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We  shall  wait  with  interest  for  further  experiments  with  creasote  of  undoubted 
origin. 
In  a  communication  to  the  Pharm.  Jour,  and  Trans.,  of  June  15th,  Profes- 
sor Fluckiger  states  that  nearly  anhydrous  glycerin  dissolves  both  carbolic  acid 
and  creasote  to  a  transparent  liquid,  which,  on  the  addition  of  water,  remains 
clear  with  the  carbolic  acid,  but  becomes  turbid  if  it  contains  creasote.  Mr. 
Morson's  observation,  therefore,  probably  refers  to  a  diluted  glycerin. 
Syrup  of  Phosphates  of  Iron  Quinia  and  Strychnia. — A  correspondent, 
who  omitted  to  give  his  address,  so  that  we  could  not  communicate  with  him 
by  letter,  will  find  the  original  formula  for  this  preparation  in  the  "  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy,"  1867,  page  177,  some  remarks  thereon  on  page  386  of 
the  same  volume,  and  a  paper  containing  a  modified  formula  on  page  322  of 
the  volume  for  1868. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Constitution.  By-Laws,  Articles  of  Incorporation  and  Proceedings  of  the  Third 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  California  Pharmaceutical  Society,  held  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, October.  1876  ;  also  the  Roll  of  Members.  San  Francisco  :  printed  by 
Joseph  Winterburn  &  Co.    1872.    8vo,  36  pages. 
The  pamphlet  before  us  gives  evidence  that  the  pharmacists  residing  on  the 
coast  of  the  Pacific  Ocean  mean  to  take  part  in  developing  scientific  pharmacy 
and  to  elevate  our  profession  to  that  position  which  it  ought  to  occupy.  The 
legal  incorporation  of  the  Society ;  the  part  it  has  taken  in  order  to  secure  the 
passage  of  the  act  regulating  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  San  Francisco ;  the 
minutes  of  the  third  annual  meeting;  the  papers  then  read,  although  but  two 
in  number;  and  the  increased  number  of  names  upon  the  roll  of  members  of 
the  Society,  are  so  many  indications  of  the  energy  and  professional  spirit  dis- 
played. 
We  are  informed  that,  although  the  cod  fisheries  on  the  Pacific  coast  have 
been  in  successful  operation  for  the  past  six  or  seven  years,  no  single  attempt 
of  organized  effort  has  been  made  towards  developing  the  production  of  cod- 
liver  oil. 
Mr.  Wenzell  has  succeeded  in  obtaining  the  alkaloids  of  ergot,  discovered 
by  him,*  as  a  white  flocculent  precipitate  from  their  alcoholic  solution  by  means 
of  anhydrous  ether;  the  precipitate,  however,  is  very  deliquescent,  and  rapidly 
turns  brown  on  exposure  to  air. 
Mr.  Calvert's  paper  is  an  able  argument  in  favor  of  reducing  the  fluid  ex- 
tracts to  one-half  of  their  present  pharmacopoeia  strength,  a  movement,  how- 
ever, for  which  we  have  no  sympathy. 
The  pharmaceutical  law  appears  to  be  a  good  one,  based  upon  that  proposed 
last  winter  for  New  York  by  the  pharmacists  of  that  city.  It  is  certainly  cal- 
culated, if  properly  enforced,  to  meet  with  the  approbation  of  conscientious 
pharmacists  and  protect  the  interests  of  the  public. 
*See  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1804,  p.  193—202. 
