TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
The Philosophy of Health ; or, an Exposition of the Physiological and Sani¬ 
tary Conditions Conducive 10 Human Longevity and Happiness. By South- 
wood Smith, M.D. Eleventh edition, revised and enlarged. London : Longman. 
Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green. 8vo. pp. 895. 1865. (From the Publishers.) 
Therapeutics and Materia Medica. A systematic treatise on the action and uses of 
medicinal agents, including their description and history. By Alfred Stille, M.D., 
etc. etc. Second edition, revised and enlarged. In 2 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia : 
Blanchard and Lea. Triibner and Co., Paternoster Row. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Proposed Revision of the Medical Act. —“We (‘Lancet’) have authority for 
stating that it is the intention of the Medical Council to undertake a complete revision 
of the Medical Act.” 
Persons having seceded from the Society may be restored to their former status on 
payment of arrears of subscription and the registration fee for the current year. 
Those who were Associates before the 1st of July, 1842, are privileged (as Founders 
of the Society) to become Members without examination. 
Wanted.—Copies of the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal ’ for May, June, July, and 
August, 1852 : full publishing price given. Address, Mr. Bremridge, 17, Bloomsbury 
Square, W.C. 
Pemb. —Yes, the two preparations are identical. 
Howell’s Safety Poison Capsule. — We are requested to state that the “Safety Poison 
Capsule,” referred to in our last number, is the invention of Mr. Thomas Howell, of 
High Street, Camden Town. 
W. X. Y. (Pembroke Dock).—The subject is not within our province. 
II. V. (Dorking).—Of the formulae sent to us, “ No. 1 ” should form a bright solution. 
In “ No. 2,” the phosphate of zinc is only partly dissolved, the remaining portion subsiding 
when the mixture is allowed to stand for a short time. 
A Birmingham Associate will find from the pages of this Journal, that an Association 
at Birmingham, similar to the one proposed, was maintained for several years, but was 
allowed to fall into abeyance. In 1860 an unsuccessful attempt was made to revive it. 
Should the attempt again be made with the “ will and determination ” alluded to by 
our correspondent, we hope for a better result. 
S. J. F. (Bradford).—The languages of India are as numerous and distinct as those 
of Europe. We cannot tell what book will meet your wants. 
A Young Student (Brighton).—Bentley’s ‘ Manual of Botany.’ The Lectures on 
Systematic Botany will be commenced about the middle of May. 
Pharmaceutist (Liverpool).—See papers “ On New American Remedies,” by Professor 
Bentley, in the last three volumes of the Pharmaceutical Journal. Papers will shortly 
appear on “ Leptandra,” “Veratrum vinde,” etc. These have been unavoidably post¬ 
poned, from the great press upon our space, arising principally from the appearance of 
the British Pharmacopoeia. 
Mr. Whitfield (Scarborough) and Mr. Iloiloway (Sydenham) are thanked for their 
communications. 
Erratum.—Vol. YI. p. 21, line 20 from bottom, for “two fluid ounces,” read two 
fluid drachms. 
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¬ 
lington Street. Other communications to the Editors, 17, Bloomsbury Square. 
