EXHIBITION OF OBJECTS BELATING TO PHABMACY. 
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JBotanical origin unknown. 
1. Large Round China Cardamom. 
2. Ovoid China Cardamom. 
3. Bitter-Seeded Cardamom. —These aromatic drugs are employed by the 
Chinese, but are not objects of trade with Europe. As they are noticed 
by some pharmacological writers, they are included in the present series. 
Harvey, T., Leeds. 
Croton humilis, Jamaica. 
Eupatorium sp. ?, Jamaica. 
Gum of cashew tree, Jamaica. 
Cassada starch, Jamaica. 
This is used for starching linen, theyalue being about 2d. or 3d. per lb. 
Haywood and Son. 
Bell of carbolic acid crystals. 
Hearon, M‘Culloch, and Co,, 5, Coleman Street, I^ondon. 
A series of the leading drugs, selected from a number of samples forwarded 
to us by a merchant in China, for the purpose of ascertaining their 
market value in this country. They have been examined both by 
Dr. Lockhart and Daniel Hanbury, Esq., who state that although they 
meet with a ready sale in China, and are considered useful remedies, 
they possess few properties sufficiently prominent to render them im¬ 
portant as medicinal agents amongst ourselves,—none to qualify them to 
displace those we are accustomed to see prescribed in this country; 
andjnust therefore be regarded as mere curiosities. They are mostly 
infused, and taken in combination in considerable quantities, and possess, 
in some slight degree, either tonic, stomachic, or demulcent properties. 
We are indebted to Dr. Lockhart for the names attached, as he kindly 
undertook to interpret the characters for us. The other specimens com¬ 
prise ordinary drugs, but marked by some striking feature,—such, for 
instance, as an original thread of Spanish flies, tied together in one large 
bunch. There is also an original string of small Vera Cruz jalap, and 
a selected sample of the same ; also a well-defined specimen of the Tam¬ 
pico, etc. etc. The essential oils (otto ?) of roses and elder-flowers are 
curious by reason of their scarcity and costliness,—the product of either 
being so small, that if the flowers were distilled for the purpose of obtaining 
these alone, and not as bye-products, their respective values would amount 
to about £20 per oz. The quantity of otto of roses exhibited is the result 
of the distillation of about 300 bushels of flowers. Elder-flowers do not 
yield nearly so much in proportion, and therefore it would not have been 
commercially practicable to prepare the water as recommended by the 
London College in their Pharmacopceia of 1836, viz. by using 2 drachms 
of the essential oil as a substiti.te for 10 lb. of the flowers, for this would 
be equivalent to a very much larger quantity. The concentrated infusions, 
preserved juices, liquid and solid extracts, comprise the leading prepara¬ 
tions of both the London and British Pharmacopoeias, placed side by side 
for the purpose of contrast. 
Hopkinson, T., Grantham. 
Case containing various mineral waters, including those of Ammonia and 
Bismuth. 
Ingram and Co., London. 
A large collection of foreign mineral waters, lozenges, and salts. 
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