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The  dispenser  admits  this  point,  but  still  refuses  to  renew  the  pre- 
scription, and  tries  everything  to  convince  the  customer  that  he  is 
bound  not  to  do  it.  All  the  thanks  he  gets  for  his  pains  are  something 
like  the  following  : 
.  "  I  must  tell  you,  sir,  that  you  are  a  very  disobliging  man.  I  shall 
never  come  to  you  again  !"  Exit. 
If,  now,  the  physician  had  written  said  words,  the  customer  would 
have  been  able  to  understand  that  the  dispenser  did  but  his  duty  when 
he  refused  to  renew  the  medicine. 
A  WAFER  MACHINE  AND  PRESS. 
BY  WILLIAM   MCINTYRE,  PH.G. 
(Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  held  May  23^.) 
Numerous  writers  have  advocated  the  advantages  of  wafer  capsules, 
and  while  doing  this,  have  condemned  those  of  American  manufacture  ; 
the  objection  urged  is  their  appearance,  it  being  not  denied  that  they 
are  quite  as  suitable  for  the  intended  purpose  as  the  imported  article. 
The  apparatus  exhibited  herewith  presents  in  a  compact  form  all 
that  is  required  to  manufacture  from  wafer  sheets,  concave  wafer  discs 
and  a  press  to  seal  them  for  use.  It  consists  of  two  metallic  dies  of 
the  same  size,  one  of  which  has  one  of  its  faces  turned  to  the  proper 
concave  form  ;  the  other  has  a  corresponding  convex  face,  and  on  the 
opposite  side  a  hole  is  bored  to  allow  of  the  insertion  of  a  wooden 
handle.  These  dies  are  moderately  heated,  a  flat  wafer  disc  is  inserted 
and  pressure  applied  for  a  moment,  when  upon  separation  of  the  dies,, 
the  disc  will  be  found  to  have  the  desired  shape. 
The  flat  discs  are  cut  from  sheet  wafers  by  a  punch  similar  to  a 
cork  borer — the  other  end  of  which  is  arranged  so  as  to  form  the 
wetter. 
The  addition  of  a  duplicate  concave  die  will  furnish  the  press,  and 
complete  the  apparatus. 
THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  VALUE  OF  SUGAR  OF  MILK. 
BY  WALTER  E.  BIBBY,  PH.G. 
(Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting,  held  May  23^.) 
At  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting,  held  in  the  College  hall  on  the 
21st  of  March,  Mr.  J.  C.  Biddle  recommended  the  incorporation  of 
