6 
ON MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS. 
Table No. II. 
Results of examinations of three different specimens of 
Ointment, at different depths of the same jars, to ascer- 
tain the settling of the mercury therein. 
CLi 
Average per 
ceutage. 
No. 
PROCURED FROM 
MADE BY 
Pei- cent, o 
mercury. 
1 
Lawrence & Keese. 
Southwick & Prior. 
Upper stratum. 
19.32 
2 
Middle do. 
20.77 
Bottom do. 
20.78 
20.29 
Hull & Bowije. 
George C. Close. 
Upper stratum. 
31.40 
Middle do. 
35. 
Bottom do. 
35.58 
33.99 
3 
Olcott, McKesson & Co. 
Southwick & Prior. 
Upper stratum. 
21.05 
Middle do. 
21.11 
Bottom do. 
21.62 
21.26 
Table No. III. 
Results of analysis of Blue Pill mass. 
PER CENT- 
No. 
PROCURED FROM 
MANUFACTURED BY 
AGE OF 
MERCURY. 
1 
Rushton & Co, 
Mander, Weaver & Mander. 
32 
2 
James S. Aspinwall. 
Farr, Powers & Wrightman. 
28 
3 
(« ii 
Davy, Macmurdo & Co. 
34 
4 
(t ii 
Mander, Weaver & Mander. 
In Edinburg. 
33 
5 
Adamson & Olliff. 
28 
6 
ii »< 
Herrings, of London. 
32 
7 
Olcott, McKesson & Co. 
Southwick & Prior. 
20 
8 
Adamson & Olliff. 
Imported by J. A. Rea. 
26 
9 
George D. Coggeshall. 
George C. Close. 
26 
10 
Adamson & Olliff. 
Southwick & Prior. 
20 
11 
»t (i 
George C. Close. 
31$ 
All which is respectfully submitted. 
Const antine Adamson, Chairman. 
John H. Currie, 
Wm. L. Rushton, 
Lawrence Reid, 
Oliver Hull, 
Aug. Wiseman, 
Horace Everett. 
New York, February 6, 1844. 
