^sejn;f8™  }       Sohihle  HypopJios^hite  of  Iron,  395 
When  pharmacists,  educated  in  Germany  and  residing  in  foreign  coun- 
tries, especially  in  the  United  States,  do  not  seem  to  possess  this  high 
moral  and  professional  status,  or  when  they  apparently  or  really  have 
renounced  the  same,  it  must  be  borne  in  mind,  looking  aside  from 
mere  pretenders  or  swindlers,  that  many  emigrate  quite  young  and 
long  before  their  pharmaceutical  education  is  completed,  and  that 
comparatively  few  are  found  among  them  who  have  accomplished  their 
university  studies  and  passed  the  State's  examination  ;  it  must  like- 
wise be  considered  that  the  strife  for  existence  and  prosperity  as  well 
as  the  hardships  of  the  stranger  are  severe  and  trying,  and  usually 
more  so  for  the  higher  educated  and  accomplished  minds. 
In  contrast  to  those  colleagues  who,  having  been  born  and  educated 
here,  are  familiar  with  the  customs  and  usages,  with  their  country 
and  people,  the  beginning  of  the  emigrant,  who  is  frequently  without 
means  and  advising  and  helping  friends,  is  wrought  with  many  disap- 
pointments and  adversities.  It  is  a  hard  though  necessary  labor 
of  his  to  acquaint  himself  with  the  language  and  customs,  with  the 
country  and  its  people  and  their  character  ;  the  harder  for  him  who, 
having  accomplished  his  pharmaceutical  education  in  Germany,  and 
having  served  there  for  a  longer  period  as  assistant,  comes  in  his 
riper  years  into  a  new  country,  with  new  and  to  him  strange  customs, 
while  he  has  parted  from  a  position  and  social  sphere  which  he  cannot 
expect  to  find  in  countries  where,  influenced  through  unrestricted 
trade,  the  status  of  pharmacy  and  the  social  position  of  the  pharma- 
ceutist as  well  as  the  aims  of  the  latter  are  usually  less  prominent  and 
high.  Such  men,  therefore,  who  shun  vanity  and  have  no  favor  for 
mere  outward  appearances  and  strive  for  gain  as  their  main  or  sole 
aim,  and  who  regard  their  education  and  maxims  and  their  indivi- 
dual  character  in  a  higher  light  than  mere  articles  of  bargain  and 
barter,  such  will  often  reach  success  only  amid  great  difficulties  which 
are  increased  and  sorely  felt,  since  confidence,  independence  and 
professional  and  social  position  are  in  Germany  hereditary  attributes 
of  his  vocation,  while  all  these  boons  are  secured  here  only  through 
individual  exertion. 
SOLUBLE  HYPOPHOSPHITE  OF  IRON. 
By  Rob.  F.  Fairthorne. 
I  find  that  when  hypophosphite  of  iron  is  added  to  a  concentrated 
solution  of  citrate  of  ammonia  it  readily  dissolves  after  being  heated, 
