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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[April 26, 1873. 
obliged him to resign. As a man of science and fellow of 
•the Royal Society he has occupied a high position, and as 
physician he has had an extensive practice, yet with his 
many professional engagements he has found time for 
literary and other pursuits. Not only has he written the 
well-known biography of Faraday, but he has often given 
bis attention to pharmaceutical subjects, being an advocate 
for the simplification of medicines, and for giving them a 
less repulsive character than they have hitherto generally 
possessed. Dr. Jones died on the 20th inst., after a long 
^nd latterly severe illness. 
Notice has also been received of the death of the fol¬ 
lowing :— 
On the 15th of April, 1873, Mr. John Owles, Pharma¬ 
ceutical Chemist, of Yarmouth, aged 67. Mr. Owles 
was a Justice of the Peace, and had been a Member of 
the Pharmaceutical Society since 1842. 
On the 17th of April, 1873, Mr. John Fells, Pharma¬ 
ceutical Chemist, of Clapham. Mr. Fells had been a 
Member of the Pharmaceutical Society since 1853. 
On the 28th of March, 1873, Mr. Henry Stephen 
Duggan. Mr. Duggan was a Member of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society from 1841 to 1866, in which latter year 
he retired from business. He died at his residence near 
Hereford, in his 57th year. 
On the 15th April, 1873, Mr. John Hubert Fryer, 
Chemist and Druggist, of Tavistock Street, Plymouth. 
On the 17th of April, 1873, Mr. Nicholas Bickford, 
Chemist and Druggist, of Exmouth, Devon. 
We are requested to state that the date of the death of 
Mr. William Fingland was incorrectly given last week. 
It should have been 19th of March, 1872. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Notes on the Pharmacop<eial Preparations (B. P. 
1867) ; specially arranged for the Use of Students pre¬ 
paring for Examination. By W. Handsel Griffiths, 
Ph.D., L.R.C.P.E., etc. London : Ballfore, Tindall, 
and Cox. 1873. 
Syllabus of Materia Medica for the Use of Teachers 
and Students. By Alexander Harvey, M.D., 
and Alexander Dyce Davidson, M.D. London : 
H. K. Lewis. 1873. 
Ilotcs smir Series. 
COD-LIVER OIL IN COMBINATION WITH 
IRON.—An emulsion is by far the best method of incor¬ 
porating cod-liver oil with other medicines. Iron is often 
introduced. This is easily done by adding a soluble salt 
to the mixture. In the following formula a concentrated 
solution of pyrophosphate of iron is used, which keeps 
well, and is a very useful addition to the list of cod-liver 
£>il mixtures. 
R Pulv. Acaciae.^i 
Pulv. Sacch. Alb.^ss 
Aquae.^iv 
Alcohol. 
01. Morrhuae.^v 
Sol. Ferri Pyrophosph. . . gtt.ee 
01. Amygdal. Amar. . . . gtt. v. 
M. ft. emuls. 
—W G. Moffit, in Amcr. Journ. Pharm. 
fettspntatf. 
*** 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. 
The Benevolent Fund. 
Sir,—In a letter published in your Journal last week 
signed “ J. B. B.,” the annual subscriptions to the Benevo¬ 
lent Fund are stated to be, from “ London members more 
than £400, country members (about) £500;” making to¬ 
gether £900. 
I should be glad to see that amount reached, but turning 
to the balance sheets published in the Pharmaceutical 
Journals, Vol. I., Third Series, p. 945, and Vol. II., p. 
929, I find that in 1870 the whole annual subscriptions 
amounted to £586 16s. 9 d., and in 1871 to £594 3s. 6d. 
The statement of 1872, to be published next month, will 
show an advance, but will still be considerably less than 
the sum put down by J. B. B. 
George W. Sandford. 
Piccadilly , April 21st, 1873. 
Sir,—I felt rather pleased on the 12th to read Mr. Sand- 
ford’s reply to my remarks in the Journal of the previous 
week; but although I entertain a high opinion of his judg¬ 
ment, I must still differ from him. Mr. Sandford advocates 
the principle of paying annuitants by the interest of in¬ 
vested capital; I believe in the devotion of subscriptions 
to the same purpose. I hardly fancy that chemists would 
allow their subscriptions to fail of meeting the wants of 
any number of deserving annuitants of their own body. 
The large missionary societies of the present day allow 
their many agents to depend for sustenance upon annual 
subscriptions; I fancy it would be safe for us to imitate 
them. They do not wait to do noble work until they shall 
have invested capital at about 3 per cent., sufficient to give 
them income enough for their purpose. 
Anyhow, I have the opinion of the Editor of the Journal 
with me, as the leading article of January 6th, 1872, p. 551, 
will prove; for there we read, “ that annual subscriptions 
should be devoted exclusively to relieve the wants of 
present applicants,”* and not to swell an already enormous 
fund. 
And now to reply to a letter in the Journal of to-day by 
a “Subscriber;”—since he has my name, it would have 
given me pleasure to have known his, and I think he would 
have been wiser to have given it. With regard to my 
triffmg donations in 1871 and 1872, I am afraid I was then 
perhaps slightly careless concerning the appropriatioh of 
donations; but since I found that so large a percentage 
was added to capital, I considered other objects more 
deserving. The words “long since” were used to denote that 
my opinions had not been formed from letters, recently in 
the Joumal, of writers entertaining my views. In reference 
to “Subscriber’s” second paragraph, I will state the first 
case that occurs to me. Some time since we had two 
annuitants to vote for; three to choose from, who were 
all approved. Could we have taken £30 from that year’s 
subscriptions, as well as from those of following ones, that 
third person might have been made happy. 
A change in the right direction, I am glad to say, has 
occurred; for I find that at their last meeting the Council 
voted £110 to the relief of applicants, whilst in 1871 the 
whole sum devoted was the paltry amount of £77. 
My friend is hardly just in charging me with sneering at 
* Our correspondent is not justified in drawing this in¬ 
ference from the passage in question. In its entirety it 
stands thus:—“There are two plain facts that cannot be 
too well understood. A sum of £12,000 is invested in our 
Benevolent Fund, and at this we rejoice. The interest 
provides for twelve annuitants, but there are thirteen. One 
annuity is therefore paid out of the annual subscriptions, 
which should be exclusively devoted towards meeting the 
numerous claims for temporary assistance. £1000 is 
therfore urgently required as an investment, in order to 
allow the operations of the charity to flow in their proper 
channel.”— Ed. Pharm. Journ. 
