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Salicylic  Acid  to  Avoid  Variola. — The  editor  of  the  "Southern 
Clinic"  certifies,  along  with  Dr.  Claridge  and  Dr.  DeCailhol,  to  the  abor- 
tive power  of  salicylic  acid  in  variola,  given  in  the  ordinary  doses.  Dr. 
Bryce  thus  concludes:  "I  believe  salicylic  acid  used  early  and  freely  will 
place  small-pox  in  the  category  with  measles,  chicken-pox  and  other  trifling 
complaints. — Louisv.  Med.  News^  July  21,  1883 
Jacoud's  Glycerin  Mixture,  recommended  in  cases  where  cod-liver 
oil  is  not  well  tolerated,  is  made  as  follows : 
R    Glycerinse   ^x. 
Sp.  vini  gall»  or  rum     Z 
Ol.  menth.  piperit   gtt.  i. 
M. 
This  quantity  may  be  divided  into  two  or  three  doses,  and  taken  just 
after  or  between  meals. 
This  mixture  has  an  agreeable  taste,  is  facile  of  digestion,  and  does  not 
cause  disgust,  even  after  having  been  used  several  months  without  inter- 
mission. Prof.  Jacoud  has  obtained  marked  benefit  from  its  use  in  several 
cases  of  phthisis. — Med.  and.  Surg.  Rep.,  July  28,  1883. 
BRITISH  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONFERENCE. 
The  twentieth  annual  meeting  of  the  Conference  was  held  at  the  Prince 
of  Wales  Hotel,  Southport,  commencing  September  18th  ;  the  President, 
Professor  Attfield,  in  the  chair.  The  attendance  of  the  members  and 
friends  was  as  large  as  on  any  recent  occasion,  the  capacity  of  the  room  set 
apart  for  the  business  of  the  meeting  being  taxed  to  the  utmost.  After  an 
address  of  welcome  by  the  chairman  of  the  Local  Committee,  to  which  the 
President  replied,  the  delegates  present  from  various  societies  were  received 
and  the  reports  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  of  the  Treasurer  were 
read  and  adopted. 
The  President  then  delivered  his  annual  address  having  chosen  for  its 
subject,  "  The  future  supply  of  drugs  to  the  public.^  ^  It  deals  with  the  relation 
of  the  State  to  pharmacy,  and  forms  a  fitting  continuation  of  the  address 
of  last  year  in  which  Professor  Attfield  discussed  the  relation  of  pharmacy 
to  the  State.  On  the  present  occasion  the  speaker,  starting  with  the  pro- 
position that  Parliament  intended  by  its  legislation  in  the  year  1868  to  pro- 
vide for  the  proper  supply  of  trustworthy  drugs  to  the  public,"  and  to  en- 
sure that  no  person  should  act  towards  the  public  as  a  chemist  and  druggist 
unless  he  had  satisfied  State  examiners  that  he  was  properly  qualified  and 
had  his  name  enrolled  on  a  State  register,  proceeded  to  discuss  the  various 
ways  in  which  this  intention  of  the  legislature  has  been  thwarted  and  the 
unfortunate  consequences  to  the  public  and  pharmacists.  It  must  be  ad- 
mitted that  the  picture  drawn  of  the  present  condition  and  future  prospects 
(if  there  be  any)  of  the  large  majoritj^  of  pharmacists  in  Great  Britain  will 
appear  to  many  a  sombre  one,  but  the  characteristic  energy  of  professor 
Attfield  had  placed  within  his  reach  a  mass  of  evidence  which  he  used 
