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the  Great  Exhibition  at  London  in  June,  1862.  We  have  recently  had  the 
pleasure  of  inspecting  the  collection,  now  nearly  ready  (Feb.  10),  and 
have  been  agreeably  surprised  at  its  extent  in  view  of  the  short  notice 
and  unfavorable  season  that  has  elapsed  since  the  appointment  of  the  com- 
mittee to  this  service.  The  appearance  of  the  collection  is  much  en- 
hanced in  beauty  and  completeness  by  the  excellent  glass-ware  in  which 
it  is  contained,  which  is  the  product  of  the  works  of  the  New  England 
Glass  Company.  Should  no  mishap  occur  to  the  collection,  it  will  cer- 
tainly be  an  acceptable  offering  to  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  de- 
partment of  the  Exhibition,  and  will  afford  a  rare  opportunity  to  study 
very  many  products  of  our  soil  that  heretofore  have  only  been  known 
there,  if  at  all,  though  the  pages  of  the  books  and  journals  of  the  United 
States.  The  recent  adverse  action  of  Congress  has  thrown  the  College  on 
its  own  resources  to  forward  the  collection  to  London. 
St.  Louis  Pharmaceutical  Association-. — A  recent  letter  from  the 
Secretary  of  this  Association  mentions  that  its  condition  at  present  is  not 
very  encouraging,  but  that  they  expect  a  revival  with  a  return  of  better 
times.  The  following  officers  have  been  elected  for  the  ensuing  year,  viz.  : 
Thomas  Scott,  President;  Joseph  McCulloch  and  James  Francis,  Vice 
Presidents  ;  James  McBride,  Recording  Secretary ;  Eugene  L.  Massot, 
Corresponding  Secretary,  and  Enno  Sander,  Treasurer.  The  committees 
continued  as  last  year.  In  view  of  the  depressed  condition  of  affairs  at 
St.  Louis,  the  members  are  willing  to  have  the  meeting  of  the  Association 
held  where  a  better  attendance  will  mark  its  occurrence. 
Tincture  of  Chloride  of  Iron. — The  following  was  received  too  late 
for  insertion  in  the  proper  place. 
Lebanon,  Pa.,  Feb.  13,  1862. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  I'harmaej-  : 
Dear  Sir, — Much  has,  in  times  past,  been  written  and  suggested  about 
the  Tincture  of  Chloride  of  Iron.  Like  many  of  my  predecessors,  I  have 
frequently  been  disappointed  in  not  obtaining  a  strictly  reliable  prepara- 
tion made  after  the  formula  in  the  Pharmacopoeia,  with  the  sub.  carb.  of 
iron,  as  furnished  by  our  manufacturing  chemists  through  the  city  whole- 
sale druggists.  I  have  tried  various  plans  as  suggested  by  writers  of 
previous  articles  appearing  in  your  Journal,  but  have  found  none  as  simple 
and  affording  so  reliable  an  article  as  that  made  strictly  in  accordance 
with  our  national  formula — using,  however,  the  precaution  to  manufacture 
my  own  subcarb.  of  iron,  the  process  of  which  is  in  itself  very  simple. 
I  have  had  no  difficulty  whatever  in  dissolving  quite  rapidly  in  chemi- 
cally pure  muriatic  acid,  without  the  aid  of  heat,  a  carefully  prepared 
subcarbonate  of  iron — after  being  properly  dried  and  powdered. 
It  is  quite  unfortunate  that  the  reputation  of  good  manufacturing 
chemists  should  be  hazarded  by  unreliable  preparations  that  are  fre- 
