AmApriir;i898arm'}    Glycerin  Tonic  Compound. —  Gleanings.  201 
employed  cannot  be  detected,  sterilization  is  presumed  to  be  com- 
plete. 
GRAY'S  GLYCERIN  TONIC  COMPOUND. 
By  Wiujam  Iy.  CiyiFEE. 
A  preparation  under  the  above  title  has  recently  been  offered  for 
sale  in  Philadelphia  by  a  firm  of  New  York  office  pharmacists.  They 
claim  proprietorship  for  it  by  a  process  peculiar  to  merchants  of 
their  class.  It  seems  to  the  writer  that  it  would  be  as  proper  for 
their  enterprise  to  lay  claim  to  the  ownership  of  Huxham's  Tinc- 
ture or  Jackson's  Pectoral  Syrup ;  they  would  be  just  about  as  able 
to  prove  their  title.  Gray's  Glycerin  Tonic  Compound  has  been  a 
regular  article  of  stock  among  Boston  pharmacists  for  years,  and  is 
very  commonly  prescribed.  The  original  formula,  as  appended,  was 
furnished  by  the  well-known  firm  of  Boston,  Kelley  &  Durkee,  sev- 
eral years  ago,  when  a  prescription  for  it,  written  in  Boston,  was 
presented  to  the  writer  for  compounding: 
Gentian  root,  No.  40   33^  ounces  Troy. 
Sherry  wine,  q.  s.  to  percolate   26  fluid  ounces. 
To  percolate  add  : 
Extract  of  dandelion  ,   4%  ounces  Troy. 
Glycerin   26  fluid  ounces. 
Dilute  phosphoric  acid  ,  .  4%  fluid  ounces. 
Tincture  of  cardamon  compound  ^ 
Syrup  of  lemon  I  of  each   6l/2  fluid  ounces. 
Syrup  of  orange  peel  ) 
GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  MEDICAL  JOURNALS. 
By  Clement  B.  Lowe,  M.D. 
The  following  article  is  especially  commended  to  the  attention  of 
the  younger  members  of  the  pharmaceutical  profession  who  in  the 
exuberance  of  their  spirits  are  frequently  tempted  to  do  likewise. 
SELLING    MEDICINE    FOR  TRICK    PURPOSES  AN  ASSAULT  AND  BATTERY. 
A  conviction  of  assault  and  battery,  in  the  case  of  State  vs. 
Monroe,  of  most  peculiar  character,  was  affirmed  by  the  Supreme 
Court  of  North  Carolina,  December  21,  1897.  An  individual,  Will 
Horn,  had  administered  to  one  Ernest  Barrett  a  dose  of  croton  oil, 
and  the  oil  had  an  injurious  effect  upon  Barrett.  This  led  to  the 
prosecution  of  the  defendant,  Monroe,  for  assault  and  battery.  Mon- 
