514  Experiences  with  Salol- coating  of  Pills.  {^vlmbe^iSw1' 
that  being  well  versed  in  languages  is  essential  for  a  first-class 
pharmacist. 
There  is  splendid  opportunity  for  American  pharmacists  to  intro- 
duce their  wonderful  system  and  preparations,  not  only  in  Cairo, 
Alexandria,  and  other  Egyptian  cities  which  are  considered  the 
largest  winter  resorts  for  tourists,  but  all  over  the  Oriental  countries. 
The  City  of  Cairo. — Cairo  is  one  of  the  most  fascinating  cities 
in  the  world.  With  its  Byzantian  and  European  architecture  it  is  a 
most  wonderful  place,  and  this  is  credited  to  the  Caliphs,  Mamelukes, 
and  other  rulers.  It  is  largely  due  to  the  Khedive,  Ismail  Pasha, 
that  the  city  of  Cairo  has  been  developed  to  such  an  extent  that  the 
Egyptian  capital  is  a  second  Paris.  He  built  the  magnificent  opera 
house  of  Cairo,  and  palaces  for  entertaining  his  guests,  the  European 
royalties  invited  for  the  opening  of  the  Suez  Canal.  Cairo  is  really 
a  beautiful  city,  and  we  Egyptians  are  very  proud  of  our  capital, 
not  only  for  its  mild  winter  climate  and  for  its  antiquity  and  ruins, 
but  because  of  its  beautiful  Nile  and  evergreen  fields  surrounding  it, 
which  are  an  incomparable  attraction  to  the  tourists.  Omar  said  in 
one  of  his  poems  :  "  Who  hath  not  seen  Cairo  hath  not  seen  the  world ; 
its  houses  are  palaces,  its  air  is  soft,  its  odor  surpassing  that  of  sandal- 
wood, cheering  the  heart." 
SOME  EXPERIENCES  WITH  SALOL-COATING  OF  PILLS 
By  J.  C.  and  B.  L.  DeG.  Peacock. 
The  coating  of  pills  with  salol  in  order  to  render  them  insoluble 
in  the  stomach  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  the  medicine  into  the  in- 
testines has  been  practised  for  years  past.  Methods  have  been  fre- 
quently described  and  one  is  set  forth  in  the  current  edition  of  the 
National  Formulary. 
During  the  past  two  years,  salol-coated  pills  have  been  frequently 
called  for,  and  the  knack  of  doing  it  had  to  be  developed  by  our 
prescription  department. 
What  is  about  to  be  said  is  by  no  means  a  discovery,  but  merely 
a  recitation  of  experiences  in  the  actual  practice  of  the  process; 
a  few  simple  facts  which  may  help  those  who  are  called  upon  to  do 
this  work  for  the  first  time. 
Two  methods  of  salol-coating  have  been  suggested,  first,  that 
of  dipping  the  pills  into  the  melted  salol  by  means  of  pins  and  ro- 
