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tlie same as of tlie article which ought to he used, and no danger would follow 
its administration ; and if one method w^ere followed by all, assistants chang¬ 
ing’- from one situation to another would soon understand the geography of 
the new shop. _ ^ 
Hoping that this matter of life and death will be again discussed m the 
Journal, taken up by the Council, and pursued to a favourable termination, 
I am, yours truly, G. E. 
Huddersfield, October 17, 1866. 
EXHIBITION OE OBJECTS EELATING TO PHAEMACY. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
Sir,—We observe in the ‘Pharmaceutical Journal ’ of the present month, in 
the list of articles reported as shown at the Exhibition in connection with the 
British Pharmaceutical Conference, that we are stated to have shown “ Pre¬ 
served Aleats.” This being entirely an error, we beg to lay before your readers 
a correct account of the articles exhibited by us. 
We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, 
John Gillon and Co. 
A case containing Essence of Beef, Essence of Mutton, Essence of Chicken, 
in various sizes of tins. 
,, ,, Essence of Beef Lozenges,—a concentration of the Essence 
of Beef. 
,, ,, Extractum Carnis, prepared by Liebig’s process from 
Scotch ox beef. 
,, ,, Neat’s-foot Oil. 
,, ,, Marrow. 
AKSENIC-EATING. 
A recent number of the ‘Boston Journal’ contains an interesting case of arsenic-eat¬ 
ing, communicated by Dr. La Eue, Professor of Toxicology in Laval University, Quebec. 
The subject of it is an Englishman long resident in Canada, aged forty-seven, of lym¬ 
phatic temperament and good constitution, intelligent, and well educated. About 1854, 
believing himself to be the subject of consumption, and having heard that white arsenic 
was an excellent remedy, he purchased two ounces, and began taking it without much 
regard to quantity, consuming the whole parcel in six or eight weeks, taking it some¬ 
times five or six times a day, at the rate of five or six grains per dose as far as can be 
ascertained by his subsequent description. He also mingled arsenic with the tobacco 
he smoked, inducing the garlic fumes. He has six children, who are all healthy, the 
eldest being twenty-one and the youngest eleven. He has read all that has been written 
concerning the action of arsenic, and declares that the doctors know nothing of the 
matter; and as to the constitutional symptoms said to result from its use, he has never 
experienced them in the slightest degree, even after six weeks’ constant use of the 
arsenic. He refrains from drinking water for some time after eating arsenic, but will¬ 
ingly takes a glass of wine or beer. He has always taken the white arsenic, and never 
the solution. He never suffers from pain in the stomach or bowels, which are regular 
in their action. 
This individual first came under Dr. La Eue’s notice in 1864, and then again in the 
present year, and took in his presence on the first occasion a grain and a half, and on 
the second four grains of pure arsenious acid, smoking also another grain with his 
tobacco. He remained under observation for several hours, and not the slightest incon¬ 
venience resulted .—Medical Times and Gazette. 
