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ON  THE  MOST  DESIRABLE  FORM  FOR  A  STILL. 
ON  THE  MOST  DESIRABLE  FORM   FOR   A  STILL  FOR 
PHARMACEUTICAL  PURPOSES. 
By  Thomas  S.  Wiegand. 
Among  the  subjects  to  be  reported  upon  at  the  meeting  of  our 
Association  in  1862,  was  the  most  desirable  form  for  a  pharma- 
ceutic still. 
As  the  engagements  of  the  member  to  whom  it  was  referred 
prevented  his  reporting  upon  it,  the  subject  was  dropped  at  his 
request ;  this  is  especially  to  be  regretted  at  the  present  time, 
as  the  high  price  of  alcohol,  and  the  introduction  of  so  many 
fluid  extracts  into  the  Pharmacopoeia,  renders  it  more  import- 
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ant  than  ever  for  the  trade  to  recover  it  wherever  practicable 
to  do  so.  It  was  hoped  by  those  of  us  who  are  familiar  with 
the  thorough  manner  in  which  Dr.  Squibb  does  whatever  he 
undertakes,  that  we  should  have  a  plan  from  him  for  a  still  that 
would  combine  the  various  requirements  of  our  trade  in  an 
eminent  degree.  Without  claiming  to  have  succeeded  in  pro- 
ducing the  most  desirable  apparatus,  I  think  the  experience  of 
