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been  allotted  to  each  nation,  and  within  this  space  the  exhibits  are  arranged  so  as 
to  show  the  most  important  industries  to  best  advantage.  To  find  and  examine  all 
that  is  important  or  of  special  interest  to  pharmacy  requires,  therefore,  a  journey  of 
many  miles  within  the  Exhibition  grounds. 
All  the  goods  on  exhibition  have  been  placed  in  twenty-eight  classes,  the  most 
important  of  which  for  us  is  Class  III :  "  Chemistry  and  Pharmacy,  with  the  appa- 
ratus/' for  which  the  following  international  Jury  of  Awards  has  been  appointed  : 
American — Professor  C.  A.  Joy,  New  York;  Professor  F.  A.  Genth,  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Professor  J.  Lawrence  Smith,  Louisville,  Ky.  ; 
Professor  C.  F.  Chandler,  New  York ;  Professor  J.  W.  Mallet,  University  of  Vir- 
ginia, Charlottesville,  Va.  Foreign — Dr.  Odling,  F.R.S.,  Great  Britain;  Dr.  R. 
von  Wagner,  Germany;  M.  Kuhlmans  (fils),  France;  Mr.  Dewilde,  Belgium. 
Articles  of  more  or  less  interest  to  the  drug  trade  will  doubtless  be  found  in  some 
of  the  other  classes. 
VARIETIES. 
Sassafras  as  an  Antidote  to  Vegetable  Poison. — The  Cincinnati  "  Lancet 
and  Observer  "  for  April,  has  a  paper  by  Dr.  A.  W.  T.  Lyle,  of  Castleton,  Ind., 
in  which  attention  is  called  to  the  statement  by  Dr  Thompson,  of  Nashville,  con- 
cerning the  antagonistic  properties  of  sassafras  to  henbane  and  tobacco.  Dr.  Lyle 
mentions  the  case  of  a  child  four  years  old  who  had  eaten  stramonium  flowers,  and 
showed  symptoms  of  poisoning.  After  the  administration  of  emetics,  ten  drops  of 
oil  of  sassafras  were  given  every  half  hour  until  six  doses  had  been  taken,  when  con- 
sciousness returned,  and,  after  taking  a  dose  of  castor  oil,  the  child  was  playing  the 
next  day,  and  free  from  all  pains  or  disturbances  following  poisoning. 
Hair  Tonic. — The  "  Med.  and  Surg.  Rep."  for  March  18th,  gives  the  follow- 
ing from  Erasmus  Wilson's  book  on  skin  diseases,  under  the  title  of  Lotio  capillaria 
stimulans :  Oil  of  almonds  and  strong  ammonia  water,  each  1  oz.,  spirit  of  rose- 
mary 4  oz.,  balm  water,  2  oz. 
Resolvent  Ointment. — According  to  the  "  Med.  and  Surg.  Rep.,"  the  follow- 
ing ointment  is  employed  with  great  success  by  Dr.  Noel  Gueneau  de  Mussy  r 
Camphor  one,  ammonium  chloride  four,  and  lard  thirty  grams. 
Cure  eor  Corn.  Bind  raw  cotton  on  your  corn  at  night  before  going  to  bed, 
and  then  saturate  the  cotton  with  oil  of  turpentine.  It  will  remove  the  most  ob- 
stinate corn,  either  hard  or  soft,  in  four  or  five  applications.  The  skin  will  be  apt 
to  peel  off  the  toe,  but  this  is  rather  an  advantage,  as  it  helps  to  remove  the  corn, 
— Correspondent  of  Scient.  Amer. 
