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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Accidental Poisoning by Laudanum. —An inquest was held on Monday, August 
8, before Mr. Coroner Swann, at Sneinton, near Nottingham, on the body of a child 
named Joseph Henry Ellicock, aged six months. It appeared from the evidence that the 
mother of the deceased sent a child for some Godfrey’s cordial, but she asked for lauda¬ 
num by mistake. The druggist’s assistant put a label of “ poison ” on the bottle, but 
the mother not being able to read, gave the child a portion of it, and death was the re¬ 
sult. The verdict was, “ Death from laudanum, administered in mistake for Godfrey’s 
Cordial.” The coroner and the jury expressed an opinion that there had been great care¬ 
lessness in the matter by all the parties concerned. 
Accidental Poisoning by Corrosive Sublimate. —On Friday, July 26, Miss 
Lydia Hale, of Chichester Place, Bayswater, expired from the effects of a solution of 
corrosive sublimate, which she took in mistake for camphor julep. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Die Merkmaxe der Aechtheit und Gute der Arzneistoffe ees Pflanzen- 
tjnd Thierreichs, nebst Anleitung zur Prueung derselben attf iiiren 
Gehalt an wirksamen Bestandtheieen, zegleich ein Leitfaden bei Apo- 
thekenyisitationen. Von Dr. J. B. Henkee, Prof, der Pharmacie, Pharmaco- 
gnosie und medicinischen Botanik zu Tubingen. Tubingen, 1864. Verlag der II. 
Laupp’schen Buchhandlung,—Laupp and Siebeck. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Patent Medicine Licence. —We remind our readers that this Licence becomes due 
on September 1st, and should be paid within thirty days of that date. 
Intending Pupil (London).—• Fownes’s ‘Chemistry;’ Mohr and Redwood’s ‘Phar¬ 
macy Bentley’s ‘ Manual of Botany.’ 
Leptandra (Manchester).—Professor Bentley’s papers on “New American Remedies” 
will be shortly resumed. 
Brit. PJiarm. (Bristol).—See “Lectures on the British Pharmacopoeia,” by Pro¬ 
fessors Redwood and Bentley, and Dr. Attfield, in the March, April, May, June, and 
Jnly numbers of the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal ’ of the present year. 
A Junior. —When Liquor Antimonii Tartarizati is ordered, that made with spirit, 
according to the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, is intended; but if written with the lettex*s 
“ P. L.” affixed, that made with wine should evidently be used. 
Chemicus. —They are practically the same. 
Chemicus (Aberdeen).—(1) We believe there is no such intention at present. (2) We 
have no recipe for that purpose. (3) Apply to the Secretary. 
Mr. Long's communication has been received, but he has evidently misunderstood the 
subject. 
A Registered Apprentice (Cork).—Fownes’s ‘Chemistry;’ Garrod’s ‘Essentials of 
Materia Medica;’ and Bentley’s ‘Manual of Botany.’ Wi’ite to the Secretary of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, and he will forward you all the Regulations, etc., of the 
School and Board of Examiners. 
Pharmaceutist. — Datura Tatula has similar properties to Datura Stramonium. It 
is generally regarded as a distinct species, although probably only a variety of Datura 
Stramonium. 
A Lover of Justice (Liverpool) and S. J. Weston (Pai’is) are thanked for their com¬ 
munications, which will receive notice in our next number. 
W. Gr. Hag ward (Reading).—There is no recognized formula for Tinctura Podo- 
phglli. 
Chemicus (Canterbury).—Henfrey’s ‘ Rudiments of Botany.’ 
Instructions from Members and Associates respecting the transmission of the 
Journal before the 25th of the month, to Elias Bremridge, Secretary, 17, 
Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 
Advertisements (not later than the 23rd) to Messrs. Churchill, New Bur¬ 
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