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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[March 4, 1871. 
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[151.]—LIME JUICE AND GLYCERINE.—Most 
preparations bearing the above name are merely emul¬ 
sions of almond or olive oil, with lime water or saccha- 
rated solution of lime, variously perfumed, and with or with¬ 
out the addition of glyceidne. A really “ elegant ” and useful 
dressing for the hair may be prepared as follows. It cer¬ 
tainly has a more just claim to the above title than most 
lotions. 
R. White Wax ^ss 
Oil of Sweet Almonds Sviij. 
Incorporate by heat of a water-bath, and add gradually S. A. 
Glycerine ^j 
Lime or Lemon Juice, or J 
Citric Acid gr. xxxiii ) > 3 j 
Water $j ) ) 
Rectified Spirit of Wine §ss 
Water 5 ij 
Ess. Lemons 5ij 
Essential Oil of Almonds gtt. v. 
Eked Barrett. 
In reply to A. C., for a recipe for Lime Juice and Glyce¬ 
rine, I think the following will be found a very good one, and 
will not separate, as the one F. C. S. has given:— 
R. 01. Amygdalae ^iss 
01. Ricini 5 ij 
Liq. Calcis 3 iiss 
Otto Rosoe q. s. 
Shake well.—J. S. Parker, Peterborough. 
R. Cerce Alb., 
Cetacei, ana 5ij 
01. Amygd. gviij 
Succ. Limettse 3 v j 
Glycer. Boracis 3'j 
Ess. Limon. ^ss 
Ess. Bcrgam. 5ij 
Melt the wax and spermaceti, add the oil and perfume, then 
shake till cold with the lime juice and glycerine previously 
warmed.— Alfred Utley. 
[172.]— CRYSTAL VARNISH FOR NEGATIVES can 
be made by dissolving 2^ lb. White Shellac, \ lb. Mastic, and 
5 - oz. Camphor, in 1 gall, hot Alcohol, 64 o.P., and filtering. 
As a practical photographer, I find it does not pay to make 
in small quantities on account of waste.— Arthur Elsden. 
[176.]—ROSE EMOLLIENT.— F. K. would like to be 
supplied with a recipe for preparing Rose Emollient. 
[177.]—SALAD DRESSING.—Will any reader kindly 
favour me with a good recipe for the above, which will not 
separate ? —Medicina. 
[178.]—SUGAR OF LEAD.—Will any of our readers 
let me know the cheapest process for the manufacture of 
sugar of lead on the large scale?— Chemicus. 
[179.]—MOSS ROSE PERFUME.—“ Beta ” would be 
glad if any one would furnish him with a good formula for 
inexpensive “ Moss Rose ” perfume. 
[180.]—C0P1ING INK.— C. W. J. would be glad if any 
correspondent would give a good form for copying ink. 
[181.]—WHITE SEALING-WAX.— C. W. J. also asks 
for a form for making white sealing-wax for spirit merchants’ 
use. 
[182.]—NINE OILS.— “ Bastions” wishes for a formula. 
Cffraspnimut. 
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for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. 
The Proposed Poison Regulations. 
Sir,—Kindly permit me, as a member of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society,—not as a member of the Council,—and in as few 
words as possible, to place before the readers of this Journal 
and the members generally, some remarks relative to the 
adoption or otherwise at the Annual Meeting of the proposed 
regulations as to the keeping and dispensing of poisons. 
In the first place, the present Council was bound by a re¬ 
solution passed at the last Annual Meeting, to take the sub¬ 
ject into consideration, and make a further report at the next 
Annual Meeting, so that under any circumstances, at the 
risk even of opposition from every side, the Council is in a 
manner compelled to do this, and, as far as I see, cannot do less. 
Granted that regulations must be submitted, it is still open 
for any or every member of Council to vote against their adop¬ 
tion, although obliged by the resolution of the last Annual 
Meeting to bring them forward in some shape or other. 
Secondly, I am aware that it would be more than inconve¬ 
nient to a very large number of gentlemen, both provincial 
and metropolitan, to leave their businesses, to attend the 
Annual Meeting in order to vote either for or against regu¬ 
lations. 
Lastly, I would suggest to the members generally, who de¬ 
sire to support or oppose the or any regulations, that they 
should, amongst themselves, make arrangements for sending 
from every town in the kingdom, as many representatives as- 
possible and convenient, so that the expression of opinion and 
feeling either for or against shall be such that the Council 
may be able, with reason and justice, to set before the Privy 
Council how great and general throughout the trade is the 
opposition to, or approval of, as the case may be, any inter¬ 
ference with the mode in which any one thinks proper to 
arrange his shop or conduct bis business. 
I may venture, perhaps, to add that any supposition that 
there is a desire to inllict either a hardship or an annoyance 
is doubtless a misconception; whatever the Annual Meeting 
may decide upon, the Council of the Society, at least, as I 
understand the matter, is bound to receive. 
A. F. Haselden. 
Sir.—Probably it will be for the benefit of the Society that 
Mr. Sandford has terminated the attitude of watching to 
which he alludes, and has descended into the are naof discus¬ 
sion ; and it is much fairer that we should meet upon such 
conditions. 
There is internal evidence that a large part of the support 
given to the regulations has been given by the elected repre¬ 
sentatives of the Society writing anonymously, and it is im¬ 
possible to overlook the evil results of this substitute for ade¬ 
quate publicity to the discussions of the Council. If gentle¬ 
men successfully oppose the admission of reporters to its 
meetings, they may be said to write their own condemnation 
when using the correspondence columns of the Journal for 
stating their opinions; but, at the least, it would be decorous 
to do this openly. 
I must hold those who exclude reporters from our meet¬ 
ings as being the cause of my having twice to address you. 
I conceive that the members of the present Council risk being 
charged with a grave dereliction of duty by permitting the 
existing rights and privileges of the trade to be grievously 
shorn whilst in their custody; and, in a discussion of the whole 
question, it would have been for the general advantage could 
members of the Council have obtained categorical replies to 
the closest questions respecting past negotiations with Mr. 
Simon, etc. 
But the opportunity of eliciting such information for public 
benefit is denied us, and, as a consequence, the present method 
is the alternative. Our representative duty of vigilance re¬ 
mains the same, and Mr. Sandford must blame himself and 
those colleagues who join him in excluding reporters, if he 
dislikes the only method left open for directing attention to- 
points bearing on the whole question. 
The position of the Society is unprecedented. Like Paris,, 
it finds that its defences no longer present their front to its 
