PHARMACEUTICAL  LEGISLATION. 
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Long  time  ago  I  adopted  the  following  formula,  and  have 
communicated  it  verbally  to  others,  and  my  eyes  have  always 
been  gladdened  since  to  find  it  retain  a  rich  brilliant  salmon 
color,  and  I  can  safely  say  I  have  found  it  never  looses  its  beau- 
tiful redness  : 
R 
Red  Precipitate,  .  .  ,  Ex 
Castor  Oil,       .  .  .  .  f^i 
Lard,    .  .  .    '       .  .       ^vii  Troy 
Yellow  Wax,  opt.  (orange  color)  .       ^ii  " 
M. 
Melt  the  wax  and  the  lard  together  and  mix  with  the  castor  oil. 
On  cooling,  add  the  red  precipitate  in  veri/  fine  powder,  stirring 
constantly  with  a  wooden  spatula  until  cold. 
Fliiladelphia,  June  V&th,  1870. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  LEGISLATION. 
By  John  M.  Maisch. 
There  is  at  the  present  time  no  civilized  country,  outside  of 
the  North  American  continent,  in  which  the  practice  of  medicine 
and  of  pharmacy  is  not  regulated,  at  least  to  a  certain  degree. 
Throughout  Europe  and  in  the  more  populated  districts  of  South 
America,  a  certain  qualification  is  required  of  the  pharmacists 
before  they  are  allowed  either  to  take  the  position  of  assistants 
or  to  assume  the  entire  control  of  a  pharmaceutical  establishment. 
That  the  standard  of  qualification  required  in  the  various  States 
must  of  necessity  be  very  difi*erent,  may  be  inferred  from 
the  political,  commercial,  and  industrial  history  of  these 
countries,  and  the  general  intelligence  of  their  law-makers. 
It  is  not  our  purpose  to  criticise  the  various  laws  ;  it  is  sufficient 
to  point  to  the  fact  that,  aside  from  the  restrictions  placed  upon 
the  opening  of  new  establishments,  which  are  usually  based  upon 
a  certain  ratio  of  population,  and  aside  from  certain  police  regu- 
lations, the  great  aim  of  the  laws  in  all  cases  is  to  secure  a  cer- 
tain qualification ;  and  the  higher  this  standard,  the  greater  the 
security  of  the  public  against  malpractices  in  every  shape  and 
form  on  the  part  of  the  pharmacist.    No  drug  examiner — and  if 
