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f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
^     August,  19 19. 
tinely.  {Repert.  de  Pharm.,  74,  p.  345,  through  Pharm.  Jour,  and 
Pharm.,  April  12,  191 9.) 
Seychelles  Cinnamon  Oil. — In  the  course  of  a  short  article 
on  the  planting  prospects  in  the  Seychelles,  a  correspondent  in  the 
"  Times  Trade  Supplement "  states  that  a  representative  of  one  of 
the  leading  chemical  firms  in  this  country  has  recently  returned 
from  a  visit  to  Mahe,  the  principal  island  of  the  Seychelles  group, 
where  he  went  to  report  on  the  possibilities  of  the  local  cinnamon- 
leaf  oil  industry.  He  has  reported  so  favorably  that,  as  a  result, 
an  important  contract  has  been  arranged  between  his  firm  and  the 
Seychelles  Rubber  and  Cocoanut  Plantations  Co.,  Ltd.,  for  a  regular 
supply  of  the  oil  extending  over  a  number  of  years.  Special  kinds 
of  still  apparatus  have  been  ordered  and  are  being  made  in  England 
for  distilling  purposes,  and  directly  they  are  ready  for  use  the 
oil  will  be  produced  on  a  large  scale.  As  cinnamon-leaf  oil  enters 
into  the  composition  of  innumerable  medicines  and  chemical  mix- 
tures, the  future  of  this  industry  in  the  Seychelles  is  now  assured. 
(From  The  Chemist  and  Druggist,  June  28,  1919.) 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
WHO  WILL  BE  THE  LEADER? 
To  the  Editor: 
Your  editorial  appeal  of  June  "Who  will  be  the  Leader?"  is 
interesting.  In  the  opinion  of  this  writer  there  is  a  way  to  accom- 
plish the  end  desired  and  at  the  same  time  help  to  place  the  art  of 
pharmacy  on  a  substantial  professional  base. 
There  can  be  no  doubt  in  the  mind  of  the  thinking,  observing 
druggist  that  the  one  safe  way  to  reach  the  goal  of  consideration 
"  a  professional  man  "  is  to  so  arrange  his  activities  that  they  be 
really  helpful  to  the  practitioner  of  medicine.  There  is  no  good 
reason  why  a  druggist  should  not  regard  himself  the  helper  or 
subordinate  of  the  doctor,  and  there  is  no  good  reason  why  the 
doctor  should  not  accept  him  as  such  in  good  faith  and  establish 
relations  that  would  redound  to  the  credit  and  advantage  of  both. 
The  profession  of  medicine  includes  that  of  pharmacy  and  it  is  only 
a  matter  of  convenience  to  the  doctor  to  tolerate  the  pharmacist 
in  the  capacity  of  independent  helper. 
