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to  various  volumes  of  water,  depending  on  the  intensity  of  the  odor 
and  the  peculiarities  of  the  oil. 
Science  is  no  respecter  of  persons  and  has  benefited  both  the 
honest  manufacturer  and  the  rogue.  This  subject  has  been  treated 
more  comprehensively  by  Drs.  Pancoast  and  Kebler  in  the  Ameri- 
can Journal  of  Pharmacy,  January,  1 901,  and  their  anticipations  of 
a  firm's  displaying  the  placard  "  Essential  Oils  Made  to  Order 
While  You  Wait,"  has  actually  been  realized  according  to  Professor 
Remington,  who  says  there  is  a  London  firm  which  builds  volatile 
oils  to  order  and  scientifically  corrects  any  of  the  constants  in  an 
inferior  product. 
In  conclusion  we  wish  to  thank  both  the  firm  we  represent  and 
the  many  individuals  who  have  contributed  indirectly  to  this  report, 
and  we  solicit  your  co-operation  in  sending  us  samples  and  data  of 
adulterated  oils,  that  we  may  do  more  to  rid  the  market  of  spurious 
products. 
Research  Laboratory, 
Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co. 
SOME  REMARKS  ON  THE  ADULTERATIONS  OF  DRUGS 
AND  CHEMICALS  AS  FOUND  IN  PRACTICE.1 
By  L.  Henry  Bernegau,  Ph.G.,  A.C. 
In  bringing  the  following  instances  of  "  adulterated  "  drugs  and 
chemicals  before  the  meeting  to-night,  I  do  so  with  the  understand- 
ing that  the  word  "  adulterated  "  is  used  in  its  broader  sense  to 
include  drugs  which  may  be  of  low  strength  or  poor  quality  due 
to  natural  causes — and  chemicals  which  may  in  some  way,  perhaps 
by  carelessness,  be  "  off"  in  strength  or  purity — as  well  as  in  its  nar- 
rower sense  of  intentional  sophistication.  Moreover,  the  examples 
which  are  given  are  all  taken  from  actual  laboratory  records  of  the 
past  few  weeks,  as  it  does  not  take  a  very  long  time  to  accumulate 
a  number  of  observations  of  possible  interest  in  a  laboratory  where 
much  work  is  going  on. 
1  Read  before  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  April  7,  1908. 
