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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[May 11, 1872. 
THE PROPOSED DINNER AT THE CRYSTAL 
PALACE. 
With the view of affording the members of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, and old pupils of the School of 
Pharmacy, who may come to London to attend the 
Annual Meeting on the 15th May, an opportunity of 
meeting their fellow-members in the metropolis and 
other friends, a Public Dinner will take place at the 
Crystal Palace on Tuesday, the 14th of May, at six p.m. 
The President in the chair. 
STEWARDS. 
Allcliin, A., London. 
Atherton, J., Nottingham. 
Attfield, Professor, London. 
Barron, F., London. 
Betty, S. C., London. 
Bird, Aug., London. 
Bottle, Alex., Dover. 
Bremridge, Elias, London. 
Barnes, J. B., London. 
Bentley, Professor, London. 
Brown, W. S., Manchester. 
Bourdas, J., London. 
Burden, E., London. 
Clift, E., Lewisham. 
Cracknell, C., London. 
Darby, Stephen, London. 
Davenport, J. T., London. 
Deane, Henry, Clapham. 
Down, Dr. Langdon., London. 
Evans, H. S., London. 
Frazer, D., Glasgow. 
Gale, S., London. 
Greenish, T., London. 
Giles, R. W., Clifton. 
Hampson, R., London. 
Haselden, A. F., London. 
Hill, A. B., London. 
Hills, T. H., London. 
Hodgkinson, W., London. 
Horner, E., London. 
Howden, R., London, 
Linford, J., London. 
Mackay, John, Edinburgh. 
Mackey, J. B. London. 
Martin dale, W., London. 
MeCulloclr, F., London. 
Malden, W. W., London. 
Paul, Dr., London. 
Preston, Alfred, London. 
Redwood, Professor, London. 
Robbins, John, London. 
Radley, Vi. V., Sheffield. 
Sandford, G. AY., London. 
Savory, C. H., London. 
Squire, Peter, London. 
Squire, William, London. 
Shaw, Jno., Liverpool. 
Smith, E. f Torquay. 
Stacey, S., London. 
Stoddart, W. W., Bristol. 
Schacht, G. F., Clifton. 
Southall, W., Birmingham. 
Starkie, R. S., London. 
Schweitzer, J., Brighton 
Tilden, W. A., D.Sc., London. 
Urwick, W. W., London. 
Wade, Jno., London. 
Williams, Jno., London. 
Warrick, R. B., London. 
Wyman, Jno., London. 
Grenadier Guards Hand under the direction of Jit 
Dan Godfrey. 
Gentlemen willing to act as stewards will oblige by 
forwarding their names to the Hon. Secretary. Dinner 
tickets, including wine, one guinea each. 
In order to make the necessary arrangements and 
prevent discomfort, members and their friends desirous 
of being present are requested to apply at once for 
tickets, enclosing a P. O. 0. for the amount, to Mr. 
Bremridge, 17, Bloomsbury Square, W.C., or the Hon. 
Sec., Michael Carteighe, 172, New Bond Street, 
London, W. 
DILUTION OF GLYCERINE. 
In a paper read by Mr. J. P. Remington, before the 
American Pharmaceutical Association, he called atten¬ 
tion to the rise of temperature that occurs when concen¬ 
trated glycerine is diluted with water, to which circum¬ 
stance probably were due the irritating properties some¬ 
times attributed to glycerine. He found that upon mix- 
ing together equal parts of glycerine, sp. gr. 1-254, and 
water at a temperature of 77° F., there was an immediate 
rise of 10° F. One part of water to four parts of glycerine 
caused a rise of 7° F.; so that when concentrated gly¬ 
cerine is applied to a chapped or ulcerated surface, it 
absorbs moisture from the skin, and sometimes gives rise 
to a burning sensation. If a small quantity of water be 
added to the glycerine before it is applied, this effect is 
very much mitigated. Professor Parrish bore testi¬ 
mony to the mutating effects sometimes produced by un¬ 
diluted glycerine, especially in preparations for the eye. 
