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Original Communications. 
I would not apply these remarks to the members of the pro- 
fession in this city, who as a class amply deserve the confi- 
dence reposed in them by their fellow citizens ; neither would 
I wish to reflect on the Pharmaceutists of our sister cities, 
many of whom are of acknowledged talent, and of the strict- 
est integrity in the discharge of their duties. The only 
remedy against the evils complained of, lies in the establish- 
meut of a protective policy, or jurisdictional act, similar to 
those of Europe, some account of which has been published 
in the excellent address of the President of the College. 
This paper is suggested by an essay published by Mr. Me- 
nigaut in the No. of the Journal de Pharmacie for August, 
1835, entitled Conservation et Reposition des Medicaments, 
wherein he comments upon an article under the same head, 
by Messrs. Henry and Guibourt; he gives great credit to 
these gentlemen for the views they have taken of this subject, 
and enriches it by observations from his own experience. 
This essay which I at first intended only to translate, was 
found afterwards to treat of so many preparations that are 
not in use in this country, and was so incomplete as respects 
those peculiar to the American and English Pharmacopoeias, 
that I thought it preferable to give a new article compiled 
from these essays, with such additions as my own experience 
would allow me to furnish. In the extracts which I shall give 
from Mr. Menigaut's paper, which is somewhat prolix, I shall 
follow the sense, without employing strictly the author's own 
words : 
" Practising Pharmacy in a small provincial town, where 
the consumption of medicines is always limited, my attention 
has been necessarily directed, as well to their preservation, 
as to their preparation. I shall here detail the results of my 
experience. 
Heat, light, air, and moisture, are the four great agents in 
the alteration of medicines. The great object of the apothe- 
cary should therefore be to protect them from the deteriorat- 
ing influence of those agents, in the most effectual manner. 
As mentioned by Henry and Guibourt, where there is no 
