THE CHEMIST & DRUGGIST - 6 JANUARY 1923

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Lorimer-Marshall, Ltd., for PACKED GOODS

Cod Liver Oil Emulsion
Children's Cough Mixture

Children's Tonic

Balsam of Honey

Honey & Lemon Linctus

Lung Tonic Tonic Elixir

Meat & Malt Wine

AT KEENLY COMPETITIVE PRICES.

LORIMER-MARSHALL, LTD., 12 Tower Hill, London, E.C.3

XWorks Telephone : New 21 19. Telegrams : " Lorimarsco, Bilgate, London.

MANY SUCCESSES IN THE EXAMINATIONS

Your Opportunity to

QUALIFY IN OPTICS CHELSEA POLYTECHNIC

PRACTICAL WORK. Students taking the Course S.W.3.

may receive personal tuition in the practical work PHARMACY DEPARTMENT.

AT ANY TIME DURING THE; COURSE;. Complete Day and

Expert Tuition for the SIGHT-TESTING DIPLOMAS Evening Courses

of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers FOR THE
(F.S.M.C.); the British Optical Association (D.B O.A.),
Qualifying, Major and
or the National Association of Opticians (F.N.A.O.). Apothecaries' Hall

Write for full particulars Examinations
LENT TERM begins
MC. A. SCURR, P S., F.S M.C, F.I.O., F.N.A.O.,etc. JANUARY 9th, 1923.
BARNET
64 High Street =

Westminster College of Pharmacy. Fee for Day Course £7

WILLS' UNIVERSAL per term of three months.

POSTAL SYSTEM Fee for Evening Courses - £1 to £3

Fee (British Isles) - - - £1-1-0. per session of nine months.

For Qualifying, Preliminary and Further particulars may be obtained from the Secretary
(Room 2).
— —Apothecaries' Hall Examination.
Individual subjects may be taken. Te'<p l one : KENSINGTON 899.

Full particulars from The Principals,

190 CLAPHAM ROAD, S.W.9.

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IT PAYS TO PUSH "ODDS ON"

Our Generous PERMANENT Bonus Scheme for Retailers.

P.A.T.A. Prices.

1/3 size (F.M.R.) "ODDS ON " Liniment .. 12/0 dozen.
28/9 ,,
3/0 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, .. 78/0 „

8/0 „ „ „„ „

PERMANENT BONUS

MAINTAINIn order to secure and the Co-operation of Retailers in furthering sales and

PERMANENT BONUSdisplaying advertising materials, we offer a of 13 articles

to the dozen; any size, for direct orders value (assorted) £3 and over. Our only

stipulation is that a display is made after receipt of each consignment.

TERMS—Monthly account, strictly nett. Cash with order 2j% discount. Carriage

paid. Display materials free with goods.

REGULAR and ASSURED PROFIT of

28% on TURNOVER, 39% on COST

I-ibn.nU/TU\iO\.iO\fO\fOk MONEY-SPENDERS

ar« re*di g " ODDS ON ','
77 selling -tal,?k every week

Send a post card to-night for free parcel of display materials ; show Ltd.
them, and you will soon decide to buy direct and secure bonus terms.

THE "ODDS ON" SPECIFICS CO.,

36/37 COCK LANE, SNOW HILL, LONDON, E.C.I.

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DKUGGIST 51

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WELL PACKED IN

BOXES OF 2 DOZEN.

WELL PACKED IN
BOXES OF 3 DOZEN.

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No taste or smell. Each in separate carton.

Practically indestructible. IN BOXES OF 3 DOZEN.

The most perfectly made

all-rubber soother ever

offered for sale.

Ask your Wholesaler for "Simplic" REGD.

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CONTAINERS

VICKERS LIMITED are specially engaged at their

Erith Works, Kent, in the design and manufacture of the
most up-to-date plant for making all kinds of pilferproof
shipping containers.

—This form of container is lighter and stronger than a wood

case also more convenient as it can be stored in the flat and
made up as required. It will also be found to be cheaper.
Vickers Limited are in the position to give free advice as to
plant and can now supply the machinery.

ERITH Department No. 75 KENT.

Telegrams

VICKERS
ERITH.

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| Start the New Year with |
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A "Rodine" Window Show

Scores of Chemists all over the United Kingdom and
Ireland have been proving the immense fillip a " Rodine "
Window Display gives to business. They find that using
the attractive Window Show material we send, which con-

tains two plasticine Rat Models, it not only interests their

usual customers but brings new business. Many have
written saying that " new customers have been attracted
into the shop." Decide to have a Window Show now and

—write the Maker. " Rodine " gives you nearly 100%

protected profit on every sale made. Push it it pays.

