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tected  from  the  action  of  the  light,  the  heat  being  the  same  as  in  the 
previous  experiments. 
This  at  the  end  of  three  months  was  found  to  have  retained  all  the 
characters  of  the  fresh  mixture,  the  deposit  being  easily  mixed  by  a 
little  shaking,  the  color  being  nearly  white  with  a  very  faint  tinge  of 
pink,  and  the  odor  of  the  volatile  oil  being  well  developed  and  natu- 
ral ;  altogether  the  general  appearances  indicating  that  the  mixture 
had  remained  unchanged. 
This  mixture,  properly  diluted,  has  been  dispensed  with  the  sanc- 
tion of  the  prescribing  physician,  and  gave  entire  satisfaction,  it  con- 
taining nothing  in  any  way  detrimental  to  its  therapeutic  value.  The 
author  believes  that  the  concentrated  mixture  as  prepared  above  may 
be  kept  from  year  to  year,  and  by  diluting  with  three  times  its  bulk 
of  water  will  readily  yield  an  assafoetida  mixture  equal  in  quality 
with  the  officinal.  The  selection  of  the  finest  assafoetida,  the  use  of 
pure  water,  thorough  trituration,  exclusion  of  light,  and  protection 
from  heat,  are  considered  requisites  for  the  successful  preparation  and 
keeping  of  the  proposed  mixture. 
For  the  cleaning  of  mortars  in  which  assafoetida  has  been  used,  the 
author  recommends  potassa  solution,  to  be  followed  by  a  paste  of  bit- 
ter almonds,  peach  kernels,  or  cherry  laurel  leaves,  and  afterwards  by 
soap  and  water. 
ON  LAWS  INTENDED  TO  REGULATE  THE  PRACTICE  OF  PHAR- 
MACY IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
By  Charles  C.  Fredigke. 
With  reference  to  the  article  on  the  same  subject  in  the  previous 
number  of  this  Journal,  and  in  order  to  explain  more  fully  our  posi- 
tion, it  is  necessary  to  enter  into  this  matter  more  minutely. 
In  the  statutes  or  codes  of  these  States  we  can  find  nothing  about 
pharmacy  ;  we  are  there  referred  to  as  "  dealers  in  drugs  or  any 
other  person."  This  is  in  perfect  accord  with  the  position  which  the 
Government  occupies  towards  the  drug  business,  and  vice  versa. 
Pharmacy,  not  being  recognized  by  the  Government  as  a  profession, 
not  existing,  as  it  were,  must  first  be  established  before  it  can  be 
regulated.  The  same  is  true  with  regard  to  medicine,  with  this  ex- 
ception, however,  that  when  the  Government  needs  a  physician  for 
its  army,  that  physician  must  prove  his  qualification,  noc  according 
to  the  standard  of  the  incorporated  college  where  he  graduated,  pro- 
