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NOTICES TO COREESPONOENTS. 
2. The coustruction of a universal Codex. 
3, The best and most practical methods for determining the proportion of organic 
active principles, specially of the Alkaloids in substances containing them, and in phar¬ 
maceutical compounds of which they are the base ; as for instance, Opium and Cinchona, 
with their several preparations. 
How far those views are capable of being realized is a doubtful point; the Conference, 
how'ever, is decidedly a step in the right direction. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Persons having seceded from the Society may be restored to their former status on 
payment of arrears of subscription and the registration fee of the current year. 
Those who were Associates before the 1st of July, 1842, are privileged (as Founders 
of the Society) to become Members without examination. 
X. (Yarmouth).—Pereira’s ‘ Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics,’ by Farre, 
Bentley, and Warington, price 21s. 
Student (Hertford).—See Regulations for the Botanical Prize in the^present number 
of the Journal. 
Pharmaceutist (Manchester).—See paper ‘ On the Adulteration of Saffron with the 
Stamens of Crocus,’ by Professor Bentley, in Pharm. Journ., vol. 7, 2nd ser. 
Registered Apprentice (Clifton).—Fownes’s ‘Manual of Chemistry’ and Bentley’s 
‘Manual of Botany.’ 
Alpha” (Stoke on Trent).—The Journal can be bought for Is. by order from any 
bookseller. 
II. II. (Brighton).—Of the labels referred to, that for “ Gregory’s Powder ” is not, but 
that for the “ Lozenges ” is, liable to the Medicine Stamp Duty. 
“ Pestle ” (Liverpool).—We cannot reply to the inquiry. 
“A Co7istant Reader” (Evesham). —Liebig’s ‘Principles of Agricultural Chemistry’ 
(Walton and Maberly). 
31. P. S. — Reform Bill. The subject has been under consideration, and steps will 
be taken in the matter. 
J. II. L. (Woolwich) will see that the proposed Bill speaks for itself. 
A. P. S. (Richmond).—The faculty of observation of natural objects is certainly sus¬ 
ceptible of cultivation. It is one of the advantages of the study of natural history. 
“ Acacm” (Sittingbourne).—Charcoal made from acacia-wood is now commonly used 
in medicine ; but we are not aware that it possesses the properties attributed to it by our 
correspondent. 
Mr. Chaplin (Colchester) is thanked for his communication. 
In reply to a correspondent last month, Fucus Wine may be made as follows:—Take 
of Grapes, 98lbs.; Distilled Water, IGJ gallons; White Sugar, 84 lbs.; Bitartrate of 
Potash, 16f oz.; Dried fucus, Fucus vesiculosus, 23 lbs. 9 oz. Crush the grapes, and pack 
them in a cask, with alternate layers of the fucus. Dissolve the sugar and bitartrate of 
potash in the water, and pour the solution upon the fucus and grape. Keep in a warm 
place, and, if necessary, add a little yeast to promote fermentation. 
The British Pharmacopreia. —A correspondent (Wakefield) suggests that the price of 
tlie new edition of the British Pharmacopoeia should be merely nominal to all who have 
the first edition ; that every subscriber to the first edition should have a copy of the new 
work presented to him on sending back his old copy. 
Wanted, the January, March, April, and May numbers of this Journal, 18CG. Full 
price will be given on delivery to Elias Bremridge, 17, Bloomsbury Square. 
Instructions from Members and Associates respecting the transmission of the 
Journal before the 25th of the month, to Elias Bremridge, Secretary, 17, 
Bloomsbury Square, IV.C. 
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