1\m.  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
Sept.  1,  1873.  \ 
Editorial. 
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you  of  this,  I  here  append  formulas  for  several  of  these  pills.  [Follow  formulas 
for  Plummer's,  Cook's,  emmenagogue  and  compound  calomel  pills].  Such 
pills  are  prepared  by  most  of  the  larger  laboratories,  and  are  here  exhibited  in 
two  forms  by  two  firms. 
It  is  desirable  to  see  in  wliat  light  we  are  seen  by  others ;  but  when  a  delib- 
erate opinion  is  expressed  upon  such  crude  and  vague  notions  as  shown  by  Mr. 
R.  Hildwein,  the  author  of  the  above  article,  such  opinions  are  deprived  of 
nearly  ail  the  value  they  may  otherwise  possess,  and  cause  merely  a  smile  of 
-compassion  for  the  fertile  imagination  of  their  holder,  and  for  the  unreliable 
sources  of  such  information,  which  we  are  sure  will  not  be  owned  in  the  man- 
ner expressed  here  by  the  representatives  of  the  two  firms  mentioned  (W.  R. 
Warner  &  Co.  and  McKesson  &  Robbins).  The  fling  at  the  physicians  of  the 
United  States  is,  to  say  the  least,  so  ungenerous,  that  we  wonder  at  its  accept- 
ance into  the  Austrian  pharmaceutical  journal. 
To  Correspondents. — As  a  general  rule,  we  prefer  to  answer  inquiries  by 
better,  and  not  to  notice  them  in  the  "Journal,"  unless  the  subject  is  deemed 
■of  sufficient  interest  to  be  laid  before  our  readers.  Reluctantly,  only,  we  de- 
part from  this  rule  in  such  cases  where  the  name  and  address  has  not  been  fur- 
nished. 
One  correspondent  has  received  from  an  eminent  physician  of  this  city  pre- 
scriptions calling  for  Mist.  Ammon.  Muriat.  comp.  and  for  Tinct  tonica,  and 
wants  to  obtain  from  us  formulas  for  the  two  preparations.  We  know  that 
some  physicians  have  prescribed  the  compound  tincture  of  ciuchona  and  quas- 
sia, a  formula  for  which  will  be  found  in  Parrish's  Pharmacy,*  under  the  name 
of  tonic  tincture  ;  but  not  knowing  who  the  eminent  physician  is,  we  cannot 
ascertain  from  him  whether  this  or  some  other  tonic  tincture  was  intended  by 
him,  and  whether  the  formula  for  his  compound  mixture  of  sal  ammoniac  has 
-ever  been  published. 
Another  correspondent  desires  us  to  publish  a  formula  for  elixir  of  calisaya? 
iron  and  bismuth.  We  refer  him  to  the  "American  Journal  of  Pharmacy"  for 
1868,  page  237,  and  to  p.  310  of  the  volume  for  1871. 
A  third  correspondent  describes  his  manipulations  in  preparing  ointment  of 
oxide  of  zinc,  which  are  precisely  like  those  published  on  page  68  of  the  pres- 
ent volume,  except  that  melted  lard  is  used  where  Mr  Kalish  uses  sweet  oil  of 
-almonds. 
We  are  frequently  in  receipt  of  newspapers,  sent  for  the  purpose  of  calling 
our  attention  to  some  article  or  item  of  news  contained  in  it.  Being  truly 
thankful  for  such  courtesy,  we  would  respectfully  ask  our  correspondents  not  to 
omit  the  marking  of  the  article  specially  intended  for  our  eyes,  as  the  time  at 
our  disposal  does  not  permit  us  to  read  the  sometimes  voluminous  papers  sent, 
m  order  to  discover  what  it  may  contain  of  special  interest  to  us  or  the  read- 
ers of  the  "  Journal." 
Incompatibl.es. — A  great  deal  has  been  written  upon  this  subject,  and  more 
•extensive  still  is  the  experience  of  pharmacists,  of  the  apparent  disregard,  on 
the  part  of  physicians,  of  the  laws  of  incompatibility.  A  correspondent  thinks 
*See,  also.  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  185G.  p.  18. 
