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mouth-wash  when  dikited  with  decoction  of  quillaia  bark  and  flavored 
with  oil  of  rose  or  other  essential  oil. 
The  following  is  a  very  satisfactory  formula : 
Take  of  Glycerol  of  myrrh  and  borax,  .  .  f^^ii 
Decoction  of  quillaia  (2  ozs.  to  Oi),  .  fpv 
Oil  of  rose,  .  .  .  .4  drops 
Oil  of  cloves,    .  .  .  .         6  drops 
Oil  of  orange  peel,  .  .  .  .6  drops 
Mix  and  filter. 
A  Good  Black  Ink  can  be  made  with  the  following  ingredients : 
R    Galls  (in  moderately  fine  powder,  .     2  pounds  avd. 
Copperas,    ....         10^  ounces 
Gum  arable,      .  .  .  .10  ounces 
Sugar,  ounce 
Water  sufficient  to  make  18  pints. 
Place  the  galls  in  an  enameled  vessel,  pour  on  it  6  pints  boiling 
water,  and  allow  it  to  macerate  two  days ;  transfer  to  a  glass  perco- 
lator, in  the  neck  of  which  is  a  piece  of  absorbent  cotton,  through 
which  allow  tlie  liquid  portion  to  drain.  When  this  is  accomplished, 
pack  the  galls  firmly  and  displace  with  sufficient  water  to  produce  two 
gallons  with  that  portion  of  the  infusion  which  first  passed.  Then 
dissolve  the  gum  and  sugar  in  2  pints  of  water  ;  add  this  and  the  cop- 
peras to  the  infusion  of  galls.  This,  after  standing  about  twelve  days, 
will  produce  a  very  superior  ink.  About  8  drops  of  wood  creasote 
should  be  added  to  prevent  moulding. 
SOME  REMARKS  UPON  MODERN  PHARMACEUTICAL 
STUDY. 
By  H.  J.  M01.LER. 
If  one,  after  having  passed  the  famous  old  Quartier  Latin,  on  the  left 
bank  of  the  Seine,  stands  before  the  northwestern  entrance  of  the  Jardin 
des  Plantes,  he  may  see  on  the  left  hand,  on  the  corner  of  the  Rue  Lirin<5 
and  the  Kue  Cuvier,  a  monumental  fountain,  erected  to  the  memory  of  the 
great  zoologist,  Georges  Cuvier.  The  female  figure  which  forms  the  centre 
of  the  monument  holds  in  her  left  hand  a  tablet  bearing  the  inscription, 
"  Rerum  cognoscere  causas."  A  more  suitable  inscription  could  hardly 
have  been  found  for  a  monument  to  the  great  savant,  who  in  such  a  bril- 
liant way  showed  us  the  importance  of  the  comparative  studies. 
If  one  wishes  to  have  a  clear  view  of  the  present  state  of  pharmaceutical 
study,  and  so  to  be  able  to  choose  that  edu(;ation  which  is  tho  most  suitable 
for  his  own  country,  it  is  necessary  to  make  a  comparison  of  the  various 
