PHARMACEUTICAL  NOTES  OF  TRAVEL. 
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leaves  of  the  plant;  those  which  reach  the  London  market  through 
other  sources  are  variable  and  often  nearly  worthless.  At  a  manu- 
facturing laboratory  apart  from  the  dispensing  shop,  they  also  pro- 
duce a  great  variety  of  chemical  and  galenical  preparations ;  all 
of  them  that  I  examined  appeared  worthy  the  high  reputation 
of  this  house.  Although  honored  with  the  patronage  of  Her 
Majesty,  the  Queen,  the  shop  is  not  an  elegant  nor  a  very  ex- 
tensive one.  Neither  is  that  of  Jacob  Bell,  which  is  in  the  same 
neighborhood  ;  both  bear  the  marks  of  age,  and  of  having  seen 
extensive  service. 
If  the  reader  will  next  accompany  me  to  Manchester,  the 
home  of  John  Dalton,  he  will  perceive  that  the  citizens  of  this 
most  enterprising  of  English  manufacturing  towns  have  not  been 
unmindful  of  the  name  and  fame  of  the  author  of  the  Atomic 
Theory.  In  front  of  the  City  Hospital  and  Infirmary,  on  the 
principal  street,  stands  his  statue,  and  another  in  the  vestibule 
of  the  Royal  Institute,  both  of  which  are  considered  remark- 
ably faithful  representations. 
The  pharmacy  of  Manchester  seems  to  present  little  to  re- 
mark. Their  organization  is  not  well  sustained.  The  physicians 
generally  appear  to  compound  their  own  prescriptions,  and  as  a 
consequence  the  science  and  art  are  at  a  low  ebb.  I  visited  the 
store  of  Thomas  Standring,  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the  Lon- 
don Society,  and  one  of  the  most  eminent  of  our  profession. 
This  is  the  only  pharmaceutical  store  I  visited  in  England 
having  a  mineral  water  drawing  apparatus  on  the  counter ; 
it  is  little  used,  however,  and  has  no  ice-box  attached.  The 
principal  manufacture  of  soda  water  is  for  bottling  ;  this  is 
done  on  the  old  plan  of  a  force  pump,  worked  by  hand.  The 
quality  of  the  article  produced  is,  however,  represented  as  ex- 
cellent, and  a  great  deal  is  sold  by  wholesale  as  well  as  drawn 
from  bottles  at  the  counter.  Some  elegant  «  galenical"  pre- 
parations were  shown  me  at  this  establishment,  and  I  observed  that 
the  process  of  displacement  is  thoroughly  understood  and  prac- 
tised. None  of  the  remedies  put  up  for  sale  are  labelled  with 
a  description  of  the  diseases  for  which  they  are  prescribed, 
the  reason  of  which  is,  that  government  imposes  a  tax,  assessed 
in  the  shape  of  a  stamp,  on  all  medicines  so  recommended. 
Among  the  numerous  manufactories  visited  at  Manchester, 
