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ing,  ail  of  which  work  has  to  be  repeated  at  no  distant  time  again. 
Now  ail  this  is  irksome,  and  for  those  who  read  (and  note  down)  I 
offer  the  following  suggestion  : 
This  is  nothing  else  than  the  u  card  "  system  of  the  large  libraries. 
Cut  somewhat  stiffish  paper  (which  can  bear  a  good  deal  of  handling 
without  getting  creases)  into  convenient  size  (say  3  inches  by  5).  Now 
write  each  statement  or  fact  you  wish  to  recollect  on  a  separate  "card," 
'heading  it  with  a  catch-word  in  larger,  heavier  letters.  Note  down 
only  the  indispensable  points,  figures  and  absolutely  necessary  details, 
trusting  your  memory  with  the  rest;  do  not  forget  to  add  due  reference; 
you  might,  perhaps,  wish  at  some  future  time  to  consult  the  printed 
article.  Arrange  ali  your  cards  in  strictly  alphabetical  order,  and  add 
any  additional  card  at  once  in  its  place.  You  have  now  an  always 
indexed  suit  of  memoranda  which  can  be  consulted  in  a  moment. 
Keep  the  cards  in  a  card  press  ;  by  screwing  tight  down  no  card  will 
get  lost. 
This  arrangement  is  also  the  preliminary  step  to  making  an  index  to 
books  and  periodicals,  and  also  for  cataloguing  a  library,  the  amount 
of  "noting"  necessary  varying,  of  course,  with  the  object  in  view. 
Speaking  of  periodicals  :  The  "American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  " 
can  boast  of  having  the  most  complete  and  best-arranged  general  index 
of  any  periodical  (whether  scientific  or  semi-scientific)  in  the  world  ; 
the  one  that  comes  nearest  to  it  in  completeness,  but  ill-arranged,  is 
the  one  to  the  "  Journal  de  Chimie  et  de  Pharmacie." 
Those  desirous  of  knowing  what  a  card  catalogue  looks  like,  may 
see  one  at  the  old  Philadelphia  Library  (South  Fifth),  which  is  for  the 
use  of  any  visitor  ;  all  larger  libraries  have  one,  of  course. 
ELIXIR  GLYCYRRHIZ^. 
By  Geo.  W.  Kennedy,  Ph.G. 
An  elixir  by  the  above  name  has  been  introduced  in  our  section  with- 
in the  last  few  weeks,  intended  as  an  adjuvant  to  disguise  and  cover 
the  extremely  bitter  taste  of  the  cinchona  alkaloids,  epsom  salt  and 
other  nauseating  and  bitter  medicines.  I  can  say,  after  a  large  num- 
ber of  experiments,  that  this  elixir  will  admirably  answer  the  purpose 
for  which  it  is  recommended  and  intended.  Experiments  made  with 
the  view  to  ascertain  and  determine  the  quantity  of  quinia  an  ounce  of 
