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GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  FRENCH  JOURNALS. 
1st,  a  copy  of  the  official  Pharmacopoeia. 
2d,  hydrometers  for  measuring  the  density  of  liquids. 
3d,  a  centesimal  alcoholmetre. 
4th,  good  balances  and  exact  decimal  weights  which  comprise 
the  subdivisions  of  the  gramme  to  the  centigramme  inclusive. 
Art.  4.  Physicians  are  required  to  use  the  decimal  weights 
in  their  prescriptions,  and  to  employ  the  names  of  the  official 
Pharmacopoeia  to  designate  medicinal  substances.  If  they  de- 
sire that  the  remedy  be  otherwise  prepared,  they  must  give  the 
formula  in  the  prescription,  or  indicate  the  Pharmacopoeia  where- 
in it  may  be  found. 
Art.  5.  The  doses  of  medicines  will  be  indicated  exclusively 
in  grammes  and  centigrammes. 
Art.  6.  Pharmaceutists  in  the  execution  of  prescriptions, 
and  in  general  for  the  sale  and  delivery  of  medicines,  will  use 
the  decimal  weights.  If  they  receive  prescriptions  in  which  the 
old  medicinal  pound  weight  is  used  they  are  to  consider  the 
pound  to  be  360  grammes,  the  ounce  30  grammes,  the  drachm 
375  grammes,  the  scruple  1-25  grammes,  and  the  grain  5  centi- 
grammes. 
Art.  7.  The  vessels,  boxes,  etc.,  used  to  contain  medicines, 
shall  be  inscribed  with  the  official  names  of  the  substances  they 
contain. 
Art.  8.  The  shops,  stores,  depots  or  laboratories  of  pharma- 
ceutists, and  in  general  all  those  who  sell  and  dispense  medicines, 
will  be  visited  by  delegates  from  the  Provincial  Medical  Com- 
mission at  least  once  a  year,  and  at  undetermined  periods,  with- 
out previous  notice.  The  delegates  will  examine  all  the  stock 
which  they  find  in  the  shops,  storehouses,  &c,  and  especially 
those  medicines  of  which  the  inspection  is  most  important. 
They  will  remove  medicines  which  may  be  found  bad  or  falsified 
or  which  have  not  been  prepared  in  the  right  manner.  If  the 
proprietor  desires,  he  can  enter  his  protest. 
Art.  9.  The  medical  commissioners  will  report  their  min- 
utes and  other  records  in  reference  to  the  deficiencies,  to  the 
the  public  minister  charged  with  conducting  suits  before  the 
courts. 
Decoloration  of  Syrup  of  Sesquichloride  of  iron. — M.  Duroy, 
in  the  Journal  de  1* liar  made  for  May,  1860,  states  that  a  syrup 
