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BOOKS RECEIVED. 
The Dispensatory of the United States of America. By George B. Wood, M.D., 
etc., and Franklin Bache, M.D., etc. Twelfth Edition, carefully revised. Phila¬ 
delphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co. 18G5. pp. 1704. (Presented by Dr. G. B. Wood.) 
Notes for Students in Chemistry, being a Syllabus of Chemistry and Practical 
Chemistry. By Albert J. Bernays. Fourth Edition, revised and corrected. London: 
John Churchill and Sons, New Burlington Street. 18G5. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
An Apprentice. —You will be expected to be acquainted with all articles of the Materia 
Medica in common use, and with the preparations in like manner. 
Tyro (Brixton).—Professor Bentley commenced his course of lectures at the Gardens 
on Friday, the 19th of May. 
Assistant (Bristol).—Bentley’s ‘ Manual of Botany,’ price 12s. Gel. It is published by 
Churchill and Sons. 
Waiting (Staplehurst), and Apprentice (Retford).—On the 1st of October. The work 
has been delayed, in consequence of the illness of the Editor. 
Retort. —(1) “ Fraugipanne Bouquet.” Ess. Yitivert ^iij; 01. Neroli m xv; 01. 
Santal. yss; Otto Ge Rose m xl; Ess. Moschi 5 iij; Esprit de Violette ^ij; Ess. Ambre- 
gris ~vj; Sp. Vini Rect. ad gxx. M. (2) We believe the so-called “ Fly Papers ” are 
prepared with a solution of strychnia. (8) Piesse’s ‘ Art of Perfumery ’ would probably 
afford the best information on the subject. (4) No: apply by letter to the Secretary, 
17, Bloomsbury Square. 
Johannes. —Obtain Fownes’s £ Chemistry ’ and Bentley’s ‘ Manual of Botany.’ 
C. B. II. (Guildford).—By “ Digredium ” we presume Diacrydiim is intended. This 
is a term applied to Scammony, prepared with either decoction of Liquorice or decoction 
of Quince, in the proportion of one part of Scammony to two parts of the decoction, and 
the mixture evaporated to dryness. 
A Student (Paisley) should consult a medical man. 
J. S. (Manchester).—The article sold as “Liebig’s Food for Infants” consists, we be¬ 
lieve, of malt flour, with the addition of a small quantity of alkali, either bicarbonate 
of potash or bicarbonate of soda. A “ New Soup for Children,” recommended by Lie- 
bia - , is made as follows :—“Half an ounce of wheaten meal, half an ounce of malt flour, 
unci 1\ grains of bicarbonate of potash, are weighed, mixed first with one another, and 
afterwards with an ounce of water, and lastly with five ounces of milk ; the mixture is 
then heated, with constant stirring, over a very gentle fire, until it begins to thicken ; 
the vessel is now removed from the fire, and its contents are stirred for five minutes, these 
are then heated once more and again removed, when a new thickening occurs ; lastly, the 
whole is made to boil. After the separation of the bran from the milk, through a fine 
sieve, the soup is ready for use.” 
An Apprentice (Sittingbourne).—(1) Lime-juice and glycerine is sometimes used in 
the proportion of three parts of the former to one part of the latter. (2) See answer to 
J. S. (Manchester). 
II. T. (Bishop Auckland).—(1.) The specimen sent for examination is Sulphate of 
Magnesia. (2.) Babington’s ‘ Manual of Botany.’ 
Epsilon (Bristol).—Apply by letter to the Secretary, 17, Bloomsbury Square. 
J. B. (Leeds).—The cost is only a few shillings. Apply at Stationers’ Hall. 
Erratum.—C ochineal Colouring, page G15, for “wine quart” read “Winchester 
quart.” 
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Journal before the 25th of the month, to Elias Bremridge, Secretary, 17, 
Bloomsbury Square, VAC. 
Advertisements (not later than the 23rd) to Messrs. Churchill, New Bur¬ 
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