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were written to, by their London house, inquiring at what 
price you could furnish a certain quantity of Blue Pill Mass; 
and that, in consequence of your offer, it was ordered from 
you, under the supposition that it was of the usual strength. 
As the College of Pharmacy considers itself in some mea- 
sure the guardian of the public health, some further remarks 
appear to be requisite. It was the opinion of several 
members of the Board, that the apparent attempt to shelter 
yourself under the excuse that it did not bear your label or 
stamp, is but little in your favor ; for although you proceed 
to say that everything bearing that distinction "is invariably 
manufactured according to the formula of the London 
Pharmacopoeia/' you do not deny that you manufacture 
articles, " when expressly ordered," which may vary very 
much from that standard, and which may be sent abroad, 
as in the present instance, reckless on your part who may 
be imposed upon, or how much the recovery of a patient 
may be retarded, so long as you, by a slight reduction in 
price, succeed in obtaining an order from an exporting 
house, whose knowledge on such subjects must necessarily 
be very limited. We trust you will readily discover that, 
whatever may be the reports of your friends or agents 
doing business on this side of the Atlantic, your true inte- 
rest will be best insured by never suffering an article to 
pass your gates, the quality of which (although it does not 
bear your label,) can be called in question ; and we do not 
hesitate to add, that the preparation of chemicals of insuffi- 
cient quality is no less beneath the dignity, than prejudicial 
to the interests of a manufacturer of reputation ; and where 
the article is of such vital importance, as in the present 
case, it is not only reprehensible, but absolutely criminal. 
Your labels, be assured, will be carefully preserved by 
the College of Pharmacy of New York : and the prepara- 
tions which bear them, as well as such as you send here 
for sale, as the specimens your kindness may send the Col- 
lege for examination, shall be carefully tested, and their 
