GLYCERIN. 
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the  use  of  a  discovery  which  he  had  long  ago  given  to  the  public, 
appears  to  be  exactly  parallel  to  a  certain  transaction  twenty 
years  ago,  which  called  forth  from  the  Editor  of  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Journal  the  following  remark  : 
"  Baron  Liebig  had  an  undoubted  right  to  give  the  benefit  of 
his  discovery  to  whom  he  pleased ;  but  having  given  it  to  the 
public,  he  could  not  make  it  private  property  afterwards." — 
Pharm%  Jour.  Oct.  1846,  page  163. 
We  are,  Sir, 
Your  obedient  servants, 
Allen  and  Hanburys. 
Plough  Court,  Lombard  St.,  9  Nov.,  1866. 
— London.  Pharm.  Jour.  Nov.  1866. 
GLYCERIN". 
By  Joseph  Adolpiius,  M.  D.,  of  Hastings,  Michigan. 
In  writing  this  article,  I  am  aware  that  but  few  are  ready  to 
receive  the  facts  herein  stated,  inasmuch  as  glycerine  has  merely 
been  regarded  as  amatter  of  but  secondary  import.  It  must  not  be 
considered  out  of  place  when  I  observe  that  glycerine  stands  next 
to  cod  oil  as  a  restorative  agent,  especially  in  the  cases  of  child- 
ren s  complaints.  What  cod  oil  is  to  the  adult,  glycerine  is  to 
children  ;  at  least,  in  a  great  measure.  The  clinical  facts  below 
recorded  are  from  my  own  practice.  I  am  altogether  strongly 
inclined  to  the  restorative  doctrine,  because  I  have  reaped  the 
richest  harvest  of  curative  success  for  practising  it.  Further- 
more, I  am  not  a  firm  believer  in  the  doctrine,  that  the 
blood  is  the  chief  and  only  source  of  nutrition,  repair,  and  re- 
construction. However,  I  shall  not  digress  further  from  my 
subject,  but  shall  at  some  future  period  disclose  my  views  on  the 
latter  subject. 
Though  glycerine  has  been  before  the  profession  for  many 
years,  I  am  not  aware  that  that  attention  has  been  paid  to  this 
important  remedial  agent  that  its  merits  deserve. 
Its  excipient  properties  excel  all  other  known  solvents,  because 
of  its  universality.    Thus  100  parts  of  glycerine  will  dissolve 
