Am.  Jour.  Pharm. '( 
April,  1875.  f 
Remarks  on  Orthography. 
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Rochelle  salt,  and  she  didn't  know  but  mine  might  mean  one  salt,  and 
his  two  or  more  kinds  mixed  together.  I  could  satisfy  her  only  by 
exposing  the  error  of  my  neighbor. 
In  conclusion,  I  would  respectfully  suggest,  also,  the  propriety  on 
the  part  of  pharmacists  of  at  once  dropping  out  of  use  all  such  obso- 
lete labels  as  Mur.  Tinct.  of  Iron,  or  Tinct.  of  Mur.  Iron  ;  Sup. 
Carb.  Soda,  Super  Carb.  Soda,  and  Sub  Carb.  Soda ;  all  of  which 
are  still  frequently  used,  with  others  equally  incorrect  and  behind  the 
times.  With  reference  to  these  last  mentioned,  I  have,  for  years,  had 
my  labels  printed  "  Tincture  of  Chloride  of  Iron,"  and  "  Bicarbonate 
of  Soda,"  and  find  no  difficulty  in  making  the  exceptional  cases  under- 
stand  that  they  are  the  more  correct  labels.  E.  E. 
NOTE   ON   THIS  COMMUNICATION. 
The  reading  of  the  above  paper  at  our  pharmaceutical  meeting 
afforded  me  a  genuine  pleasure,  as  it  proved  to  me  that  even  if  the  arti- 
cle referred  to  has  been  productive  of  no  other  good,  it  has  at  least 
succeeded  in  awakening  a  greater  degree  of  interest  on  the  subject  of 
orthography.     Regarding  the  phrase  Glauber's  salt,  I  am  quite  willing 
to  admit  that,  for  the  sake  of  uniformity  in  nomenclature,  this  may  be 
the  preferable  form,  but  in  view  of  the  abundance  of  authority  sanc- 
tioning the  expression  Glauber's  salts,  I  cannot  concede  this  to  be  as 
yet  either  incorrect  or  obsolete.    Thus,  "  Dunglison's  Medical  Dic- 
tionary," which  is  the  highest  authority  in  the  language  in  its  special 
field,  gives  both  Gauber's  salts  and  Epsom  salts  in  this  so-called  plural 
form.  "Wilson's  Chemistry,"  which  has  been  lately  revised  and  adapted 
to  the  new  nomenclature,  s-peaks  of  Epsom  salts.      Hartshorne's  Con- 
spectus of  the  Medical  Sciences  "  enumerates  Epsom  salts  and  Glauber 
salts  among  the  saline  cathartics.    Thomas  Wright's  "  Univ.  Pro- 
nouncing Diet.,"  Adler's  "  German-and-Engl.  Diet."  and  many  others^ 
give  Epsom  salts  only  with  the  final  s.  "  Spiers  and  Surenne's  French 
Dictionary"  says,  Epsom,  bitter  salts.    "  Walker's  Pronouncing  Dic- 
tionary "  even  enumerates  and  defines  salts  as  the  popular  name  of 
various  chemical  salts.    David  Booth's  "  Analytical  Dictionary"  calls 
ammon.  carb.,  volatile  salts.    Dr.  Horatio  C.  Wood,  in  his  very  care- 
fully prepared  "  Treatise  on  Therapeutics,"  which  has  just  been  pub- 
lished, and  which  embodies  all  the  most  recent  investigations,  uses  both 
the  phrases  Epsom  salts  and  Glauber  salts.    There  is,  in  fact,  quite  a 
