B.’s ideas and propositions with respect to 
its distribution. I have often thought of asking the ques¬ 
tion, What will be done with the principal ? I have been 
a member of the Pharmaceutical Society from its birth, 
but have never given one penny to this fund, neither shall I 
as long as the yearly receipts are placed out at only 3| per 
cent. What is the object for the accumulation of such a 
fund P If the Parent dies, is there any power to will it 
to A., B., or C., or to whom will it go ? How many poor 
druggists, or their widows, or their orphans, might have been 
saved from beggary and starvation, and have been placed 
by its aid in a position to earn their own bread, if the 
yearly subscriptions and donations were so divided, instead 
of ns now, when only a few candidates are receiving the 
paltry pittance of £20 or £30 per annum. A shilling will 
buy six pounds of bread; but what good will a farthing be 
to any one ? Let J. B. B.’s proposition be carried out, and 
the receipts for 1872 be divided in 1873, and so on in each 
succeeding year, to as many candidates as will give to each 
£50 per annum, to be paid quarterly with the interest 
thereon, which will be something more by the time the last 
quarterly sum be paid. This, in my humble opinion, would 
be doing some great good, and be an untold relief to 
hundreds, instead of, as now, to only a few. I cannot 
help thinking that subscriptions would increase yearly, for 
many could give a shilling when £1 could not be spared. 
Poor as I am, I shall be pleased to contribute my mite to 
the fund that is so yearly distributed, as I feel confident 
those entrusted with it will see to its being rightly be¬ 
stowed. 
M. J. M. 
London, March 2 6th, 1873. 
The Pharmacy Act or 1868. 
Sir,—I was very much gratified when I read a few days 
since in the Pharmaceutical Journal that a different 
state of things, in a pharmaceutical sense, existed in France 
to what we have in our famous forward England, both as 
to the law itself and the carrying out of the same. I refer 
to the case of some persons being fined for selling cod-liver 
oil (because it was for medicinal use). I have often won¬ 
dered what a French pharmacien would think if he came 
into the town in which I live, and became convinced, as I 
am, that the druggist is quite as open to competition as 
any other trader; that drugs still remain a marketable 
commodity. If he went into almost any shop doing a 
mixed business in the town, he might purchase articles 
called paregoric (with no label and without its active ingre- 
gient), also tincture of rhubarb (made with cake saffron), 
and any other tincture except, perhaps, opium, and the 
thirty articles named in the schedule, the tinctures being 
supplied at 3ci. per oz., for which the druggists charge 4c£. 
He might also obtain of these dealers bottles of diarrhoea 
