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FORMULiE  FOR  NEW  PREPARATIONS. 
Stores,  and  as  it  is  well  known  to  the  public  at  large  that  among 
many  capable  and  conscientious  apothecaries  there  are  many  un- 
qualified ones,  or,  even  qualified,  but  unscrupulous  and  rapacious 
ones,  it  is  very  careful  in  the  selection  of  a  retail  drug  store.  A 
mistake  in  the  retail  trade,  such  as  giving  camomile  instead  of 
elder  flowers,  is  sufficient  to  hurt  the  credit  of  an  establishment 
in  its  neighborhood,  for  the  public  calculates  that,  if  a  mistake 
can  be  committed  in  the  retail  article  in  a  place,  it  might  just  as 
well  occur  in  putting  up  prescriptions,  and  will  look  to  a  more 
reliable  establishment  for  its  prescriptions. 
But  in  cases  where  life  or  health  are  endangered,  the  injured 
party  may  appeal  to  the  protection  of  the  law,  which  sometimes 
is  followed  by  the  ruin  of  the  apothecary;  he  loses  the  confidence 
and  patronage  bestowed  upon  him  ;  and  I  have  had  occasion  to 
witness  that  establishments  were  sold  far  below  their  real  value 
for  a  similar  reason. 
For  the  protection  of  the  public  against  the  careless  sale  of 
poisons,  some  of  the  States  have  made  special  laws  regulating 
the  sale  of  poisons.  Poison  books,  in  which  every  sale  of  poison 
is  to  be  registered,  are  to  be  kept  in  drug  stores.  Every  sale  is 
to  be  witnessed  by  a  person  known  to  the  druggist.  The  name 
of  the  poison,  name  and  residence  of  the  buyer,  quantity  and  in- 
tended use  of  the  poison,  are  to  be  properly  specified  in  it. 
Omission  of  this  rule,  if  any  complaint  is  made,  is  subjected  to  a 
fine  of  $50  in  the  first,  and  increased  fines  in  repeated  cases. 
Nuremberg^  Bavaria^  June,  1869. 
FORMULA  FOR  NEW  PREPARATIONS. 
(Selected  from  foreign  journals.) 
Collodium  tannatum. — The  haemostatic  efiect  of  collodion  is 
increased  by  the  following  preparation :  Collodion  100,  carbolic 
acid  10,  tannin  5,  benzoic  acid  3  parts. — Sweitzer.  Wochenschr,, 
1869,  No.  1,  from  Criornale  di  farmacia. 
Indelible  Ink. — Kuhr  recommends  the  following  as  black  and 
durable :  The  mordant  is  made  of  1  hypophosphite  of  soda,  2 
gum-arabic  and  16  parts  distilled  water ;  the  ink  is  composed  of 
