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THE  PARIS  EXPOSITION. 
them  out  prematurely,  which  he  was  enabled  to  do  from  his  connec- 
tion with  the  previous  committee  of  revision  has,  been  criticised. 
Among  the  curious  specimens  of  printing  brought  away  from  the  Exposi- 
tion, not  the  least  remarkable  is  one  now  lying  before  us,  issued  by  Mr. 
Squire,  in  three  languages,  informing  the  visitors  to  class  44  what  he  had 
done  as  an  advocate  of  pharmacopoeial  unity  in  bringing  about  the  British 
Pharmacopoeia,  and  in  extending  its  usefulness. 
Savory  &  JVioore,  of  Liverpool,  exhibited  pancreatic  emulsions  after 
Dr.  Dobell's  suggestion,  gelatin  discs,  medicated  with  atropia,  etc.,  and 
various  other  pharmaceutical  preparations. 
Allen  &  Hanbury's,  ®f  Plough  Court,  Lond..  exhibited  extract  of  meat  ♦ 
from  Australia  and  cod  liver  oil  of  their  own  manufacture.  This  house  have 
been  makers  oT  this  oil  for  more  than  twenty  years,  and  extract  it  by  a 
process  similar  to  that  suggested  by  M.  Donovan,  of  Dublin.  The  fresh 
cod  is  brought  to  London,  as  abundantly  witnessed  in  Billingsgate  mar- 
ket. The  extract  of  meat,  for  which  they  are  agents,  is  made  by  Liebig's 
process  in  Australia,  by  Robert  Tooth,  of  Sydney.  The  extract  of  meat 
sold  by  this  firm  is  a  soft  extract,  having  a  peculiar  odor  usual  in  such 
extracts  retaining  moisture,  and  analogous  in  character  to  that  made  by 
B.  J.  Crew. 
Rufus  Usher,  of  Bodicott,  near  Banbury,  exhibited  a  remarkably  beauti- 
ful specimen  of  English  Rhubarb.  The  success  of  this  culture  renders 
it  a  matter  of  regret  that  the  more  [medicinal  species  cannot  be  ob- 
tained. 
William  Ransom,  of  Hitohin,  had  a  good  display  of  extracts,  herbs  and 
volatile  oils.  Among  the  latter  we  noticed  the  oils  of  cloves,  savin, 
cubebs,  copaiba,  wormwood,  pimenta,  chamomile,  caraway  and  pepper- 
mint. He  also  exhibited  scammony  root  from  Smyrna,  and  elaterium  of 
his  own  make.  The  pleasure  and  profit  of  our  visit  to  the  Exposition 
was  materially  lessened  by  not  having  access  to  the  specimens,  and  ex- 
•cept  when  the  eye  could  decide,  relative  merit  could  not  be  satisfactorily 
determined  by  the  visitor. 
Essential  oils  were  also  exhibited  by  Condie  Brothers  &  Co.,  of  Lon- 
don, W,  Holland,  of  Market  Deeping,  and  L.  Schlesinger,  of  London. 
Price's  Candle  Company,  Battersea,  London,  exhibited  various  samples 
of  their  beautiful  products,  among  which  the  most  interesting  was  their 
pure  glycerin,  the  pioneer  of  the  pure  distilled  glycerin  now  produced 
so  abundantly  and  cheaply  in  this  country.  Whilst  it  is  very  evident 
that  th-e  chemical  interest  of  England  and  Scotland  were  by  no  means 
fully  represented,  no  one  could  pass  through  this  section  without  being 
pleased  with  the  variety  and  solid  character  of  the  articles  exhibited. 
These  are  but  a  portion  of  the  exhibitors  in  the  British  Section  of  class  44, 
but  they  are  the  principal,  and  are  all  that  our  space  will  permit  us  to 
offer  at  present,  intending  to  notice  some  of  the  German  and  other 
continental  sections  in  our  next. 
