•July 1,1871.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
9 
SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1S71. 
Communications for this Journal , and boohs for review , cz'c., 
should be addressed to ^Editor, 17, Bloomsbury Square. 
Instructions from Members and Associates respecting the 
transmission of the Journal should be sent to Elias Brem- 
HiDGE, Secretary , 17, Bloomsbury Square , IF. C. 
Advertisements to Messrs. Churchill, New Burlington 
Street, London, IV. Envelopes indorsed u Pharm. Journ .” 
PHARMACEUTICAL HOLIDAYS. 
Amidst tlie turmoil of the poison regulation ques¬ 
tion, it will, doubtless, be pleasant to many a hard- 
worked pharmacist to look forward to the time when 
the British Pharmaceutical Conference affords an 
opportunity for shaking off some of the dust of the 
shop and meeting together in friendly discussion. It 
is almost superfluous to remind our readers that the 
Conference meeting will this year be held in Edin¬ 
burgh. The place of meeting is the Craigie Hall, St. 
Andrew’s Square, where the President, Mr. W. W. 
Stoddart, F.C.S., F.G.S., will deliver an address, on 
Tuesday, August 1st, at 10 a.m., prior to the reading 
•and discussion of papers on pharmaceutical subjects 
during the rest of that day and Wednesday. 
The Craigie Hall will be open as a reception room 
for members, from 9 a.m. to G p.m., on Monday, July 
31st; Tuesday, August 1st; Wednesday, August 
2nd and Thursday, August 3rd. 
In addition to the attractions of Edinburgh, due 
to its situation and as the chief town of North 
Britain, the objects of interest in the city are nume¬ 
rous. Among these are the Castle, containing the 
ancient Hegalia of Scotland, and commanding from 
its ramparts a most extensive view; the Chapel 
and Palace of Holyrood, rich in historical associa¬ 
tions ; Arthur’s Seat, 822 feet high, and the Calton 
Hill, crowned by the National Monument. The 
Boyal Observatory and Nelson’s Pillar afford a 
^prospect of the Frith of Forth and Ocliil Mountains, 
which is not surpassed by any other locality in the 
world. 
In the neighbourhood :—Ho si in Castle, IPaw- 
tliomden and the rare old chapel well merit a visit. 
Abbotsford, the seat of the late Sir Walter Scott, 
can be reached by rail in an hour and a half. 
The Queen’s Drive, surrounding Arthur’s Seat and 
Salisbury Craigs, Dalkeith Palace and grounds, new 
Battle Abbey, Dalliousie Castle, Hopetoun House, 
Dalmeny Park, and many other places of great 
interest and beauty, are within easy driving distance. 
Objects of interest to the geologist, botanist and 
student of natural history, will be found in abun¬ 
dance. Daily excursions may be had by railway to 
.some of the finest Highland scenery. 
The local members propose to give a Conversa¬ 
zione to their visitors, on the evening of Tuesday, 
1st of August. It will take place in the Museum of 
Science and Art, at eight o’clock. A ticket of invi¬ 
tation has been forwarded to each member of the 
Conference, admitting himself and a lady. The Local 
Secretary begs that acceptances of the invitation be 
sent as early as possible. 
Edinburgh and its neighbourhood have peculiar 
attractions for visitors, whether scientific or not. 
The city itself, especially from its situation, is well 
worthy of a visit. The whole district, for thirty 
miles round, is of high interest from the historic and 
antiquarian point of view; and there is an admirable 
field for the geologist and for students of natural 
history generally. As regards the meetings the 
public buildings in Edinburgh, and especially the 
University Class Booms, afford ample accommoda¬ 
tion, and from their proximity to each other they 
are eminently convenient. 
It is considered probable that this meeting will be 
very numerously attended, owing to the facilities 
now afforded by the several railway and steamboat 
companies to parties travelling from all parts of 
Great Britain and the Continent. 
The Bailway Companies, in terms of an arrange¬ 
ment amongst themselves, will convey members of 
the British Association from any part of Great 
Britain to and from Edinburgh with first or second 
class return tickets, such tickets being available from 
Tuesday, the 1$£ day of August, until and including 
Friday, tlie 11th day of August, being the day after 
the meeting is concluded. Visitors to the Conference, 
however, are included in this extension of the usual 
limits of return tickets, since they would require to 
reach Edinburgh on Monday, July 31st. For those 
who may have time for a longer stay tourists' tickets 
to the North and West Highlands, are available for 
return within one month, with permission to break 
the journey at Melrose, Edinburgh, Perth, Dunkeld, 
Blair-Atliole, Aberdeen, Inverness, and any other 
station where the train or steamer stops, either in 
going or returning. 
LEMON AND LIME JUICE. 
We insert in another column a letter from Mr. 
Bobert Palmer, relative to the adoption of citrate 
of potash as “ a substitute for the horrible mixture 
of lemon-juice and rum with which our sailors are 
now drenched by Act of Parliament.” We recur to 
this subject because it lias already given rise to 
some leading remarks, and because we believe it to 
be the duty of the chemist to aid the physician in 
determining the exact value of prophylactic, as well 
as curative agents. 
But we think that Mr. Palmer protests, and at¬ 
tempts to prove, too much. Lemon-juice and rum 
do not make by any means a “ horrible mixture,” 
