AmseJp0t^'i87h6arm:}     Comparative  Price  of  Preparations.  399 
Wholesale 
Price. 
Cost  of  own 
prepara- 
Difference. 
Per  cent. 
tion. 
$  cts. 
$  cts. 
$  cts. 
Exfractum  gentianae, 
0  75 
0  3  0 
0  37 
Prof,  49-33 
"        hyoscyami  alcoholicum, 
a 
3  30 
2  59 
0  71 
a 
2 1  5  1 
"  jalapas, 
4  50 
1  03I 
3  46 1 
76  94 
M        nucis  vomicae, 
oz. 
0  55 
0  59 
0  04 
.Loss, 
r  rot., 
•07 
"  opii, 
M        rhei  alcoholicum, 
2  25 
0  9 
T  111 
1  32f 
55  a* 
lb. 
4  95 
2  40 
2  55 
t( 
51-51 
"        belladonnas  fluid., 
1  80 
T      T  8 
I      1  O 
(c 
65  55 
"        cimicifugas  " 
1  10 
0  50 
O  60 
et 
54'54 
"        digitalis  " 
?  35 
0  53 
O  52 
<( 
60  74 
"        ergotas  " 
3  15 
O  9^ 
2  17 
<< 
£8  8  8 
Oo  00 
"        cort.  aurantiorum  fluid., 
0  82^ 
0  39 
0  43i 
a 
52-72 
"  ipecacuanhas 
tt 
4  13 
t    8  e 
I  85 
2  2o 
it 
55-20 
*'  licjuiritias 
tt 
0  82J 
O  40 
O   42  \ 
5I-5I 
"  gelsemini 
<( 
2  05 
0  73 
I  32 
tt 
64  39 
"        pruni  virginianas 
(< 
0  88 
0  40 
r\     A  8 
O  4" 
(t 
54*54- 
"  rhei 
tt 
2  30 
1  42 
O  00 
(i 
38-26 
"        sarsaparillas  cp. 
a 
<< 
1  372 
0  72  1-5 
O   65  3-IO 
48*21 
"  sennas 
a 
0  82^- 
0  3b? 
O  40 
55'75 
"  senegas 
tt 
1  93 
I  22 
O  71 
a 
36-77 
"        uvas  ursi 
(C 
" 
0  82^ 
O  39 
0  43f 
tt 
52-72 
Ferri  citras, 
i  45 
1  3°4 
0  14! 
a 
10-17 
"    et  potassii  tartras, 
1  00 
O  42f 
0  Sli 
tt 
57  25 
"  pyrophosphas, 
1  35 
i  o9f 
0  25^ 
tt 
18  70- 
<c    et  quiniae  citras, 
(C 
8  50 
5  29 
3  21 
a 
37'i4 
Hydrargyri  iodidum  rubrum, 
"             "  viride, 
oz. 
0  50 
0  20 
0  30 
a 
6o-oo 
tt 
0  45 
0  3  2 
0  13 
tt 
28  88 
Liquor  ferri  tersulphatis, 
lb. 
0  50 
0  n£ 
°  3°2 
tt 
77*00 
Morphia, 
oz. 
4  75 
4  35  2"5 
0  39  3-5 
tt 
0-08 
Pilulas  quiniae  sulphatis,  s.  c.  i 
500 
4  00 
2  45 
1  55 
tt 
3875 
Potassii  acetas, 
\h 
1U. 
0  60 
0  52 
O  OS 
a 
i3'33 
"  bromidum, 
a 
0  70 
0  68^ 
0  Olf 
tt 
0'02 
"  iodidum, 
tt 
2  75 
2  84 
O  OQ 
y 
Loss,    0  03, 
Prof.,  C03 
"  tartras, 
tt 
0  60 
0  58 
O  02 
Pyroxylon, 
OZ. 
0  50 
016 
0  34 
<( 
68-oo 
Quinias  tannas, 
"  valerianas, 
tt 
2  30 
1  27 
1  03 
tt 
44-78 
it 
6  40 
4  65 
1  75 
tt 
27'34 
Resina  jalapas, 
Sodii  hypophosphis, 
it 
0  75 
0  41 
0  34 
tt 
45'33 
lb. 
3  00 
2  70 
0  30 
a 
IO'OO 
In  the  cost  of  own  preparation,  work  has  not  been  calculated. 
Where,  in  the  fourth  column,  ct  Loss  "  is  mentioned,  it  means  so  much 
per  cent,  cash  loss  beside  the  labor. 
The  average  profit,  or  pay  for  work,  amounts  to  37*64  per  cent. 
Of  the  pharmaceutical  preparations  alone,  the  average  is  45*82  per 
cent.;  of  chemicals  alone,  25*36  per  cent.  The  average  profit  on 
solid  extracts  amounts  to  36*28  per  cent.,  and  on  fluid  extracts  54*24 
per  cent.,  showing  that  the  manufacture  of  fluid  extracts  is  the  most 
profitable. 
N.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  July  17,  1876. 
