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[July 9, 1870. 
choking the mouth of the pipe. When removed, it ap¬ 
peared opaque, somewhat similar to machine-made ice. 
The soil under which this phenomenon occurred is the 
oommon black loam of the Deccan (cotton soil), the 
piping of ordinary potter’s clay, cemented at the joints 
with a composition of lime, linseed oil, and cotton, 
poimded up together, and the protecting masonry of the 
indigenous sandstone and mortar. The water in the re¬ 
servoir and pipe had remained perfectly still for about 
six months previously, the pipe having been closed dur¬ 
ing that period. It is scarcely necessary to say, that the 
temperature at Warrora never at any time even ap¬ 
proached freezing-point. 
The Riga Fine. —M. Keller, of Darmstadt, writing 
in ‘ Cosmos,’ says, that what is known outside Russia as 
the Riga Pine, and which has been praised for its 
specially good qualities, is unknown by any distinctive 
appellation at Riga, and is, in fact, nothing more than 
the ordinary Pinus sylvestris. — Athenccum. 
The Treatment of Smallpox. — At one of the 
meetings of the “Vaccine Congress,” in Paris, M. Jaffin 
brought forward not only a specific for smallpox, but 
one which he “has always found successful in every 
description of epidemic disease”! The remedy consists 
of a gramme of quinine dissolved in 120 grammes of an 
opiated vehicle, of which a tablespoonful is to be taken 
every two hours. 
©Mtoarg. 
On the 27th of May, at Great Marlow, Mr. Robert 
Eoottit, chemist. 
On the 24th ult., at Shepherd’s Bush, Mr. William 
John Beaton, son of Mr. John Beaton, of Kilburn, one of 
the founders of the Pharmaceutical Society. 
Communications for this Journal , and books for review, 
should be addressed to the Editor, 17, Bloomsbury Square. 
Betts’s Suits, 
Dear Sir,—I feel that I am only fulfilling my duty by at 
once returning my most sincere thanks to yourself and those 
kind friends who rallied round me with their advice and pe¬ 
cuniary assistance during the many years the suits ‘ Betts v. 
Willmott and others” have been going on. 
I would at the same time congratulate the trade on the 
satisfactory termination of those suits as announced in your 
last issue. 
I am, your obedient servant, 
William T. Cooper, 
Chairman of the Betts Defence Committee. 
26, Oxford Street, W., 
July 5th, 1870. 
Regulations for Storing Poisons. 
Sir,—Now that the battle of the Regulations has been 
fought, and the danger of having vexatious restrictions im¬ 
posed on our dealings with a large number of articles being 
over for the present,—it may be well to consider our future 
action in the matter. The subject has assumed an altered 
aspect since the Annual Meeting, for it now appears that the 
Privy Council, and not the Pharmaceutical Council, were the 
active parties in the scheme; and as it seems they require the 
adoption of some legal regulations for the keeping of poisons 
(the necessity for which I by no means admit), the opponents 
of the former proposals may perhaps be expected to assist in 
the endeavour to devise some plan that shall be practicable, 
and more likely to meet with general adoption. Not tbat I 
fear more onerous burdens being imposed on us without our 
consent; we have defeated “ Poison Bills ” before, and can do 
so again if need be, but perhaps it may be possible to discover 
some plan that shall effect all that is desired and satisfy the 
Government, without interfering too much with the arrange¬ 
ments of our shops or the requirements of our trade; and if 
the matter be well discussed in your columns, a more ac¬ 
ceptable scheme may doubtless be arrived at before the next 
Annual Meeting. 
It may, perhaps, assist in the discussion if the “ Poison 
Schedule” be given in extenso, so that people may see what 
it really contains; and the following, I believe, will be found 
to comprise nearly, if not quite, every article that may fairly 
be included in the list:— 
List of Poisons within the Meaning of the Act. 
PART I. 
Morphiae Acet. 
Hydrochlor. 
Arsenic, Alb. 
„ Sulph. Flav. 
„ „ Rub. 
Perri Arsenias. 
Liq. Arsenicalis. 
Arsen. Hydrochl. 
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Mecon. 
„ Sulph. 
Nicotine. 
Strychnia. 
„ Arsen, et Hyd. (Donov.) 
„ Liquor. 
Scheele’s Green. 
Veratria. 
Sodae Arsen. 
Cantharides. 
„ „ Liquor. 
Corrosive Sublimate. 
Aconit. Extr. 
Cyanide of Mercury. 
„ Folia. 
„ Potassium. 
„ Linim. 
„ Silver. 
„ Rad. 
„ Sodium. 
„ Tinct. 
„ Zinc. 
,, „ Fleming’s. 
„ Potass. Solut. 
Aconitia. 
Emetic Tartar. 
Atropia. 
Ergota. 
„ Liq. 
,, Ext. Liquid. 
„ Sulph. 
„ Infus. 
„ „ Liq. 
„ Tinctura. 
„ Unguent. 
„ Liq. Secale Corn. 
Brucia. 
Prussic Acid, B. P. 
Codeia. 
„ „ Scheele’s. 
Conia. 
Savin. 
Digitalin. 
„ Oil of. 
Morphia. 
Fifty-three articles. 
PART II. 
Almond, Ess. Oil of. 
Belladonnse Extr. 
„ Fol. 
,, Linim. 
„ Rad. 
„ Tinct. 
Canthar. Acet. 
,, Liq. Epispast. 
„ Tinct. 
Chloroform. 
Hyd. Bichlor. Liquor. 
„ Lotio Flav. 
Morph. Acet. Liq. 
Hydrochl. Liq. 
Mecon. Liq. 
Opium. 
„ Pulv. 
„ Extr. 
Opii Extr. Liquid. 
Linim. Opii. 
Liq. Opii Sed. 
Nepenthe. 
Pil. Ipec. c. Scill. 
„ Plumbi c. Opio. 
„ Saponis Co. 
Pulv. Ipec. Co. 
„ Kino Co. 
„ Opii Co. 
Tinct. Opii. 
Vinum Opii. 
Poppies, Ext. of. 
„ Syrup of. 
Oxalic Acid. 
Precipitate, Red. 
„ White. 
Vermin Killers innumerable. 
Thirty, six articles. 
Being a total of 89 articles affected by the Pharmacy Act. 
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Now cne of the chief objections to the late proposed “Re. 
gulations ” was their application to every article in the above 
list, and it was felt not only to be impracticable to apply such 
stringent restrictions to so great a number of articles, but 
contrary to common sense to require the same rule to be 
adopted with articles differing so widely in their potency as 
they do. 
A poison-closet, to be any element of safety, must be con¬ 
fined to a very limited number of the most powerful and 
dangerous articles. A cautious chemist would hardly like to 
put tartar emetic or morphia in the same cupboard with 
aconitia or strychnia, but would rather keep them as far 
apart as possible. Besides, it is nonsense to talk of shutting 
up such articles as cantharides, or ergot, or opium, or savin, 
or aconite, or belladonna, and many others, or even red pre- 
