March 30, 1872 .] THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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redoubled force at the close of the lecture. On leaving- 
the university he found the students drawn up in order, 
prepared to escort him to his hotel, and it was with some 
•difficulty that he succeeded in escaping from further 
manifestations by stepping into a friend’s carriage. 
Returning to Paris, he attended a sitting of the 
Academy of Medicine, where ho received the congratu¬ 
lations of his friends, glad to see him among them once 
more. But having been seized by a violent cold, he 
took to his bed; severe pneumonia set in which de¬ 
veloped very rapidly; the attack was too much for his 
.already enfeebled frame, and in a day or two he was no 
more. 
Units antr Queries. 
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[307.]—DIAMOND CEMENT.— A. M. JB. will find 
this a very good recipe:—Isinglass, soaked in water 
until soft, then dissolved in the smallest quantity of 
acetic acid by the aid of a gentle heat. In ^ij of this, 
dissolve grs. x of ammoniacum, and add a solution of 
33 s of mastic in 5 iij spirits of wine ; stir well together.— 
John Tully, Brighton. 
# [308.]—COLOURING FOR VARNISH.—A solu¬ 
tion of saffron in spirit is the best to give a yellow colour 
to shellac-varnish; but a better way is, to first stain 
the wood by applying the solution to it and then varnish. 
—Wm. Ashton, iSloane Square. 
IMITATION HONEY.—The Hew York D> 'uggists' 
Circular states that an imitation of honey, consisting 
principally of glucose or uncrystallizable sugar, flavoured 
by elm leaves and other materials, is manufactured in 
large quantities. The glucose used in its preparation 
is mostly made in Europe from corn and potato starch 
■starch, and is largely’ imported into the United States, 
the inferior qualities being used by brewers and distil¬ 
lers. It is dissolved in water, filtered, decolorized if ne¬ 
cessary, concentrated by evaporation, and the flavouring 
material is then added. 
[312.]—INCENSE.— R. M. Atkinson wishes to be 
furnished with a first-class formula for preparing in¬ 
cense as used for ecclesiastical purposes. 
[313.] — MILDEW IN SAILS AND LINEN 
■CLOTHS.— Can any of your readers inform me of the 
readiest way of removing the black mildew stains pro¬ 
duced in sails and linen cloths that have laid by and be¬ 
come damp.'—C hemicus. 
The following journals have been received:—The ‘British 
Medical Journal,’ Mar. 23; the ‘Medical Times and Gazette,’ 
Mar. 23 ; the ‘ Lancet,’ Mar. 23; the ‘ Medical Press and Cir¬ 
cular,’ Mar. 27; ‘ Nature,’ Mar. 23; the ‘ Chemical News,’ Mar. 
23; ‘ English Mechanic,’ Mar. 22 ; ‘ Gardeners’ Chronicle,’ 
Mar. 23; the ‘Grocer,’ Mar. 23; the ‘Journal of the Society 
of Arts,’ Mar. 23; the ‘British Journal of Dental Science ’ 
for March; the ‘Journal de Pharmacie et de Chimie’ for 
March; the ‘ Moniteur Scientitique-Quesneville ’ for Sep¬ 
tember and February; the ‘Leavenworth Journal of Phar¬ 
macy’ for March; the ‘Journal of Materia Medica’ for! 
January and February; the ‘ Philadelphia Medical and Surgi¬ 
cal Reporter,’ Nos. 779 to 783; the ‘ Independencia Medica’ 
(Barcelona) March 11; ‘El Progreso Medico’ (Cadiz) Feb.! 
15 and March 1 ; ‘Wandsworth and Battersea District 
Times,’ March 22; the Dublin Journal of Medical Science 
for M arch. 
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Election op Council. 
Sir,—I should be most unwilling to follow a practice which 
has (unhappily, as I think) been recently introduced into these 
elections, of putting out a faction list instead of leaving the 
issue to be determined by unprejudiced personal selection; 
but it is obvious that if this course is persisted in. it must be 
met by similar action in an opposite direction, otherwise the 
whole control of the Society will lapse into the hands of the 
most tumultuous element, which may or may not be the side 
of numbers, character or discretion. Let us hope that these 
tactics may not be repeated, but that for the future our 
members may be permitted to exercise their own choice of 
the men wdiose known qualifications afford the best guarantee 
for the creditable direction of the Society. 
Notwithstanding what has just been stated, I venture to 
invite very seriously, but w r ith extreme deference, the atten¬ 
tion of my fellow-members to certain general considerations 
affecting the choice of Council. Many years ago, in a time 
of much difficulty, I had the honour of being upon the 
Council, and had the best opportunities of judging of the 
conditions requisite for its efficiency. I do not hesitate to 
say that one of the foremost of these conditions is, that there 
should be a sufficient proportion of London members, and I 
cannot doubt the assurances wffiich I have received, that the 
recent reduction of the number of London members of 
Council has been attended-with very considerable inconveni¬ 
ence. This seems to be a truism w r anting no proof, and I 
need only call attention to the fact, that whereas the Board of 
Examiners, consisting of twelve members and meeting in 
London, is made up of ten London members and two country 
members,—the Council, of twenty-one members (also meeting 
in London and comprehending various Committees, which 
must depend greatly upon resident members), is composed of 
seven London members and fourteen country members. I 
may also remark that the contiguous towns of Liverpool 
and Manchester contribute three out of the fourteen country 
members, thus being represented to nearly half the extent 
of the metropolis of the empire, wdiicli is no less the metro¬ 
polis of pharmacy. I am not aware what are the especial 
claims of Lancashire to this extraordinary preponderance of 
pharmaceutical representation, though we all know by what 
means it has been accomplished. 
In connection with this subject, I will take the liberty of 
stating the opinions which 1 had formed and acted upon 
when myself a member of Council in 1854. It appeared to 
me then that there was such necessity for a considerable 
majority of the Council being resident in London that there 
could only be a limited number of seats available for provin¬ 
cial representation, and that, in order that ail important dis¬ 
tricts should be brought into close affinity with the central 
government, these seats should not be long held in the same 
town. To these general opinions I adhere; and I do not 
think that small towns (except under very exceptional cir¬ 
cumstances) should continue to monopolize the representa¬ 
tion, which might with more advantage to the Society and to 
the provinces circulate from town to town from time to time. 
With these sentiments, it will be understood that I could not 
be favourable to the election of two members of Council from 
the same provincial city; and with all respect to good 
friends unknown, who have repeatedly nominated myself in 
opposition to feelings which they have afforded me no oppor¬ 
tunities of explaining, it was impossible that I could become 
a candidate for a seat more worthily filled by my highly- 
esteemed friend and l'ellow-citizen, W. W. Stoddart. 
There is one more matter for which I would ask the favour 
of an indulgent hearing. I have upon this occasion, tor the 
first time, nominated a candidate for the ensuing election, in 
whose appointment I believe that the Society has a material 
interest. I am deeply grateful to that gentleman lor waiving 
his objections, and, in a spirit of loyal citizenship, permitting 
me to nominate him after he had been once unsuccessfully 
brought to the poll. For the best interests of pharmacy, I 
hope that the coming election may be free from those dis¬ 
turbing causes which alone could render his candidature un¬ 
certain, either now or on the previous occasion. 