^kills rats & mice Rodine" Sells all the Year Round =

Mr. A. L. Robertson, Chemist, Axbridge, writes December 16th : —
" ' Rodine ' sells well all the year round, but many people stopped E
to look at the Window Show and new faces entered the shop as the

result of the display."

Mr. S. Hewitt, Chemist, Ashton-under-Lyne, writes November 20th:

" I am quite satisfied with the result of Window Display, which is a

great attraction and has helped the sale of other lines."

Helped other lines.

Send your order off to-day to the Sole Maker and Proprietor,

T. HARLEY, Manufacturing Chemist, PERTH, Scotland.

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January 6, 1923 — 53

THE CHEMIST AND DBUGGIST

A ROUND the border are shown a number of widely
V/ circulated influential papers, appealing specially to
/ \ —EACHladies. It is in these papers
ISSUE
*f" ACTUALLY BOUGHT BY OVER SEVEN

MILLION PEOPLE and seen by many millions more

that the manufacturers of " Luton " Straw Hat Dyes

are making known to the public the undoubted merits of

their commodity, and the great advantages to be derived

from the home dyeing and renovation of hats.

B1TOIC

Straw Hat Dyes SOUTH AFRICAN

SUPPLIED IN DULL OR GLOSSY SERIES. ^PICTORIAL

Ladies are always responsive in matters appertaining to
fashion, and are rapidly realising that to wear a hat of the

exact shade decreed by Dame Fashion does not necessarily
mean a new hat. The " Luton " way is the popular

way, and the popular way is the retailers' sure road to bigger

profiis.

Write for Trade Terms, Patterns and full partic: lars
of Attractive Advertising Matter for Display, &c.

All cases and containers free.

WHITAKER &

Colour Works, KENDAL.

—London Office and Showrooms
W61 and 62 Craven House, Kingsway, C.2.

Cold Water Dyes A splendid hot water dye for all

Ano'ther Whitaker product which is materials, easy to use, perfect
in great demand. It is the finest results assured.
cold water dye in the world for
dyeing delicate and costly fabrics. 24 Beautiful Colours,
Good results always obtained.

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Make This Advertising

Bring Customers to You

When You Catch Cold y\S a business man you appreciate the help
—Rub on Musterole 4 *» Musterole advertising gives you, the
demand it produces.

But you are not making the fullest use of
its activities unless you are guiding its results.

Tell people that you stock Musterole. When

their interest in Musterole is aroused their
first thought is where they can get it.

The most effective and economical method of
publicity for you is through your window.

We have recently distributed many thousands

of attractive Musterole Show Cards. If

you have not yet received a supply, write
us. If you have, give them an effective

position. They bring more interest to
your window, more money to your till.

&THOS. CHRISTY CO.

4-12 Old Swan Lane

London, E.C.4

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A window display MMHPMI

attracts their attention Burroughs Wellcome & Co.

and brings you good London

business.

Full particulars on request

'KEPLER' Cod Liuer Oil with Malt
Extract, in two sizes, at 331- and
601- per doz. (subject).

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'•• HOUSES
....

THE BRITISH

IDEAL

WARMING LINIMENT

- In great demand
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during the winter
A n o n-g r e a s y season.

preparation, the P.A.T.A.
stimulating action
of which is ob- PRICES.
tained by simple
application to the Retail, 1/6 ;
affected part, with- 11/- per dozen net.
out friction. Full
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Showcards
directions for use
available.
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are given on the

label.

In 4-oz. bottles,

attractively
labelled and

cartoned, as illus-

trated.

SPECIAL TERMS FOR QUANTITY WITH DISPLAY.

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January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST

English and Welsh News

The Editor would be obliged if subscribers will send him
marked copies of newspapers containing items of in-
terest for insertion in this or other news sections.

Dental Affairs

A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND OF Applications for registration have been received by the
THE CHEMICAL AND DRUG TRADES Dental Board from the following chemists on the grounds
that immediately before July 28, 1921, they had a substan-
THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST is in circulation and reputation tial practice in dentistry, in the course of which they per-
sonally performed such operations and gave such treat-
the leading journal addressing the Chemical and Drug trades in the British ment, advice and attendance as are usually performed
Empire and other countries in the Old and New Worlds. It is the official
or given by dentists. Any objection to registration must
organ of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, the Chemists' and be lodged within one calendar month from January 1,
and must be supported by evidence sufficient to show a
Druggists' Society of Ireland, and of other Chemists' Societies in the
prima facie case against registration.
Overseas Dominions.

