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RENDERING  COMMERCIAL  SULPHIDE  OF  CARBON 
INODOROUS. 
By  M.  Cloes. 
The  author  states  that,  when  sulphide  of  carbon  is  left  for 
twenty-four  hours  in  contact  with  half  per  cent,  of  its  weight  of 
finely-powdered  corrosive  sublimate,  care  being  taken  to  shake 
or  stir  up  this  mixture,  the  mercurial  compound  combines  with 
the  substances  which  are  the  cause  of  the  foetid  odor  of  this  sub- 
stance, and  an  insoluble  compound  is  deposited.  The  liquid  is 
carefully  decanted,  and,  after  0*02  of  its  weight  of  a  pure  ino- 
dorous fat  has  been  added  (no  reason  is  given  for  this  addition), 
the  sulphide  is  re-distilled  with  care  by  the  heat  of  a  water-bath. 
The  sulphide  thus  obtained  exhibits  an  ethereal  odor,  and  is  emi- 
nently suitable  for  the  extraction  of  oils,  fats,  &c.,  from  various 
substances,  since,  on  evaporation  of  the  purified  sulphide,  these 
matters  are  obtained  in  as  fresh  and  pure  a  state  as  if  the  oils 
had  been  obtained  by  pressure. — Ohem.  News^  Jan.  14,  1870. 
PHARMACY  IN  CANADA,  1869. 
By  J.  Baker  Edwards,  Ph.D.,  F.C.S. 
The  second  annual  reports  of  the  two  Canadian  societies  for 
the  promotion  of  pharmaceutical  science  having  just  appeared 
almost  simultaneously,  a  fitting  opportunity  is  afforded  of  review- 
ing the  general  position  of  pharmacy  in  British  America,  and 
the  efforts  now  being  made  to  obtain  restrictive  legislation. 
The  first  of  these  societies  has  assumed  the  somewhat  am- 
bitious title  of  the  "  Canadian  Pharmaceutical  Society."  As, 
however,  ojie  of  its  leading  objects  was  legislation,  and  this  legis- 
lation could  only  extend  to  the  upper  province,  it  is  obvious  that 
the  "Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Ontario"  would  have  been  a 
more  legitimate  and  correct  title,  I  must,  moreover,  be  allowed 
to  express  the  feeling  that  the  time-honored  titles  "  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society  "  and  "Pharmaceutical  Journal"  have  been  fairly 
earned  by  our  "Alma  Mater,"  and  that  provincial  societies 
would  do  well  to  show  their  originality  by  adopting  some  other 
designation  for  their  associations.  This  remark  also  applies  to 
the  Bill  which  has  been  brought  before  the  Ontario  Legislature, 
