!SS ON GALLIPOTS. 
ART. XLV.— GALLIPOTS. 
To the Editors of the Journal of Pharmacy. 
Permit me, through your Journal, to suggest an improve- 
ment in Gallipots, used for ointments and cerates. Those in 
common use are of glazed earthenware, and (as every apothe- 
cary knows.) filthy things — the contents saturating the vessel, 
oozing through, soiling the shelf on which it stands, and often 
destroying the label. This is so uniformly true, that in twenty 
years experience I have never found an earthen gallipot that 
would hold mercurial, basilicon, or tar ointment, with the 
exception of a few coarse China vessels that accidentally fell 
into my hands. Now, at about the same cost, glass ones may 
be made, which would, of course be perfectly impervious. It 
would be a luxury to have such, even if made of common 
porter bottle glass, so nice and clean would they be. The 
French, and perhaps the English have them; and if one of 
our glass manufacturers will furnish the article at a fair price, 
I think he may be sure of an extensive sale; and let me sug- 
gest that the cover should be made to shut outside or over the 
vessel, with a lip rather deep, that it may securely retain its 
place. 
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