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Conveniences  in  the  Phai'macy. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
L        Jan.,  1892. 
the  rubber  bag  for  some  time,  but  the  fresh  gas  is  the  more  active. 
On  keeping,  more  or  less  loss  of  gas,  by  transudation  through  the 
rubber  bag,  occurs. 
In  certain  emergency  cases,  such  as  asphyxia,  membranous  croup, 
diphtheria,  chloroform  or  ether  narcosis,  the  freshly  made  gas  is 
stated  to  be  far  superior  to  the  gas  which  has  been  kept  on  hand. 
It  is  seldom  necessary  to  use  the  oxygen  of  full  strength,  and  there 
should  be  an  interval  of  from  one  to  three  minutes  between  inspura- 
tions.  To  dilute  the  gas,  first  fill  the  rubber  bag  half  full  with  air  by 
means  of  a  hand-bellows.  Generally,  fifty  per  cent,  oxygen  is  as 
strong  as  it  is  advisable  to  exhibit,  although  at  the  Philadelphia 
Hospital,  the  full  strength  is  always  used.  The  exceptions  to  this 
rule  are  to  be  found  in  asphyxia,  cyanosis,  diphtheria  and  other 
critical  emergencies.  The  gas  should  be  inhaled  slowly  and  deeply, 
never  in  a  rapid  or  nervous  manner. 
CONVENIENCES  IN  THE  PHARMACY. 
By  Clement  B.  Lowe,  M.D. 
Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  Dec.  15. 
It  is  no  uncommon  thing  in  these  modern  days  to  see  pharmacies 
that  are  beautiful  with  silver,  plate-glass  and  polished  wood,  but 
often  the  proprietor  spends  so  much  on  mere  modern  adornment  as 
not  to  feel  like  buying  many  things  which  are  not  only  of  the 
greatest  convenience,  but  are  almost  indispensable.  I  have  in  mind 
a  store  once  owned  by  an  excellent  pharmacist  (theoretically) 
which,  though  quite  deficient  in  appliances  and  conveniences,  was 
further  ornamented  by  the  proprietor  purchasing,  on  his  visit  to 
New  York,  an  angel  of  cast  iron  and  heroic  size,  to  be  placed  in 
front  of  his  establishment. 
I  do  not  propose  in  this  brief  paper  to  draw  your  attention  to 
all  of  the  conveniences  which  should  be  a  part  of  every  well- 
equipped  pharmacy ;  for  to  do  that  I  should  have  to  write  a  book, 
and  have  we  not  already  Remington's  Pharmacy  ?  I  simply  desire 
to  draw  your  attention  to  a  few  of  the  conveniences  which  have 
been  helpful  to  me. 
The  first  one  is  indexing  or  cataloguing  the  store.  For  years, 
like  most  pharmacists,  I  got  along  without  it,  but  since  doing  so,  I 
have  found  it  of  the  greatest  convenience,  although  previously 
having  the  bottles  and  drawers  alphabetically  arranged.    My  shelv- 
