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exalt  the  conqueror  and  to  remind  the  vanquished  is  an  exhibition 
of  pride  and  vanity,  coupled  with  cruelty,  teaching  no  useful  les- 
son, and  serving  no  generous  purpose. 
Let  us  erect  a  monument  to  Professor  Procter.  To  provide  funds 
for  the  accomplishment  of  this  purpose,  contribution  could  be 
secured  through  the  sale  of  a  bronze  medal  fac-simile  of  the  design 
of  the  monument  on  one  side,  a  profile  of  the  professor  on  the 
obverse. 
The  admirable  biographical  sketch  of  Professor  Procter  prepared 
by  Professor  Remington  and  read  before  the  Richmond  meeting  of 
the  A.Ph.A.  ought  to  be  in  the  hands  of  every  pharmacist  in  the 
country.  The  above  suggestion,  if  carried  out,  would  excite  more 
general  interest  and  popularize  the  project. 
J.  F.  Patton. 
Warburg's  tincture. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
Sir: — I  notice  in  your  December  issue  an  article  by  Mr.  F.  A. 
Sieker  on  Warburg's  Tincture.  May  I  be  allowed  to  point  out  that 
both  his  formula  and  that  of  the  National  Formulary  are  defective 
in  that  they  do  not  contain,  or  make  any  mention  of,  one  constitu- 
ent, which  was  in  the  formula  published  by  Professor  Maclean  on 
behalf  of  Dr.  Warburg  in  the  Lancet,  Vol.  II,  1875,  p.  716,  and  cop- 
ied into  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal,  November  20,  1875,  P-  4T9> 
that  is,  "Confectio  Damocratis  ?"  There  should  be  the  same  quantity 
of  this  added  as  of  rhubarb.  Democrates'  Confection  is  an  obsolete 
preparation,  which  in  the  London  Pharmacopoeia,  1746,  contained 
forty-two  ingredients,  including  the  "  bellies  of  scinks,"  etc.  It  is  the 
old  Mithridate,  and  is  represented  by  Confectio  Opii,  B.P.,  1885. 
But  in  leaving  this  out,  the  opium — "Opii  Colati" — which,  it  is  true, 
is  only  a  small  quantity,  about  one  in  200  of  the  confection,  has  been 
omitted  also  in  the  American  publications.  I  have  been  in  the  habit 
of  adding  four  of  the  essential  ingredients  of  this  confection  in  mak- 
ing my  preparation.  These  are,  in  addition  to  opium,  black  pepper, 
ginger  and  cinnamon.  I  append  my  working  formula.  There  is 
also  half  the  quantity  of  prepared  chalk  that  there  is  of  rhubarb  in 
the  original  formula ;  this  is  added  to  the  ingredients,  which  are  to 
be  pressed,  and,  I  assume,  strained  before  the  addition  of  the  quinine 
sulphate,  else  it  might  decompose  the  salt,  and  interfere  with  the 
