Am.  Jour.  Pharm.\ 
August,  1900.  J 
Poivder  Folders. 
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(1)  It  should  remain  firm  when  placed  on  the  counter,  and  not 
be  easily  upset  or  disarranged. 
(2)  To  be  simple  ot  construction  in  order  to  insure  cheapness, 
and  easy  of  manipulation. 
(3)  To  be  easily  changed  to  suit  the  various  sized  powder  boxes, 
and  to  remain  as  arranged  until  changed  by  operator. 
It  is  true  we  have  several  powder  folders  already  upon  the  mar- 
ket, such  as  the  expanding,  cylinder  and  saw-buck.  Besides  these, 
many  pharmacists  have  strips  of  tin  with  the  ends  bent  up  at  right 
angles.  This  requires  a  different  tin  for  each  size  of  powder  box 
used.  Other  pharmacists  use  the  part  of  the  powder  box  used  to 
hold  the  powders  after  they  have  been  folded  and  are  ready  to  be 
dispensed. 
The  saw-buck  folder  seems  to  be  the  best  of  them  all,  and  yet 
has  all  the  objections  mentioned  above,  and  to  add  to  these,  there 
A  New  Powder  Folder. 
is  no  way  to  fasten  it  to  a  given  size  so  it  cannot  slip.  We  have 
an  occurrence  in  our  mind,  which  occurred  in  one  of  the  leading 
pharmacies  of  this  State,  in  which  one  of  the  clerks  was  folding 
powders.  The  party  was  waiting  for  the  medicine.  The  pre- 
scription was  for  twenty  powders.  The  clerk  in  his  quick  move- 
ments caught  his  coat  sleeve  on  the  old  saw-buck,  and  away  it  went.  £ 
He  laid  down  his  spatula  and  powder,  reset  the  folder  in  a  few 
minutes,  and  had  all  folded  but  the  last  powder,  which  he  was  just 
placing  on  the  buck,  when  it  slipped,  and  the  powder  was  on  the 
counter.  He  muttered  something  in  a  low  tone  of  voice,  and  the 
clerk  who  was  beside  him  said,  "  Frank  !  don't  you  think  you  had 
better  see  the  priest  ?" 
After  this  experience  came  under  my  observation,  I  looked  up 
the  powder  folders  then  on  the  market.  All  had  the  same  objections 
