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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Alleged Poisoning lay Morphia. —It is stated in the Registrar-General’s Report 
that “ an infant, aged three weeks, was poisoned by a lozenge which contained the forty- 
eighth part of a grain of morphia.” 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
The Book of Perfumes. By Eugene Rimmel. With above 250 Illustrations by Bour- 
delin, Thomas, etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. To be had also 
of the Author, 96, Strand; 128, Regent Street; 24, Cornhill, London ; 17, Boulevard 
des Italiens, Paris. 1865. 
A Companion to the Weather-Glass, designed to record, numerically and graphically, 
the natural phenomena presented by the Barometer, Thermometers, Rain-Gauge, 
Clouds, Wind, etc.; with a Calendar for the year 1865. By a Meteorological 
Student. London: Bemrose and Sons, 21, Paternoster Row. Edinburgh: John 
Menzies. 
The Spirit of Nursing. By Harry Jones, M. A. London: Robert Hardwicke, Picca¬ 
dilly. 
For and Against Tobacco. By Benjamin Ward Richardson, M.A., M.D. London : 
John Churchill and Sons, New Burlington Street. 
On Food as a Means of Prevention of Disease. By Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S. 
London: John Churchill and Sons. 
The Irrationale of Speech. By a Minute Philosopher. Reprinted from ‘ Fraser’s 
Magazine.’ London: Longman and Co. 
Dr. Guy’s Contributions to Sanitary Science.—1. The Case of the Journeymen 
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Bakers. Third Edition. London : Henry Renshaw. 
Photographs (Coloured from Life) of the Diseases of the Skin. By Alex. 
Balmanno Squire, M.B. Lond., etc. London: John Churchill and Sons. No. 1. 
The Photograph in the present Number is admirably executed, and is a most faithful 
delineation of the Disease it is intended to represent. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
C. L. P. (Grantham).— Ammoniated Solution of Quinine. Vol. XIII. p. 344. 
M. Dees wishes for “ a recipe for a wash to revive faded pencil writing.” We fear 
it would be rather difficult to restore that which has been mechanically removed. 
0. P. S. (Atherton).—We are unable to give the information. 
M. J. S. (Liverpool).—Apply by letter, giving name and address, to the Secretary, 
who will forward the necessary instructions. J\J. J. S. is thanked for his enclosure. 
Inquirer (Kirwaun).—(1) Lindley’s ‘ School Botany,’ price 5s. 6d. (2) Fownes’s 
‘Manual of Chemistry,’ price 12s. 6d. (3) We do not know the work you refer to. 
J3. P. (Liverpool).—Fownes’s ‘Manual of Chemistry ;’ Bentley’s ‘Manual of Botany.’ 
II. W. (Worcester).—If our correspondent means Unguentum Hydrargyri Alitius , 
this was proposed by Mr. Donovan to be made by rubbing together lard and black 
oxide of mercury at the temperature of 350° Fahr., continuing the friction for two 
hours. 
W.J. 0. (Birmingham).—The Quinine in Tinctura Quinice Composita is said to be 
almost entirely dissolved when digested for seven days, but practically this is found not 
to be the case, and a small quantity of acid is generally added to render the solution 
complete. 
“ Codex.” (Birmingham).—Yes. 
Several articles are postponed for want of space. 
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