Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
July,  1875.  J 
Editorial. 
335 
Pharmaceutical  Association  to  be  held  in  Boston  in  September  next,  a  committee 
will  again  report  on  this  subject,  and,  as  far  as  we  are  personally  concerned,  we  hope 
that  no  deviation  from  Mr.  Hancock's  plan  will  be  proposed,  but  that,  if  necessary, 
it  may  be  extended  in  the  direction  indicated,  and  coupled  with  recommendations  of 
how  tinctures,  fluid  extracts  and  other  preparations  made  with  different  menstrua 
may  be  extemporaneously  combined  with  a  simple  elixir. 
Preparation  of  Phosphorus  Pills  with  Cacao-Butter. — We  have  received 
the  following  communication  detailing  the  manipulations  in  preparing  these  pills: 
Editor  American  jfournal  of  Pharmacy  : 
Having  received  many  requests  for  further  information  in  regard  to  the  process  for  making  phos- 
phorus pills,  I  answer  through  your  columns  : 
Weigh  out  the  phosphorus  after  the  melted  cacoa-butter  is  poured  into  a  bottle,  and  immediately  add 
it.  Cork  the  bottle  tightly,  as  the  phosphorus  will  take  fire  unless  this  is  done,  agitate  briskly  for  some 
time,  add  the  soap,  and  proceed  as  directed  in  Journal  for  June,  p  253.  The  mass  makes  an  excellent 
excipient  for  quinia,  cinchonia,  &c.,  &c.,  and  should  be  kept  on  hand.  It  can  be  triturated  in  a  mortar, 
after  cooling,  without  risk. 
WM.  H.  WALLING. 
Monument  to  Dr.  Horace  Wells. — We  have  received  the  following  circular 
which  explains  itself : 
Nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  passed  since  Horace  Wells,  the  discoverer  of  Anaesthesia, — a  safe, 
speedy  and  effectual  means  of  abolishing  sensibility  and  consciousness, — died. 
No  monument  has  yet  been  erected  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  Dr.  Wells,  or,  in  connection  with  his 
name,  to  commemorate  this  wonderful  discovery.  He  gave  most  willingly  and  cheerfully,  wishing  it,  in 
his  own  words,  to  be  '-free  as  air,"  the  use  of  this  boon  to  humanity  ;  asking  of  his  fellow-men,  in  return, 
nothing  beyond  the  proper  appreciation  of  its  worth,  and  the  honor  that  justly  belonged  to  the  discoverer. 
As  its  importance  became  more  widely  known,  and  the  world  learned  by  experience  the  amazing  value  of 
the  discovery,  the  feeling  was  naturally  awakened,  that  some  positive  movement  should  be  made  towards 
the  accomplishment  of  this  long-delayed  duty. 
Entertaining  this  sentiment,  doubtless,  the  Legislature  of  Connecticut,  some  two  years  ago,  appro- 
priated five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000)  for  this  purpos  ;,  and  the  city  of  Hartford  a  like  sum ;  and  under  the 
direction  of  a  committee  a  colossal  statue  in  bronze  of  Dr.  Wells  has  been  executed  by  Truman  H.  Bart- 
lett.  Esq.,  and  will  soon  be  ready  for  erection  on  some  commanding  site  in  the  beautiful  Park  in  the  city 
of  Hartford,  where  the  discoverer  lived,  where  the  grand  idea  which  was  to  embalm  his  name  and 
memory  in  the  hearts  of  his  fellow-men  everywhere,  had  itb  birth,  and  where  his  remains  now  rest. 
It  is  upon  the  pedestal,  which  should  be  also  of  bronze,  and  its  ornamentation,  that  any  further  funds 
will  need  to  be  expended.  This  will  admit  of  high  and  costly  adornment,  in  bas-reliefs,  in  inscriptions, 
etc.,  suited  to  exemplify  the  uses  of  the  discovery,  at  the  same  time  that  it  commemorates  the  discoverer  ; 
and  we  are  informed  by  the  most  competent  judges,  will  admit  of  large  outlay  without  transcending  the 
limits  of  a  severe  and  correct  taste. 
In  view  of  this  circumstance,  and  of  the  fact,  also,  that,  as  the  subject  has  been  more  freely  canvassed, 
an  earnest  desire  has  been  expressed  in  many  qu  irters,  both  in  and  out  of  the  State,  to  take  part  in  this 
undertaking,  it  has  been  thought  to  be  expedient,  for  the  purpose  of  gratifying  this  wish,  and  in  order  to 
make  the  work  itself  more  nearly  represent  the  character  and  value  of  the  service  rendered  to  mankind 
by  Dr.  We  Is,  to  receive  such  subscriptions  from  physicians  and  dentists  abroad,  and  through  their  agency 
from  the  public,  in  the  various  parts  of  the  country,  as  they  may  feel  disposed  to  make.  Our  appeal  is 
made  primarily  to  the  medical  faculty  and  dental  profession,  not  so  much  because  they  have  a  higher  per- 
sonal interest  in  the  subject  than  others,  but  because  they,  of  all  me.n,  best  know  the  inestimable  value  t'f 
this  discovery  to  the  race 
The  committee  who  submit  the  foregoing,  represent  the  medical  and  dental  societies  of  Hartford, 
and,  in  so  far  as  our  suVjject  shall  meet  the  views  of  our  brethren  elsewhere,  we  respectfully  ask  from 
them  such  friendly  aid,  pecuniarily,  as  they  may  think  proper  to  give  us,  and  especially  that  they  take 
such  measures  to  bring  the  subject  to  the  nutice  of  their  friends  and  the  public  as,  in  their  wisdom,  they 
shall  consider  most  likely  to  receive  a  favorable  response. 
Letters  of  inquiry  may  be  addressed  to  Dr.  E.  K.  Hunt,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  the  Hartford 
Medical  Society.    Subscriptions  may  be  forwarded  to  Dr.  G.  W.  Russell,  Treasurer,  Hartford,  Conn. 
