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troduced  into  the  water-bath  C,  this  was  then  placed  in  A,  which 
was  half  filled  with  water,  and  surmounted  by  B.  Being  at  the  oppo- 
site end  of  the  counter  from  the  hydrant  and  sink,  water  was  supplied 
to  the  refrigerating  surface  from  a  vessel  of  tinned  iron  with  a  small 
tubule  near  the  bottom,  so  elevated  as  to  discharge  onto  the  top  of 
the  still,  and  a  larger  one  was  placed  on  the  counter  to  receive  the 
warmed  water  flowing  from  it.  A  gas  stove  supplied  the  heat  to  the 
water-bath,  and  before  the  expiration  of  the  hour  all  but  about  three 
ounces  of  the  alcohol  had  been  recovered.  The  semifluid  extract  was 
poured  into  a  tared  capsule  and  further  evaporated  over  a  draft  of 
warm  air  to  a  solid  consistence.  The  yield  was  10  drachms  = 
10-4  per  ct.  The  cost,  deducting  the  cost  of  alcohol  recovered,  was 
about  28  cents  per  ounce. 
ON  A  SIMPLE  REMEDY  FOR  DANDRUFF. 
By  John  L.  Davis. 
There  are  doubtless  few  persons,  especially  among  gentlemen,  who 
do  not  suffer  from  the  inconvenience  of  dandruff.  Physicians  seem 
to  consider  it  not  of  sufficient  importance  to  engage  their  attention, 
and  the  poor  victims  are  left  either  to  practice  their  virtue  of  en- 
durance, or,  for  a  cure,  to  try  some  of  the  many  nostrums  advertised 
in  the  public  prints. 
The  intolerable  itching  which  frequently  accompanies  the  trouble- 
some complaint,  is  not  the  only  unpleasant  feature,  as,  to  persons  of 
any  pretension's  to  neatness,  the  appearance  of  the  white  scales  on 
the  coat  collar  and  shoulders  is  very  objectionable. 
The  writer,  during  a  number  of  years,  tried  the  different  alcoholic 
solutions  of  castor  oil,  and  many  other  preparations  without  perma- 
nent benefit,  and  as  a  last  resort,  was  led  to  adopt  the  plan  of  cleans- 
ing the  scalp  with  borax  and  carb.  potassa.  This  proved  effectual, 
but  after  a  persistent  treatment  of  some  months  the  hair  became  sen- 
sibly thinner,  and  perhaps  would  have  soon  disappeared  all  together. 
The  belief  that  dandruff  arises  from  a  disease  of  the  skin,  although 
physicians  do  not  seem  to  agree  on  this  point,  and  the  knowledge 
that  the  use  of  sulphur  is  frequently  attended  with  very  happy  re- 
sults in  such  diseases,  induced  me  to  try  it  in  my  own  case.  A  prep- 
aration of  one  ounce  flowers  of  sulphur  and  one  quart  of  water  was 
made.    The  clear  liqufd  was  poured  off,  after  the  mixture  had  been 
