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corresponding  to  the  requirements  of  the  U.S. P.  A  list  of  questions 
was  sent  to  each  of  a  number  of  chemical  manufacturers,  asking 
for  specific  information  along  this  line,  and  samples  were  obtained  in 
the  open  market,  of  the  product  as  supplied  by  these  same  manu- 
facturers. Comparative  tests  were  made  with  these  samples  and 
the  samples  of  the  imported  product,  with  the  result  that  the  pro- 
duct as  supplied  by  the  American  manufacturers  was  found  to  be 
far  superior  to  that  of  foreign  origin. 
Orange  Flower  Water  as  a  Perfume  and  Flavor 
By  William  G.  Greenawalt. 
The  author  states  that  very  satisfactory  results  were  obtained  in 
the  disguising  of  the  odor  and  taste  of  pepsin  by  the  use  of  orange 
flower  water  as  a  flavor,  stating  that  four  ounces  of  the  concentrated 
orange  flower  water  will  satisfactorily  flavor  a  gallon  of  elixir  of 
pepsin,  one  sample  having  retained  its  pleasant  flavor  for  five  years. 
Redivivus. 
By  Joseph  P.  Remington. 
The  author  refers  to  the  fact  that  the  present  revival  in  medicine 
and  prescription  writing  is  due  to  the  era  of  common  sense  and 
science  which  has  been  inaugurated,  and  which  is  relegating  the 
facts,  fancies  and  follies  of  therapeutics  to  their  proper  place.  The 
search  for  panaceas  and  specifics  in  medicine  will  always  be  fruit- 
less, but  the  investigator  should  not  be  discouraged  but  commended 
for  his  researches. 
There  are  two  types  of  workers  at  present.  The  enthusiast  who 
makes  the  discoveries  and  the  wise  servant  who  preserves  them. 
Each  of  these  is  necessary.  It  is  the  province  of  therapeutics  to 
indicate  and  select  the  drug.  The  form  of  administration  is  left  to 
pharmacy.  A  campaign  of  education  is  needed  to  convince  the 
laity  that  specifics  and  panaceas  are  non-existent  for  the  physician. 
Attempts  to  practice  medicine  with  one  remedy,  given  in  the  same 
dose  for  all  conditions  of  a  certain  disease,  is  following  the  prin- 
ciples of  a  nostrum,  if  ever  a  nostrum  had  a  principle. 
The  author  referred  to  the  rise  of  homeopathy,  osteopathy  and 
Eddyism,  and  attributes  the  great  use  of  nostrums  to  the  fact  that 
faith  in  the  regular  practice  of  medicine  was 'shaken  because  rational 
and  scientific  therapeutics  had  not  kept  pace  with  other  sciences. 
Preventive  medicine  is  not  the  great  Moses  who  is  to  lead  the  regular 
