Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
Dec.  1, 1874.  J 
Hydrate  of  Chloral, 
549 
graduated  1831 ;  Baruch  S.  Levy  or  Lewy  (from  1835)  became  known 
through  his  investigations  of  the  atmosphere,  wax,  etc.,  and  his  con- 
nection with  the  mint  in  Paris,  France. 
There  exists  two  pharmaceutical  journals :  one,  started  in  1844 
(Archiv  for  Pharmaei  og  technisk  chemi),  appears  quarterly,  and  cor- 
responds to  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy ;  the  other  one  is, 
properly  speaking,  a  weekly  sheet  (PharmaceutisJc  Tidende),  Of 
associations  there  are  two,  viz.,  "  The  Apothecaries'  Association," 
whose  aims  and  purpose  correspond  to  those  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  and  the  "  Pharmaceutical  Association,"  which 
is  more  like  our  local  pharmaceutical  societies,  besides  a  Pharmaceu- 
tical Relief  Association. 
The  Royal  Board  of  Health  (Sundheds  Collegium)  consists  of  two 
physicians  and  two  apothecaries. 
In  speaking  of  Danish  Pharmacy,  I  must  not  forget  to  mention 
S.  M.  Trier,  who  in  many  respects  stands  in  the  same  relation  to 
Danish  pharmacy  as  the  late  Prof.  Procter  stood  to  American  Phar- 
macy. Mr.  Trier  started,  and  is  still  the  sole  editor  of  the  above- 
named  Archiv.  He  likewise  set  the  different  associations  on  foot, 
and  it  is  no  fault  of  his  if  pharmacy  in  Denmark  is  not  officially  recog- 
nized as  equal  with  medicine. 
HYDRATE  OP  CHLORAL  AS  A  SOLVENT,  AND  SUGGESTIONS 
CONCERNING  ITS  EMPLOYMENT. 
By  Robert  F.  Fairthorne. 
In  an  article  published  in  October,  1871,  on  page  446  of  this  Jour- 
nal, I  suggested  the  use  of  chloral,  when  dissolved  in  oil,  as  a  topical 
application,  and  thinking  that  its  power  as  a  solvent  might  open  the 
way  to  a  greater  extent  of  usefulness,  I  would  draw  attention  to  its 
value  when  thus  employed  in  connection  with  the  alkaloids  and  a  few 
other  substances. 
A  solution  consisting  of  nine  parts  of  hydrate  of  chloral  and  three 
of  water  I  find  capable  of  dissolving  the  following  substances  to  the 
extent  named  : 
One  grain  of  morphia  is  dissolved  by  a  portion  of  the  liquid  con- 
taining twelve  grains  of  the  hydrate,  one  grain  of  veratria  by  a  por- 
tion containing  five  grains,  and  one  grain  of  atropia  by  a  portion 
containing  twenty  grains. 
