EDITORIAL. 
Chlorodyne.  Davenporte  vs.  Freeman. — This  empyrical  preparation, 
•which  has  been  some  years  before  the  public,  and  a  formula  for  which 
was  copied  into  this  Journal  at  vol.  viii.  page  181,  has  recently  been  the 
subject  of  litigation  in  London,  where  two  persons  claim  the  right  of 
making  the  original  Chlorodyne.  The  case  was  tried  before  Vice-Chan- 
cellor Sir  W.  Page  Wood,  on  the  8th  of  July,  and  occupied  three  days. 
From  the  evidence  it  would  appear  that  the  recipe  originated,  so  far  as 
first  bringing  it  before  the  public  as  invented  by  Dr.  J.  Collis  Browne,  by 
the  plaintiff,  Mr.  Davenporte,  whilst  the  defendant,  Mr.  Freeman,  claims 
to  have  invented  it  before  Browne,  though  he  did  not  make  it  public,  and 
hence  felt  entitled  to  use  the  prefix  «  original"  as  a  trade  mark.  Neither 
party  claim  any  patent  right,  and  after  a  tedious  hearing  of  evidence,  the 
Chancellor  decided  to  dismiss  the  bill,  remarking  that  he  considered  the 
plaintiff  as  the  original  and  true  inventor  of  the  compound,  and  reflected 
unfavorably  on  the  unscrupulous  conduct  of  the  defendant  and  disap- 
proved of  his  course.  The  whole  affair  reminds  us  of  a  similar  case  that 
occurred  some  years  ago  in  this  country,  noted  for  its  lucrative  results  to 
the  lawyers  ;  and  when  it  is  considered  that  the  final  question  is  merely 
whether  the  public  shall  be  the  more  fleeced  by  Davenporte  or  by  Free- 
man, in  the  sale  of  a  nostrum,  which  no  one  can  make  by  the  published 
formula,  there  need  be  no  regret  at  the  result. 
Memoranda  on  Poisons,  By  Thomas  Hawkes  Tanner,  M.  D.,  F.  L.  S.,  As 
sistant  Physician  for  the  diseases  of  women  and  children  to  Kings  Col- 
lege Hospital,  etc.  From  the  last  London  Edition.  Phila.,  Lindsay  & 
Blakiston,  1864  ;  pp.  112,  24mo. 
This  little  volume,  which  may  be  carried  in  the  pocket  without  incon- 
venience, embraces  much  information  valuable  to  the  practitioner  in  emer- 
gencies, and  so  condensed,  clear,  and  well  arranged  as  to  be  capable  of 
rapid  and  easy  consultation.  About  two-thirds  of  the  book  is  devoted  to 
the  mineral  poisons  and  the  balance  to  organic  poisons.  The  latter  are 
treated  of  in  greater  variety  than  is  usual  in  so  small  a  work,  as  opium, 
prussic  acid,  chloroform,  ether,  alcohol,  hyoscyamus,  narcotic  gases,  strych- 
nia, and  strychnic  drugs,  belladonna,  aconite,  colchicum,  digitalis,  lobelia, 
ergot,  conium,  picrotoxin,  and  the  bites  of  venomous  reptiles. 
The  symptoms,  treatment  and  postmortem  appearances  are  given.  Cases 
are  occasionally  introduced  to  illustrate  the  effects  or  the  treatment.  Al- 
though intended  mainly  for  the  physician,  we  believe  this  little  book  will 
prove  useful  to  the  apothecary,  and  should  be  kept  on  his  shelf. 
First  Outlines  of  a  Dictionary  of  Solubilities  of  Chemical  Substances.  By 
Frank  II.  Storer.  Cambridge.  Lever  &  Francis.  1864.  Part  Third. 
Pp.  256.    Royal  octavo. 
It  is  with  pleasure  we  receive  the  Third  and  concluding  part  of  this 
