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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [December 10, 1 870, 
[69.]—FRENCH ESSENCES.— “Odor” would feel ex¬ 
tremely obliged to any brother chemist who would kindly 
supply him with some practical information relative to the 
strength and process of preparing essences from floral po¬ 
mades as practised by manufacturing perfumers. 
[70.]—DISPENSING.—Will any of your readers kindly 
give me their opinion as to the best method of dispensing 
the following liniment?— 
R. 01. Camph. ^ij 
Ext. Belladonnce 3ss. 
M., ft. linimentum. J. S. A. 
[71.]—CORN PLASTER.— “Utile” would feel greatly 
obliged by any of our correspondents giving him a good for¬ 
mula for a corn plaister that would do to spread on sheeting. 
[72.]—COUGH BALSAM .—“A Correspondent” wishes 
for a recipe for a celebrated cough balsam. 
[73.]—CHLORODA'NE.— 31. P. S. desires to be furnished 
with a recipe for chlorodyne soluble in water. 
[74.]—TOILET VINEGAR.— “Reciprocate” would be 
obliged by any correspondent giving a formula for toilet 
vinegar. 
[75.]—DECAYED TEETH.— G. W. P. (Manchester) 
would like to know what is the best and safest thing to use 
for destroying the nerve of a decayed tooth. Something in 
the form of a paste is preferred. 
[76.]—GLYCERINE JELLY.— T. 31. (Worksop) would 
like a recipe for making transparent glycerine jelly either 
with tragacanth or isinglass. 
[77.]—DISPENSING.—Can any of your readers inform 
me how I can dispense the following mixture so as the result 
shall be, without Altering, perfectly clear ? It has been dis¬ 
pensed in London, and every time a clear mixture was sent 
out. I have dispensed it some twenty or thirty times, and it 
has always been milky ? 
R. Acid. Phosph. Dil. B.P. 5iij 
Ferri Cit. c. Quin. 5j 
Tinct. Nucis Vomicce 5j 
Sp. Chloroformi 5ij 
Aq. Destill, ad ^vj. 
Ft. mist. One tablespoonful to be taken in half a wine¬ 
glass of water, at eleven and five.—“E xhibatur.” 
[78.]—PASTE FOR CLEANING METALS.—“ Polio” 
will be glad if any correspondent will inform him of a good 
recipe for making a paste to clean and polish brass, tin, etc. 
[79.]—PASTIL PAPER.—Can any of your readers give 
me a form for making a good aromatic pastil paper ?— 
G. H. B. 
[80.]—DISPENSING.—Will some of your readers kindly 
tell me the best method to pursue in dispensing the follow¬ 
ing prescription ? 
R. Syr. Tolutan. 5vj 
Bals. Peruv. 5yj 
Tinct. Nucis Vom. 5\j 
Aquae Camph. ad ^vj. 
M. S.— A dessertspoonful frequently. “ Cortex.” 
[81.] SYRUP OF TAMARINDS.—“ 3Iedicu$” wishes 
for a recipe for a syrup of tamarinds, as a basis for cough 
mixtures. 
[82.] COLOURS FOR CARBOYS.— 31. is desirous to 
know the best way of preparing green, crimson and blue 
colours for carboys. 
[83.] ORANGE BITTERS.— 31. P. S. and “Iota” wish 
for a recipe for orange bitters. 
[84.] PEPPERMINT CORDIAL.— 31. P. S. wishes for 
a recipe for making peppermint cordial. 
[85.]- GINGER BRANDA.— 31. P. S. wishes for a 
recipe for making ginger brandy. 
[86.] PICK-ME-UP.— “ Iota ” asks for a recipe for 
making “ Pick-me-up.” 
[87.] GUM COWRIE. — AT. Q. Z. wishes to be informed 
what is gum cowrie. 
CamsgMim 
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cated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily 
for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. 
“ The Storing oe Poisons.” 
Sir,—Your report of Mr. Smith’s paper “On the Storing 
of Poisons,” read by him at the Liverpool Conference haa 
much interested me, and I regret that press of business 
prevented its being discussed. 
When our Council introduced their code of restrictions, it 
was generally supposed to be a spontaneous act on their part ? 
and, with others, I signed a protest against any compulsory 
regulations; but having since learned that they only yielded to 
Governmental pressure, I now feel that it is no longer a ques¬ 
tion whether we shall have any or no legal restrictions laid 
upon us, but toliat they shall be, and therefore it becomes 
each and all of us to assist our Council to conclusions that 
will satisfy the Government and the public without unduly 
fettering ourselves. 
For this reason, I venture to express my unqualified ap¬ 
proval of Mr. Smith’s suggestions. They commend them¬ 
selves to my judgment as simple, efficient and practical; and 
in support of these views I would say that I have kept and 
sold oxalic acid wrapped in purple paper for some years- 
past, and believe it has been a useful safeguard. Also, that 
I have kept. dangerous poisons for dispensing purposes in¬ 
purple glass bottles; and I believe that, if the plan were fully 
carried out, it would be as effectual a preventive of accidents 
as could be adopted, without hindering business or inducing 
a dangerous trust in mechanical contrivances. It is not need¬ 
ful for those who have poison cupboards to do away with 
them; but the well-known fact that many rarely-used but 
innocent preparations are often kept in such cupboards, makes 
the necessity for some distinction in the bottles self-evident. 
I sympathize with Mr. Smith’s objection to alternative- 
regulations. Unless the system adopted is one, and so simple- 
that it could be made universal without difficulty, it would be 
worse than valueless. 
The chief difficulty, to my mind, is the fact that, in the pre¬ 
sent Schedule, comparatively innocent preparations are classed 
with the most virulent as “poisons.” Such an arrangement; 
would mar the usefulness of any plan, if applied to all. We 
cannot associate an idea of danger with such articles as syrup 
of poppies or paregoric. 
I also object to the indefinite wording of the present sche¬ 
dule, such as “ Opium, and all preparations of opium, or of 
poppies.” Every legal “ poison ” should be distinctly named, 
and only such preparations be included in the schedule as 
may, from their intensity or peculiarity, be considered truly 
dangerous. 
It appears to me, therefore, that the first thing to be done 
is to get the schedule revised. When this is accomplished, 
there will not be much difficulty in applying the principles 
advocated by Mr. Smith to the “ Storing of Poisons.” 
John C. Poolet. 
Sir,—I beg to submit the following plan to your notice for 
the storing of poisons. As its adoption would ensure a ready 
system whereby order could be maintained in the position of 
the bottles, I sincerely hope that some of your correspondents 
may be pleased with the idea. 
Let the shelves be covered with thin strata of wood, or 
other rigid material, in which holes have been cut correspond¬ 
ing with the size and number of the bottles; a convenient 
space should be left between the shelves and covering,—each 
bottle being thus fitted closely in separate divisions, and, pre¬ 
suming that they are of ordinary variety, it would be ex¬ 
tremely difficult, without gross carelessness, to misplace them. 
The closet might also be fitted with grooves in which the- 
shelves could slide, by which the additional advantage would 
be obtained of permitting a closer inspection when required. 
I may add that, during a ten years’ experience in some of 
our leading dispensing establishments, I have not seen or 
heard of any arrangement so simple, or more practical, than 
the one just described. J. T. R. 
