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flavorless  mixture  of  ethyl  hydroxide  and  water,  it  is  probable  that 
alcoholic  excess  would  be  much  less  frequent,  although  it  is  true 
that  many  persons  have  such  depraved  taste  that  even  disagreeable 
mixtures  will  be  drunk  for  the  sake  of  the  intoxicating  effects.  It  is 
along  the  line  of  this  medicinal  use  that  the  greatest  danger  lies,  and 
it  is  a  danger  especially  affecting  the  retail  druggist,  who  is  con- 
stantly and  unavoidably  brought  in  contact  with  those  who  resort  to 
self-medication.  Unless  the  attitude  of  the  mass  of  druggists  is  held 
in  uncompromising  antagonism  to  any  deference  to  those  who  seek 
to  secure  alcoholic  beverages  under  the  excuse  of  illness,  there  is 
grave  danger  that  the  corrupting  influence  of  the  saloon  will  be 
transmitted  to  the  drug  store,  and  the  latter  become  an  outpost  in 
the  underworld. 
Henry  Leffmann. 
ORIGINAL  PAPERS 
VISITING  OLD  FRIENDS. 
A  Brief  Account  of  a  September  Botanizing  Trip  in  South 
Jersey. 
By  Charles  H.  LaWall,  Ph.  M. 
A  professor  of  pharmacy  and  his  assistant,  an  ex-president  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  two  ex-presidents  of 
the  Philadelphia  local  branch  thereof,  a  former  presiding  officer 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  dean  ot  a 
pharmacy  college,  a  hospital  pharmacist  and  assistant  pathologist, 
an  ex-chairman  and  present  member  of  the  U.  S.  P.  Revision  Com- 
mittee, a  member  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  Committee  on  Druggists'  Recipe 
Book,  a  member  of  the  National  Formulary  Revision  Committee,  an 
instructor  in  pharmaceutical  arithmetic,  two  members  of  the  Amer- 
ican Chemical  Society,  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Botanical  Club 
and  one  of  the  Pennsylvania  Botanical  Society — all  these  fared  forth 
one  fine  day  in  early  September  to  renew  their  acquaintance  with 
the  flora  of  the  coastal  strip  and  adjacent  mainland  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Great  Egg  Harbor  Bay,  New  Jersey. 
