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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [December 16,1871. 
(/?.) Any liquid possessing an acidity greater than 
that which is produced hy adding 2 parts hy weight of 
real muriatic acid to 1000 parts hy weight of distilled 
water. 
(*.) Any liquid possessing an alkalinity greater than 
that produced hy adding 1 part by weight of dry caustic 
soda to 1000 parts hy weight of distilled water. 
CREASOTE PILLS. 
The following formulae for the preparation of creasote 
pills are taken from the Journal de Fharmacie et de 
Chimie :— 
Creasote.1 drop. 
Soap Powder.0-25 gram. 
Crumb of Bread.0‘20 ,, 
Lycopodium.0-05 „ 
Eor six pills. The soap powder forms with the crea¬ 
sote a homogeneous mass, to which the crumb of bread 
gives plasticity. 
Or, better still— 
Creasote.3 drops. 
Crumb of Bread.0 - 60 gram. 
Lycopodium.0-06 „ 
Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth . q. s. 
For six pills, each of which will contain half a drop of 
the active constituent. In these proportions the mani¬ 
pulation is easy, and the appearance leaves nothing to 
desire. 
IMPROVED STREET SURFACES. 
The improved appearance of some of the leading City 
thoroughfares must be pleasing to the sight of sanguine 
sanitarians. The Poultry pure, Cheapside cleanly, 
Moorgate Street, Old Broad Street, London Wall muddy 
no more, and Lombard Street immaculate and free from 
dirt as the proverbial China orange, against which it 
has been so often pitted. 
Asphalte and ‘ squeegee ’ have accomplished these 
desirable results, with the aid of the street orderly 
system introduced by Mr. Charles Cochrane twenty-five 
years ago, but which has made but little progress be¬ 
yond the City walls, notwithstanding the sanitary 
advantages derivable from it. 
Who would be ‘jolted over the stones’ if a smooth 
and noiseless road-surface was available ? Stunned, bewil¬ 
dered and deafened by the din of the traffic in a granite- 
paved street, with what a sense of relief the pedestrian 
seeks refuge on asphalt! Merchants, bankers and 
tradesmen petition for peace and repaving, their prayers 
being as rapidly granted by the Commissioners of 
Sewers as economical considerations will allow. 
Impermeable road surfaces of this nature present so 
many obvious advantages that it is to be hoped they 
may soon be largely extended through our Metropolis 
amd provincial towns. The few drawbacks occasionally 
evident are not insurmountable ; the slipperiness of sur¬ 
face apparent at certain times will, no doubt, be obviated 
as further experience is gained. The system is at pre¬ 
sent in its infancy, and the material used capable of 
considerable improvement; although up to the present 
time, notwithstanding the fact that twenty-seven asphalt 
paving schemes have recently been introduced, the Val 
de Travers and Limmer pavements are as yet unrivalled. 
—Milk Journal. 
HULL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SUPPER. 
The Annual Supper of this Association was held on 
Wednesday evening, December 6th. Between forty and 
fifty gentlemen were present; the chair was occupied by 
Mr. Atkinson Pickering. 
In replying to the toast of “ Success to the Hull Che¬ 
mists’ Association,” the Chairman alluded to the active 
part taken by the Association in opposing the Pharmacy 
Bill introduced during last session of Parliament. Ho 
considered that chemists and druggists, as a body, should 
make such rules and regulations for the management and 
governance of their own business as very varying cir¬ 
cumstances required. One great object of the Chemists’ 
Association was the establishment of a School of Phar¬ 
macy, and the security sought for was more likely to bo 
obtained through such means than through any code of 
laws that could be devised by the Privy Council. 
The toast of “The Medical Profession” having been, 
drunk, Mr. J. H. Gibson expressed the pleasure it afforded 
him to visit the Society on such occasions. When first 
he came amongst them, there was a feeling almost of 
suspicion, at all events the profession had not the real 
confidence in the chemists and druggists which now 
existed between the two bodies. But by the organiza¬ 
tion that had taken place and the increased qualifications 
required from chemists and druggists before commencing 
business, their position had been much improved; and 
he believed that the feeling of confidence between them 
and the medical profession would grow and be an advan¬ 
tage to both. Some years ago it was a practice, and he- 
must say a bad one, for chemists to prescribe over the 
counter. Even now, in cases of emergency, this might 
have to be done ; he, therefore, hailed with satisfaction 
the advance that chemists and druggists had made in. 
their knowledge of the virtues and properties of drugs. 
SUNDERLAND CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION ANNUAL 
DINNER. 
The Annual Dinner of the members of this Association 
was held at the Crown and Sceptre Hotel, on Wednesday,, 
December 6th. About thirty gentlemen were present. 
Mr. Alderman Thompson, President of the Society,, 
occupied the chair. After the usual loyal toasts, Mr.. 
J. J. Nicholson proposed “The Medical Profession,”' 
coupling the toast with the names of Dr. Abrath and 
Mr. George Welford, jun. 
Dr. Abrath said he thanked them sincerely for 
the honour they had conferred on the medical pro¬ 
fession. It afforded him great pleasure to meet the dis¬ 
pensing chemists ; and he regretted that there was not 
more unity between the dispensing chemists and the me¬ 
dical practitioners of this town. He would like to see 
both professions on the same footing as they were in 
France and Germany. Here one robbed the other. 
Medical men had no right to dispense, and chemists had. 
no right to prescribe. The law required to be altered,, 
and if it was, he believed it would be for the benefit of' 
both parties. Ho then alluded to the adulteration oF 
drugs, and said that in France and Germany they were 
examined by Government inspectors, and the public were 
thus protected. It was the wholesale dealer who adul¬ 
terated ; and until this country reformed her laws with; 
regard to drugs and medical men and dispensing che¬ 
mists, she would remain the country of quackery. 
Mr. Weleord, jun., also replied, and said he agreed, 
with Dr. Abrath as to each profession keeping to their 
own special sphere of labour. 
The Chairman said he had spoken on this subject 
eighteen months ago, when, in his capacity of chief magis¬ 
trate, he had dined with the medical gentlemen of the town, 
and he had at that time given expression to an opinion 
that there should be only one class of dispensers, and. 
that they should be apart from the medical profession. 
Mr. Turnbull gave “ The Pharmaceutical Society of 
Great Britain,” which was responded to by Mr. Sharp, 
who remarked that its members need never expect to- 
secure the confidence of the medical profession, unless 
they took care to keep abreast of the intelligence of the 
day. He dilated upon the labours of the founder of the- 
Society—Jacob Bell,—and the debt of gratitude that all 
classes of chemists and druggists owed to him and his. 
fellow-workers. 
