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Sodium  glycerophosphate  15  grammes. 
1  Iron  glycerophosphate  10  " 
Elixir  calcii  et  sodii  glycerophosphatum,  elixir  of  calcium  and 
sodium  glycerophosphates,  1,000  c.c,  to  represent: 
Calcium  glycerophosphate  35  grammes. 
Sodium  glycerophosphate  •  -35  " 
Elixir  glycerophosphatum  compositum,  compound  elixir  of  glycer- 
ophosphates, 1. 000  c.c,  to  represent  : 
Calcium  glycerophosphate  35  grammes. 
Potassium  glycerophosphate  17 '5  " 
Sodium  glycerophosphate  17 '5  " 
Iron  glycerophosphate  2*25  " 
2  Quinine  glycerophosphate  1*125  " 
3  Strychnine  glycerophosphate   '33  " 
THE  NESTOR  OF  CHICAGO  PHARMACY. 
By  Albert  E.  Ebkrt. 
Ezekiel  Herbert  Sargent;  born  at  Dover,  N.  H., November  13, 
1830;  died  at  Chicago,  April  24,  1904. 
Mr.  Sargent  lived  with  his  parents  until  six  years  of  age,  when  he 
went  to  live  with  his  half-brother  at  Lowell,  Mass.  After  eight 
years  of  schooling,  he  was,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  apprenticed 
to  the  drug  business  with  the  firm  of  Carleton  &  Hovey,  Lowell, 
Mass.,  with  whom  he  remained  for  seven  years.  Among  his  clerk 
associates  at  this  store  were  Chas.  T.  Carney,  of  Boston,  Mass.; 
Henry  M.  Whitney,  of  Andover  Depot,  Mass.;  Fred  W.  Willis  and 
James  W.  Mill,  later  of  Chicago. 
Dr.  F.  Scammon,  one  of  the  pioneer  druggists  of  Chicago,  seek- 
ing a  competent  associate  in  his  established  drug  business,  was 
recommended  by  Messrs.  Cutler  Brothers,  wholesale  druggists,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  to  secure  Mr.  Sargent  for  such  position.  Dr.  Scam- 
mon invited  Mr.  Sargent  to  come  to  Chicago,  which  he  did,  arriv- 
ing in  the  early  part  of  1852.  A  partnership  was  formed  under 
the  firm  name  of  F.  Scammon  &  Co.,  consisting  of  Dr.  Franklin 
Scammon,  Myrick  L.  Scammon  and  E.  H.  Sargent,  to  succeed  to 
the  business  of  F.  Scammon,  119  Lake  Street,  and  which  had  just 
been  removed  to  its  new  quarters  at  140  Lake  Street.    Mr.  Sargent 
1  This  is  ferrous  lactate  in  the  hypophosphite  preparation. 
2  This  is  quinine  hydrochlorate  in  the  hypophosphite  preparation. 
3  This  is  an  equivalent  quantity  of  tincture  of  nux  vomica  in  the  hypophos- 
phite preparation. 
