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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [September 24,1870, 
chemical value of the various materials which owe 
their disinfecting qualities to permanganic acid. 
From the results there stated, it will be evident that 
for transport great advantages are offered by the solid 
permanganates over solutions, containing in some 
instances only very small amounts of the active dis¬ 
infecting material. To chemists this fact would of 
course be obvious, but we think it worth while to 
mention the matter here for general information, 
more especially since permanganates are now manu¬ 
factured in quantity and at prices which would have 
been regarded as fabulously low some few years ago. 
Samuel Negus, Northampton. 
2 lbs. sponges. 
John Beddard, 46, Churton Street, Belgrave Road. 
40 doz. 2 gr. quinine pills. 
6 „ small sponges. 
1 ,, bottles smelling salts. 
1 ,, 4 oz. bottles sal volatile. 
14 „ calico bandages. 
21 „ flannel bandages. 
22 yards wadding. 
44 ,, flannel. 
2 lbs. lint. 
2 sets arm splints. 
2 „ leg s[)lints. 
2 tins extract of meat biscuits. 
E. C. Coswav, 19, Notting Hill Terrace. 
2 lbs. lint. 
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ FUND FOR THE 
SICK AND WOUNDED. 
The following contributions have been 
since last week :— 
11 Canny,” Newcastle. 
R. C. Carruthers, 1, Egerton Crescent, With- 
ington . 
D. F. Daws, Leominster . 
John Mason, Bournemouth. 
W. II. Mathew, Fore Street, Saltash. 
T. Mathias, Saundersfoot. 
J. Noad, Turnham Green. 
W. B. Place, Betley, Crewe. 
received 
£. s. d. 
0 5 0 
0 2 6 
0 10 0 
0 10 0 
0 5 0 
0 10 0 
0 2 6 
0 5 0 
Collections per Mr. T. S. Higgins, 
Local Secretary, Huddersfield :— 
£. 
s. 
d. 
R. H. Abbey. 
.... o 
10 
0 
W. T. Bygott . 
.... 0 
5 
0 
W. Chrispin . 
.... 0 
10 
0 
Ralph Cuthbert. 
.... o 
10 
0 
R. Fell . 
.... 0 
10 
6 
Fryer and King . 
.... 1 
1 
0 
George Hall. 
.. .. 0 
10 
0 
C. H. Swift . 
.... 0 
2 
6 
"Wheatley and Higgins .... 
.... 1 
1 
0 
- £5 
0 
Collections per Mr. B. Shaw, Local 
Secretary, Halifax:— 
A. Bancroft, Halifax . 0 
J. Brearley „ 0 
H. Brearley „ 0 
J. B. Brearley „ 0 
"W. Brook „ 0 
N. R. Burgin „ 0 
C. H. Denton „ 0 
W. Dyer „ 0 
James Farr ,, 0 
W. C. Hebden „ 0 
J. J. Holroyd ,, 0 
J. Jessop „ 0 
W. Oldroyd „ 0 
J. Oldroyd „ 0 
J. Pollard ,, 0 
B. Shaw „ 0 
B. Wood ,, 0 
L. Woodhead „ 0 
W. Stott, Sowerby Bridge. 0 
S. Cardwell, Brighouse . 0 
J. Chappell ,, 0 
W. H. Pollard „ 0 
G. Hodson, Elland . 0 
W. Kay, Staniland. 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
2 6 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
5 0 
0 
6 
M. P. S., Weymouth. 
4 doz. 1 oz. bottles chlorodyne. 
| ^ oz. ditto. 
6 „ 15 gr. compound kino powders. 
Some bandages. 
E. R. Ing, Swindon. 
30 lbs. arrowroot. 
1 lb. lint. 
1 oz. quinine. 
4 „ Calvert’s best carbolic acid. 
George Baxter, Chester. 
2 gross 1 gr. opium pills. 
2 „ ^ gr. morphia pills. 
2 „ 2 gr. quinine pills. 
2 oz. hydrate of chloral. 
4 „ chloroform. 
8 „ sal volatile. 
-4 doz. Condv’s fluid. 
tt „ 2 oz. bottles laudanum. 
William Lewin, Plymouth. 
1 lb. pure chloroform. 
1 „ methylated chloroform. 
1 lb. liq. ammon. in 8 bottles. 
8 oz. chlorodyne. 
1 gross 2 gr. quinine pills. 
1 „ ^ gr. muriate of morphia pills. 
1 „ 1 gr. opium pills. 
6 lbs. lint. 
Septimus Roe, Salisbury. 
1 doz. J pint bottles Condy’s Fluid (Crimson). 
1 pint bottle ,, „ „ 
5 pint bottles „ „ (Green). 
7 bandages, 2 yards in each. 
Surgeons’ tow. 
The following have been received by the Edinburgh 
Auxiliary to the National Society from Messrs. Duncan, 
Flockhart and Co., Robertson and Co., Mr. R. S. Brown, 
Mr. W. R. Niven, of Edinburgh:— 
Valuable donations of chloroform, laudanum, opium, 
quinine and morphia pills, sal volatile, citrate of mag¬ 
nesia, lint, adhesive plaster, oil-silk, prepared cotton, 
bandages, etc. 
Extract of Calabar Bean. —J. B. Enz recommends 
the following process for preparing this extract: reduce 
the bean to a moderately fine powder, and macerate in 
alcohol, sp. gr. *830, for ten days; then transfer the 
powder to a percolator and pass through alcohol until 
the percolate becomes colourless. Mix the tincture ob¬ 
tained by maceration with the percolate, distil off the 
alcohol, and evaporate the residue, over a water bath, to 
the proper consistence. The yield of extract is about 2 
per cent.— Pharm. Gent. Halle. 
