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The  author  takes  occasion  to  repeat  a  suggestion  which  has  been  repeatedly 
made,  that  the  stable  sulphate  containing  2H20  =  4.6  per  cent,  be  made 
officinal  in  the  future. 
Mr.  Henry  Biroth  exhibited  a  neiv  poison  case,  constructed  by  him,  and 
read  a  description  of  it.  The  case  is  divided  into  10  compartments,  two  of 
which  are  labeled  morphine  and  five  others  respectively  opium,  cyanides, 
corrosive  sublimate,  arsenic  and  strychnine.  These  compartments  contain 
the  various  preparations  designated,  bottles  of  different  size,  shape  or  color 
being  used.  The  three  remaining  compartments  are  intended  to  contain 
the  strongest  acids  and  poisonous  tinctures,  alkaloids  and  glucosides. 
Considerable  discussion  was  had  on  this  paper,  nearly  all  of  the  speakers 
agreeing  that  peisonous  articles  should  be  isolated,  but  as  to  their  proper 
arrangement  much  diversity  of  opinion  was  presented,  some  preferring  a 
systematic  arrangement,  while  others  favor  the  opposite  course,  as  re- 
quiring additional  care  and  inducing  the  habit  of  consulting  the  label. 
The  enclosing  of  tincture  bottles  in  tin  cans  was  also  recommended,  as  an 
additional  safeguard,  and  on  the  other  hand  it  was  contended  that  an  addi- 
tional source  of  danger  was  thereby  created,  arising  from  the  misplacing 
of  the  outside  boxes  or  cans.  The  possibility  of  mistakes  occurring,  not 
through  ignorance  but  from  overwork,  was  likewise  illustrated. 
Mr.  Biroth  exhibited  a  specimen  of  an  article  which  thirty  years  ago  was 
sold  under  the  name  of  Pepsau,  and  was  prepared  near  Jamestown,  Cha- 
tauqua  county,  N.  Y.,  by  a  man  known  as  "  Crazy  Owen."  The  circular 
accompanying  the  bottle  reads  as  follows  : 
"  Pepsau.— For  the  cure  of  Dyspepsau,  Jaundice,  Liver  Complaint, 
together  with  all  diseases  arising  from  a  disorganization  of  the  Stomach. 
This,  I  believe,  is  the  Gastric  Juices  of  the  Stomach  of  the  Ox,  producing 
the  Gastric  Juice  required  by  man  to  digest  his  food.  Prepared  by  Eben 
Owen  ;  by  no  other,  I  believe,  in  this  world. 
" Directions  for  Using. — Take  a  small  half  teaspoonful,  fifteen  minutes 
before  eating,  in  a  half  gill  of  cold  water.  My  advice  is,  to  eat  light 
suppers. 
"  Prices  for  Pepsau,  by  the  gross  or  more,  eighty  cents  per  bottle;  retail, 
one  dollar  a  bottle.  This  is  got  up  under  prayer,  and    ill  do  good,  I  believe. 
"  April  16,  1853.  Eben  Owen." 
A  paper  by  Mr.  Edward  Goebel,  on  Cinchona  Assay  was  read,  in  which 
slight  modifications  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  process  were  suggested. 
Using  15  Gm.  of  the  powdered  bark,  it  is  treated  with  lime  as  directed  in 
the  officinal  process,  and,  after  digesting  with  150  Ccm.  of  alcohol,  100  Ccm. 
of  the  tincture,  representing  10  Gm.  of  the  bark,  are  filtered  off.  Instead 
of  finally  drying  the  precipitated  alkaloid  in  a  capsule,  it  may  be  dried 
with  care  and  weighed  in  a  tared  filter. 
Prof.  Lloyd  read  a  paper  entitled  Precipitates  in  Fluid  Extracts,  which  is 
printed  in  full  on  p.  449  of  our  last  number.  In  the  present  number,  on 
page  508,  we  publish,  in  a  very  condensed  form,  the  results  of  some  older 
investigations  on  the  subject  of  capillarity.  Mr.  Vogeler  stated  that  the 
separation  of  water  from  saline  solutions  by  means  of  absorbent  material 
had  been  known  for  a  long  time. 
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