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passes  through  the  middle  of  them,  are  fastened  the  arms  which  hold 
the  funnels. 
The  arms  are  the  same  length  as  the  base  and  in  the  case  of  the 
two  upper  ones  are  43/2  in.  wide.  The  space  between  the  supports 
is  arranged  so  that  the  stem  of  one  separator  extends  about  one  inch 
into  the  other.  The  openings  to  contain  the  separatory  funnels  are 
'  2y2  in.  in  diameter,  and  are  wide  enough  to  permit  the  bowl  of  the 
separator  to  extend  about  i~y2  in.  below  the  base  of  the  support: 
A  piece,  V2  in.  wide,  is  cut  out  in  front  of  the  support  to  enable  the 
separator  to  be  more  readily  replaced.  The  lowest  support  is  the 
same  length  as  the  upper  ones  but  is  only  3  in.  wide.  It  contains 
holes  1%  in.  in  diameter  for  small  funnels,  in  which  the  last  shake- 
out  is  filtered  into  beakers  or  dishes. 
By  means  of  this  apparatus  it  is  possible  to  start  an  alkaloidal 
assay  in  the  upper  separator,  continue  through  the  various  shake- 
outs,  and  finally  filter  it  directly  into  the  beakers  or  dishes.  Where 
a  drug  is  to  be  extracted,  Gordin  percolators  can  be  supported  above 
the  separator  and  the  drug  percolated  directly  into  it. 
Analytical  Department,  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co. 
PHARMACY  AND  THE  U.  S.  PUBLIC  HEALTH  AND 
MARINE-HOSPITAL  SERVICE.* 
Despite  the  fact  that  for  upwards  of  a  decade  representatives!  of 
the  Public  Health  and  Marine-Hospital  Service  have  regularly  at- 
tended the  meetings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association- 
there  appears  to  exist,  even  among  pharmacists,  a  lack  of  apprecia- 
tion of  the  varied  and  far-reaching  efforts  to  protect  the  health  of  the 
American  people  that  are  now  being  made  by  the  several  divisions 
of  this  service. 
The  Public  Health  and  Marine-Hospital  Service,  as  now  organ- 
*  The  U.  S.  Public  Health  and  Marine-Hospital  Service.  At  the 
recent  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  Richmond, 
M.  I.  Wilbert  one  of  the  representatives  of  the  Public  Health  and  Marine- 
Hospital  Service,  .in  presenting  the  felicitations  of  the  Surgeon  General  of 
that  Service,  offered  for  publication  the  appended  description  of  the  several 
activities  of  the  present  public  health  service,  and  called  attention  to  the 
desirability  of  having  pharmacists  better  informed  regarding  the  work  now 
being  done,  under  the  auspices  of  the  service,  for  the  protection  of  the  public 
health. 
