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Varieties. 
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Female  Dispensers. — The  Pharmaceut.  Zeitung  states,  that  deacon oesses 
have,  since  July  2d,  1853,  the  right  to  superintend  <i?spema?Ve.s  after  having 
passed  an  examination  before  aboard  consisting  of  a  district  physician  and  an 
apothecary.  The  item  under  the  caption  "  Female  Apothecary,"  on  page  325 
of  the  July  number  should  be  corrected  accordingly. 
Vaccine  matter  is  preserved  in  Germany  by  intimately  mixing  the  fresh  mat- 
ter with  2  parts  of  pure  glycerin  and  2  parts  distilled  water  ;  the  mixture  is 
well  agitated  before  it  is  used. — Ibid. 
Benzoic  Acid  from  Umie. — C.  J.  Kaufmann,  in  Konigsberg,  Prussia,  manu- 
factures annually  about  70  cwt.  benzoic  acid  from  about  35,000  cwt.  urine  of 
horses  and  cattle,  and  consumes  about  1000  cwt.  of  sulphuric  acid.  The  ben- 
zoic acid  is  mostly  employed  for  the  production  of  a  red  anilin  dye. — Zeitschr, 
d.  oesterr.  Apoth.  Ver.,  1871,  N.  17. 
Pill  masses  of  Ferri  Sulph.  and  Potas.  Carb.  are  made,  according  to  the  Ham- 
burg pharmacopoeia  of  1852,  with  honey;  and  by  the  Belgian  pharmacopoeia, 
with  tragacanth  ;  while  some  pharmacists  use  a  small  quantity  of  carbonate  of 
magnesia  and  then  mucilage  of  gum  arabic. — Pharm.  Cent.  Halle.  1871,  198, 
(see  also  p.  307  of  this  volume  of  Amer.  Journ.  Pharm,) 
Shoe  Blacking  without  A  cid. — 3  to  4  lbs.  lamp  black  and  ^  lb.  bone  black 
are  well  mixed  with  5  lbs.  each  of  glycerin  and  ,  syrup.  Meanwhile  2^  oz.  of 
gutta  percha  are  cautiously  fused  in  a  copper  or  iron  kettle,  and  10  oz.  olive 
oil  added  with  continual  stirring,  afterwards  1  oz.  stearin.  The  warm  mass  is 
added  to  the  former  mixture,  and  then  a  solution  of  5  oz.  gum  Senegal  in  1^  lbs. 
water,  1  drachm  each  of  oil  of  rosemary  and  lavender  may  be  added.  For  use, 
the  blacking  is  diluted  with  3  to  4  parts  of  water. — Artus  in  Vierteljsdhr.  Ghem. 
Centr.  Bl.  1871,  iV.  21. 
Manufacture  of  Sugar  in  the  German  Zollverein. — During  the  year  1869 — 
70,  297  sugar  factories  used  51,691,737  cwt.  of  beets  in  the  manufacture  of 
sugar. — Ibid,  N.  24. 
Chloralhydrate  and  Cod-liver  Oil. — 10  grm.  crystallized  pure  chloral  hydrate 
dissolved  by  digestion  in  a  sand  bath,  in  190  grm.  cod-liver  oil,  renders  the  latter 
more  palatable  ;  used  by  consumptives,  the  preparation  diminishes  the  night 
sweats,  produces  sound  sleep  and  improves  the  appetite.  The  dose  is  six  table- 
spoonfuls  daily. — Pharm.  Zeit.  from  Gaz.  farm.  ital. 
Chinese  Cement- — Among  the  crude  materials  sent  by  Dr.  V.Scherzer  from 
Pekin  was  the  cement  known  as  schio  liao,  which  is  used  in  the  north  of  China 
as  paint  for  wood  of  all  kinds,  and  by  which  these  substances  may  be  made 
perfectly  water-proof.  Dr.  Scherzer  saw  in  Pekin  a  wooden  box  which  had 
traveled  the  tedious  road  via  Siberia  to  St.  Petersburg  and  back,  which  was 
found  to  be  perfectly  sound  and  water-proof.    Even  baskets  made  of  straw 
