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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [September 10,1S70. 
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ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON THE 
REVENUE. 
Glerkenwell Police Court, September 6th. 
John Sutton, of 15, Regent Square, St. Pancras, was 
summoned before Mr. Cooke, for alleged frauds upon the 
Inland Revenue Department. 
From the evidence it appeared that an officer of stamps 
went to No. 15, Regent Square, and there found the 
prisoner exposing for sale drugs and medicines which by 
law were chargeable with stamp duty. There were no 
less than 337 bottles containing drugs and medicines so 
liable, to which the paper cover, label, or stamp provided 
by the Commissioners of Stamps had not been affixed. 
The penalty for the offence is £10 in each instance, and 
the defendant had thus subjected himself to a fine of up¬ 
wards of £3000. 
Upon the application of the defendant’s solicitor, the 
magistrate adjourned the hearing of the case for a fort¬ 
night. 
The Growth of the Mistleto on the Oak.— 
In the volume of Transactions issued lately by the 
Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club, there is a photo¬ 
graphic illustration of the Mistleto Oak of Deerfold 
Forest, one of the few known instances of the growth of 
this parasite on the Oak. Dr. Bull, in speaking of it, 
says, “This very interesting tree grows in the hedge¬ 
row of a field called the Harps at Haven Aymestry, in 
the ancient forest of Deerfold, on the property of the 
Messrs. Fortey. It was discovered in the spring of 1869, 
but the Mistleto must have been growing on the Oak for 
some years. The Oak is of the variety sessifiora , and 
may be some fifty or sixty years old. At 5 feet from 
the ground it measures 3 feet 8 inches in girth. The 
Mistleto is a female plant, and grows high up in the Oak 
on the main stem of the tree, after it has bifurcated. It 
forms a large spreading bunch, with a diameter of 3 feet 
6 inches, and springs out from the Oak in a single stem 
nearly 4 inches in circumference. The Mistleto is also 
growing on a Thorn in the hedge immediately below the 
bunch in the Oak, and has probably sprung from a seed 
dropped [by the birds from above. The great rarity of 
the growth of Mistleto on the Oak is proved by the fact 
that there are but eight examples which have been well 
authenticated as existing at the present time. They 
are to be met with in the following localities :—Eastnor 
Park, Herefordshire; TedstoneDelamere, Herefordshire; 
the forest of Deerfold, Herefordshire; Frampton-on- 
Severn, Gloucestershire ; Sudbury Park, Chepstow, Mon¬ 
mouthshire ; Burningfold Farm, Dunsfold, Surrey; Hack- 
wood Park, Basingstoke, Hants; and one near Plymouth.” 
— Gardeners' Chronicle. 
A New Preparation of Cotton for Stanching 
Haemorrhage. —Dr. Ehrle, of Isny, calls attention, in 
the Schivabischer Merhur , to a simple preparation of 
cotton, which he has found of great service in surgical 
operations followed by great effusion of blood. The 
mode of preparation is as follows : —American cotton of 
the best quality should be cleansed by boiling it for an 
hour in a weak solution of soda (about 4 per cent.), then 
repeatedly washed in cold water, pressed out and dried. 
By this process it will be perfectly disinfected and 
adapted to more ready absorption. After this it should 
be steeped once or twice, according to the degree of 
strength required, in liquid chloride of iron, diluted with 
one-third water, pressed and thoroughly dried in the air, 
—neither in the sun nor by the fire, —then lightly pulled 
out. The cotton so prepared will be of a yellowish- 
brown colour. It must be kept very dry, as it is affected 
by the damp. Lint may be similarly treated, but the 
fine texture of the cotton renders it preferable. When 
placed on a fresh wound, it causes a moderate contraction 
of the tissue, and gradually coagulates the blood in and 
beyond the injured veins, thus closing the source of the 
effusion. This property of the chloride of iron is in¬ 
creased by the dryness of the cotton and the extended 
surface offered for the development of the chemical 
action. 
A New Eye Salve. —The following ointment is re¬ 
commended by Dr. Williams, of Cork, after long expe¬ 
rience, in cases of granular lids, and all cases of chronic 
ophthalmia:— 
Arsenici Sulphureti gr. ij 
Unguenti Citrini jij 
Axungse Praeparatse $vj. 
M. bene. 
In cases of “granular lids” the upper eyelids should be 
everted, and a piece of ointment the size of a hemp-seed 
should be applied with a camel-hair pencil to the dis¬ 
eased conjunctiva.— Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical 
Science. 
Poisoning from Arsenite of Copper on 'Wall- 
paper. —A case of poisoning is reported in the Lancet 
which illustrates the danger of using arsenite of copper 
for decorating paperhangings. A retired master ma¬ 
riner, living at St. David’s, was seized with what ap¬ 
peared to be an attack of English cholera. The symp¬ 
toms, which were very severe, were not subdued until 
after twelve hours’ medical treatment. Upon inquiry, it 
appeared that he had been employed during the whole 
morning of the previous day in removing the paper from 
the walls of a room previous to having it repapered. 
The paper last put on was a purple one, but underneath 
it was another of a green colour, which had been on the 
walls about fifteen years. He had much difficulty in 
removing this; indeed, nearly the whole of it had to be 
scraped off by a knife. This operation caused a great 
deal of dust to rise from the paper, frequently com¬ 
pelling him to close his eyes in consequence. He must 
thus have inhaled a considerable quantity of arsenite of 
copper, which occurred thickly on the paper, and was 
easily rubbed off. The symptoms also indicated inhala¬ 
tion of the poison. Previous to the attack he had been 
a strong, healthy man, and had never suffered from 
cholera or cramp, although he had been abroad a great 
deal. 
Power of Opium to Relieve an Exhausted 
Frame. —Dr. Barnes, in ‘ A Visit to Scinde,’ says:— 
“ On one occasion I made a very fatiguing night march 
with a Cutchie horseman. In the morning, after having 
travelled thirty miles, I was obliged to assent to his pro¬ 
posal of halting for a few minutes, which he employed 
in sharing a quantity of about two drachms of opium 
between himself and his jaded horse. The effect of the 
dose was soon evident in both, for the horse finished a 
journey of forty miles with great apparent facility, and 
the rider absolutely became more active and intelligent.” 
—Food Journal. 
Indian Hemp in Menorrhagia and Dysme- 
norrhoea.— Dr. Silver publishes several cases of these 
affections in which the tincture of Indian hemp has 
proved of great service, because he thinks its value in 
them is not sufficiently known.— The Practitioner. 
The following journals have been received:—The ‘Brithis 
Medical Journal,’ Sept. 3 ; the ‘ Medical Times and Gazette’, 
Sept. 3; the ‘ Lancet,’ Sept. 3 ; the ‘ Medical Press,’ Sept. 7; 
‘Nature,’ Sept. 1; the ‘Chemical News,’ Sept. 2; ‘Journal 
of the Society of Arts,’ Sept. 2; ‘ Gardeners’ Chronicle,’ Sept. 
3; the ‘ English Mechanic,’ Sept. 2; the ‘ Practitioner ’ for 
September; ‘Union Pharmaceutiaue ’ for August; ‘ Reper- 
torium fur Pharmacie’ for September; ‘Medical Mirror ’ for 
September; the ‘ Pharmacist’for August; the ‘ Food Journal’ 
for September; ‘Journal of Applied Science’ for September. 
We have received the ‘Ulverston Mirror’ for Sept. 3 from 
Mr. H. W. Mackereth. 