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TERMS FOR ADVERTISING may be obtained on application to the Mr. Henry J. Mo»gan, chemist and druggist, Somers-

Publisher. ham, writes :

Head Office : 42 CANNON STREET, LONDON,E.C4 Will those of your readers who are interested in a L.D.S.
sine curiiculo diploma write as early as possible to Mr.
Telegrams: " Chemicus, Cannon, London." Telephoc?: Central 3617 J. J. Musgrave, L.D.S., Dental Surgeon, 26 Victoria Road,
Exmoulh ? Mr. Musgrave has the matter in hand, and
Branch Offices : (3 lines). Manchester about 250 names are required. An attempt will be made
in the case of chemist-dentists to secure some recognition
49 County Buildings, 4 Cannon Street,
(Telephone : City 52). of the subjects they have proved themselves proficient in by

Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. their examinations for the pharmaceutical qualification.

No. 1 Contents Vol. 98 The Public Dental Service Association of Great

Series 2241

Almanacs and Calendars 13 Maw's Record 25 Britain^ Ltd., was registered on December 27 as a com-
7 New Companies and
American Notes 8 pany limited by guarantee without share capital. The
15 Company News
Births 16 Observations and Re- 17 number of members is 1,500, each liable for £1 Is. in the
15
Business Changes 4 flections —event of winding up. The objects are : To provide for
7 22
Canadian Notes Personalities
6 Pharmaceutical Society 23
College Notes 14 24 dental treatment of persons insured and insure the effici-
of Great Britain :
Colonial and Foreign 7 Council-meeting 2 ency of dental service under the Insurance Act or any
News 34 North British Branch 10
29 Branch Meetings statutory addition to or modification thereof, or any other
Coming Events 15 Poisonings 12
Practical Notes 14
Corner for Students ... 18 Preparing a Balance- Act in substitution for or in lieu thereof, and having sub-
20 14
Correspondence 21 sheet 13 stantially the same objects to negotiate with all authori-
21 Prescription Problem . . 36 ;
Creditors' Meetings
1 Proprietary Articles 28 ties, associations, corporations, corporate bodies, com-
Deaths Trade Association 4
4 4
Editorial Articles : 5 Recent Patents 8 panies, societies, schools, colleges, firms and persons in
Insurance Dispensing Retrospect 9
27 Safeguarding of Indus- all matters affecting the service ; to make arrangements
16 16
Retrospect tries 30 for settling and to settle disputes between patients and
26 26
Change of Habitat 3 Scottish News other persons, and dental surgeons or dentists, and gener-
9 South African News 11
Rise in Arsenic Stock Exchange Prices . .
15 Trade-marks
Specialities in France Trade Notes ally to assist the members of the service by advice or
English News Trade Report
Winter Session support, eto> The following persons are eligible to
Festivities .'. Wireless Telephony ....
—become members : Any person "whose name appears upon
Prench News

Industrial Colloidal the Dentists' Register within the meaning of the Dentists'

Chemistry.. Acts, 1878 and 1921, or any addition to or statutory

Information Department modification thereof, or upon any register or other list,

Insurance Act Dis- roll book or document which may at any future time be

pensing legally substituted for the said Dentists' Register, and

Irish News

Legal Reports who is practising dentistry in Great Britain at the time
-of his application, for membership, and who shall there-
Marriages

&C D. Retail Price List after be elected a member by the council of a branch as

The quarterly issue of The Chemist and Druggist Retail in the by-laws of the service provided. The division of

Price List is presented with this week's C. D. Prices —the branches is as follows : (1) Metropolitan, (2)
Northern Counties, (3) Yorkshire, (4) East Lancashire
during the past quarter have ruled steady. There are some and East Cheshire, (5) Central Counties, (6) Eastern

alterations to which attention should be called : Acetone Counties, (7) Southern Counties, (8) Wessex, (9) Western
Counties. (10) South Wales and Monmouth, (11) West
shows a marked increase in selling price while acacia only
;

adjustments; arsenic is much higher where quantities are —of Scotland, (12) East of Scotland, (13) North of Scotland.

sold ; citric acid and citrates are reduced. • Photographic Solicitors : Metcalfe. Hussey and Hulbert, 10 New

chemicals are lower. The price of agar-agar is markedly

: increased, similarly synthetic benzoates. Chamomile flowers Square, Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C.

are further increased in selling price, asafcetida is lower,

cantharides is higher, also carmine, saffron, Iceland Contracts

moss, codeine, morphine and all opium preparations, The following tenders have been accepted by the bodies
named :
sarsaparilla and its preparations, turpentine and its prepara-
Barnstaple Guardians.—Mr. E. W. Proudman, chemist
tions, and many of the fruits, such as caraway, cummin,
and druggist, drugs and dressings.
and fcenugreek. On the other hand, there is a decided
—Derby Guardians. R. Daniel and Son. manufacturing
decrease in ergot and its preparations, in belladonna and
chemists, drugs.
in malt extract preparations. Many of the synthetics are
—Dover Municipal Council. Mr. J. Weir, chemist and
lower in cost, but the reduction is too small to affect the
druggist, drugs, etc.
selling price. Some of the popular tablets, such as aspirin,
—Meridan Guardians. Mr. C. G. Crook, chemist and
are reduced. Various alterations in oils have been neces-
J druggist, Coleshill, Birmingham, drugs.
sary owing to the fluctuations of the last quarter. Potas-
cc
sium salts also show adjustments. There are several addi-

tions and some changes in the prices of sera and vaccines.