He said that he had met with cases where the pharma¬ 
cist had been charged by the physician with introduc¬ 
ing an irritating substance, such as sulphuric acid, for the 
purpose of dissolving the alkaloid, the fact being that 
the irritation originated with the glycerine employed. 
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ACCIDENTAL POISONING’ 
IN HER MAJESTY’S NAVY. 
The following circular, dated 2nd April, 1872, lias 
been issued by the Admiralty to all commanders-in- 
chief, captains, commanding officers, and medical officei'3 
of Her Majesty’s ships and vessels, officers in charge 
of home and foreign hospitals, marine infirmaries (artil¬ 
lery and infantry), medical depots and surgeries, and 
governors of Her Majesty’s naval prisons :— 
1. My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are 
pleased to direct that the following precautions against 
accidental poisoning be strictly observed on board Pier 
Majesty’s ships, and in all naval medical establishments- 
at home and abroad. 
2. All medicines or medicinal compounds of a poi¬ 
sonous nature kept in medicine chests or dispensaries are 
to be put up in bottles or jars of a dark blue colour 
only, and to bear labels of a yellow colour, having the 
word ‘ Poison ’ printed in bold letters over the name of 
the medicine. 
3. All medicines or medicinal compounds of a harm¬ 
less nature kept in the chests or in dispensaries are to 
be put up in bottles of white or pale green glass, or in 
jars of white ware, and to be distinguished by labels of 
a green colour. 
4. All medicines labelled ‘ Poison ’ are to be kept 
under lock and key, and apart from the others, in the 
dispensaries ashore and afloat and in the medical stores 
of hospitals and depots. 
5. All medicines of a poisonous nature, whether for 
internal or external use, supplied to patients in the 
wards of hospitals or sick berths of ships are to be 
labelled with the yellow ‘ Poison ’ labels, and put 
into ribbed or fluted bottles of a dark blue colour only. 
In order that this arrangement may be efficiently 
carried out, all ships and vessels are henceforth to be 
supplied with double the present numbers of blank 
yellow poison labels allowed by Scale B ; and the stocks 
of 8-oz. and 4-oz. dark blue ribbed bottles allowed by 
Scale A are to be increased as follows:—To nine of eack. 
in the No. 1 chests, six of each in the No. 2 chests, and 
four of each in the No. 3 chests. 
To gun-boats and coast-guard cruisers on the special 
scale, 24 blank yellow poison labels and four 4-oz. dark 
blue ribbed bottles are henceforth to be supplied with the* 
medicine chests for dispensing purposes. 
6. Medicines of a harmless character supplied to 
patients in hospitals or sick berths are to be labelled, 
with green labels and dispensed in bottles of pale green 
or white glass only. 
To ships and vessels double the present numbers of 
blank green labels allowed by Scale B are henceforth to 
be supplied; but no addition is at present to be made to 
the number of white or pale green bottles allowed by 
Scale A- 
To gun-boats and coast-guard cruizers on the special 
scale, 24 green blank labels are henceforth to be supplied 
with the medicine chests; but the number of white or 
pale green 6-oz. E bottles is to be reduced from six to 
four. 
7. No white labels, or labels of any other colours than 
yellow or green, as specified above, are to be used for 
medicine bottles or for dispensing; and no other kinds 
or colours of bottles and jars than those herein named 
are, under any circumstances, to be used for the pur¬ 
poses specified. 
8. These regulations arc to be carried into effect at 
once in all medical establishments, and on board Her 
Majesty’s ships commissioned after this date. On board 
those ships and vessels now in commission at home or 
abroad they are to be adopted as soon as practicable, the 
necessary supplies of bottles and labels being obtainable 
on demand from the nearest naval medical depot. 
By Command of their Lordships , 
Vernon Ldshington.. 
