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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
that, for the preservation of human life, there should be a special enactment or a 
general rule to provide that all chemists should on issuing any poisonous liquid use a 
bottle of a different shape to that containing harmless drugs. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Ox the Inhalation of Gases and Medicated Vapours, in the Treatment of Con¬ 
sumption and other Pulmonary Diseases ; with a paper on the Treatment of Whooping- 
cough. By W. Abbotts Smith, M.D. London : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. 
A Suggestion as to the Feeding of Milch Cows, with a view to an Improvement 
in the Constitutents of the Milk. By “Humanitas.” (Pamphlet.) London: Booth 
and Co., 307, Regent Street. 
Stammering and Stuttering, their Nature and Treatment. By James Hunt, Ph.D., 
F.S.A., etc. etc. Sixth Edition. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts 
Paternoster Row. 8vo. p. 275. 18G5. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Z. Y. X. (Sandown). —Sale of Coffee and Cocoa. See Vol. I. ( 2 nd series) p. 39G. 
X. I. Z. (Fleet Street).— Solution of Pentasidphide of Calcium. Sulphur, 1 ounce 
lime, 5 ounces; water, 20 ounces. Boil together for half an hour, and let the product 
measure 10 fluid ounces. 
“Delta” (Cork).— ( 1 ) No. ( 2 ) The addition of camphor to the spirit would he 
an unworthy evasion of the law. (3) Chemists cannot take out a licence for the sale of 
Spirit of Wine, but are permitted to sell it in small quantities for medicinal use. 
S. K. L. —We recommend our correspondent to apply to Bishop Colenso. 
“Delta” (Spilsby).—(1) Fownes’s ‘Manual of Chemistry;’ and Bentley’s ‘Manual of 
Botany.’ (2) Apply by letter to the Secretary, 17, Bloomsbury Square, fora copy of the 
regulations. 
“ Pharmalcon.” —Candidates for the Bell Scholarships must be Associates, Apprentices, 
or Students on the Register of the Pharmaceutical Society ; but the length of time oc¬ 
cupied in study at the Laboratory is optional with the Candidate. 
“Alpha.”—Tinctura Ferri Acetatis Etherea. To 9 parts of solution of Acetate of 
Iron, add 1 part of Acetic Ether, and 2 parts of Rectified Spirit. 
A. P. S. (Horncastle).—Not yet published, but will appear early in May, probably 
by the 1st. This will then be the Text-Book used at Bloomsbury Square. 
H. and PI. —Commercial sponge is described by Pereira as “ the dry skeleton of the 
animal, from which the gelatinous flesh has been removed.” 
yl Registered Apprentice. (London).—In the British Pharmacopoeia. 
A Young Student (Yarmouth).—Bentley’s ‘ Manual of Botany.’ 
A. B. C .—We have seen the letter alluded to, and have no doubt that our Local 
Secretary is able to give a satisfactory answer to the charge of “ misrepresentation.” 
C. A. R. (Maidstone).—The work referred to is not yet published. 
Inquirer (Nottingham).—The new edition of Pereira’s Materia Medica will, we under¬ 
stand, be ready by the first week in May. 
Two or three communications are unavoidably postponed. 
Erratum. —In number for March, page 453, line 12 from the bottom, for “ Cadico,” 
read “ Cacheo.” 
Mr. Thonger is thanked for his communication. 
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Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 
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