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as  soon  as  they  can.  The  tradesmen  and  hotel-keepers  of  Paris  are  promising 
themselves  a  golden  harvest,  and  there  is  little  chance  of  any  arrangement  be- 
ing made  with  them,  unless  combined  action  be  at  once  set  on  foot.  For 
workmen  we  are  afraid  the  visit  will  be  impossible,  so  high  will  be  the  prices 
for  accommodation.  From  inquiries  that  we"  have  made,  the  following  seems 
most  feasible,  and  may  be  carried  into  effect  if  time  be  not  lost.  Mr.  Thomas 
Cook,  the  well-known  excursion  manager,  has  obtained  reliable  assurance  for 
the  accommodation  of  1,000  or  more  visitors  at  a  time  from  April  to  the  end  of 
October,  at  the  nearly  uniform  rate  of  10s.  a  day,  for  bed,  meat  breakfast,  din- 
ner at  table  d'hote,  and  lights,  a  small  charge  being  added  in  some  cases  for 
service.  By  a  regular  succession  of  visitors  in  the  full  numbers,  this  reason- 
able scheme  may  be  carried  out.  We  recommend  this  plan  to  those  who  pro- 
pose a  visit  to  Paris,  since  we  do  not  think  they  will  obtain  such  good  terms 
by  private  contract — either  singly  or  in  parties. 
Laritz  Fir  Wool  Manufactures  and  Preparations  are  among  the 
novelties  of  medicine.  They  consist  of,  first,  the  essential  oils  of  the 
leaves  of  fir  and  pine  trees,  common  in  Germany,  called  fir  wool  oil ;  sec- 
ond, fir  wool  extract ;  and,  third,  fir  wool  clothing  and  wadding.  The  oil 
is  made  by  distilling  the  fir  leaves  with  water,  in  the  ordinary  way.  It  is 
a  terebinthinate  oil,  with  a  pungent,  rather  agreeable  odor,  resinifies  on 
exposure,  like  oil  of  turpentine,  and  varies  in  specific  gravity  from  876  to 
912,  according  as  it  is  made  from  pine  or  fir  leaves.  It  is  used  generally 
as  an  external  application,  either  as  embrocation,  or  applied  by  wadding, 
about  3  teaspoonfuls  at  a  time.  Internally,  the  dose  is  15  to  20  drops.  It 
is  used  in  gout  and  rheumatism,  dropsy,  paralysis,  and  chronic  skin  dis- 
eases. 
The  extract  is  the  result  of  evaporating  the  watery  decoction  of  the 
leaves,  and  is  used  as  an  addition  to  the  warm  bath. 
The  clothing  and  wadding  are  probably  made  from  the  fibrous  material 
of  the  leaves,  spun  and  woven,  and  from  possessing  a  certain  mechani- 
cally irritating  quality  of  a  gentle  flannel-like  character.  We  know 
nothing  of  the  merits  of  these  articles  as  therapeutic  agents. 
F.  W.  Clemenz,  M.  D.,  of  Rodolstadt,  Germany,  is  the  introducer  of 
these  articles;  Aschenbach  &  Miller,  of  Philadelphia,  the  agents. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  Fourteenth 
Annual  Meeting,  held  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  August,  1866.    Also  'the  Consti- 
tution and  roll  of  Members.    Philad.,  1866,  pp.  316. 
The  volume  of  Proceedings  of  the  Association  was  received  too  late  for 
notice  in  our  last  number,  although  the  Editor,  Prof.  Maisch,  in  granting 
us  the  courtesy  of  extracting  some  of  the  papers  for  publication  from 
advanced  sheets,  fully  expected  to  have  received  it  from  the  printer  in 
time  for  notice.    The  portions  of  the  papers  not  heretofore  noticed  are, — the 
report  on  the  Internal  Revenue  Law,  by  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of  about  50 
pages ;  the  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  by  Mr.  Enno  Sander,  of 
about  60  pages  ;  and  the  contribution  to  a  report  from  the  Pharmacopoeia 
CDmmittee,  also  by  Dr.  Squibb,  which  we  print  in  the  present  number, 