Clinical thermometers are reduced.

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—Rochdale Guardians. Southall Bros. & Barclay, Ltd., Mayor's Fund, together with £635, of which the company

drugs T. J. Smith & Nephew, Ltd., dressings. contributed £500.
;
The weather has been largely responsible for the recent
—Twickenham, St. John's Hospital. Mr. C. E. A. Goode, demand for cough and rheumatism cures. The barometer
registered 28.6 inches on December 30, the lowest recorded
chemist and druggist, drugs, etc.
during the year.
—Watford Guardians. E. M. and M. T. Chater,
Since the installation of 120 new retorts at the Cor-
chemists, drugs and dressings. poration's gas works at Nechells, the production of tar
is estimated at 12,000 gallons and ammoniacal liquor at
—West Bromwich Guardians. Southall Brothers and
25,000 gallons a day. •
Barclay, Ltd., Birmingham, drugs.
Leicester
Poisonings
Suburban chemists are experiencing a demand for
The following cases of fatal poisoning, among others, pneumonia jackets.
have been recorded since our last report :
A. verdict of " Death through misadventure " was Mr. G. H. Hannam, chemist and druggist, 222 Charn-
given at an inquest held recently at Oldham on the wood Street, has opened a business in Loughborough
body of a resident who drank a solution of ammonia in Road.
mistake for a preparation of peppermint. The bottles,
it was stated, were kept on the same shelf, that containing A tour of the city during the holidays revealed the
the ammonia being duly labelled.
fact that many pharmacy windows were disarranged, an
An inquest was held by the West Cheshire coroner,
on December 27, on the body of Mrs. Eliza Moss, West indication which pointed to good business on Christmas
Eve.
Kirby, wife of a local medical man. It appeared that
Mrs. Moss was suffering from pneumonia, and that her Liverpool
husband ordered a 7gr. dose pf veronal by telephone
New Year's Day was observed by most city shop-
from Mr. W. Smith, chemist and druggist. Mr. Smith
keepers as a half-holiday.
stated in evidence that he was in bed suffering from
influenza when he received the doctor's telephone message, St. Paul's Church is being demolished to make room
and he got up about 1 p.m. to make up the prescription. for an extension of the Exchange Station.
On returning to his shop later he found the heroin bottle
on the counter, and subsequently he suspected a mistake. On inquiry this week the improvement in the health
of Dr. Charles Symes was stated to be- progressive.
He immediately communicated with Dr. Moss, and anti-
A local pharmacist has received a small legacy under a
dotes were administered to Mrs. Moss, but without
avail. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that will proved half a century ago. The testator left it in the
the administration of the heroin was accidental, and hands of a sole trustee, who is now eighty years of age.
agreed that Mr. Smith was not negligent.
The late Mr. William Wellings, whose death was
Other cases include suicides by means of lysol and recorded in last week's issue of the C. D.({; (p. 935), was
spirit of salt, and a "misadventure " (as a contributory a general favourite among retailers. To many a young
cause of death) by taking three doses of a sleeping mix- pharmacist he gave practical advice on proportionate buy-
ing, and thus adverted loss, if not disaster.
ture instead of one.
A young lady hurried into a chemist's shop near one of
Theft Charges
the railway stations last week and demanded 5s. for her
At Widnes, on December 28, John Albert Taylor, fare to Manchester, giving no reason, but offering a name
Tarbrock, described as a chemist, was fined £10 on and address. The chemist, being inured to impecunious
charges of stealing fowls, and was ordered to compensate specimens of humanity, emphatically declined, and
referred the damsel to the stationmaster or the inspector
the owners. in charge. Foiled, she left the shop with a torrent of

At Hemel Hempstead, recently, Cecil F. Betts and abuse.
Robert Cook, airmen, were charged with stealing two tins
of face powder, value 2s. 3d. , the property of Mr. Joseph The Woolworth emporium on the cleared St. Peter's
Roberts, chemist and druggist. Each defendant was fined Church site is to be a store of medium height (not a sky-
£3 10s., including costs. scraper, as rumoured), and its erection will be commenced
at an early date. In a recent issue of the " Liverpool
At Windsor, on December 28, a youth named Arthur E. Post " appeared an article from the facile pen of Mr.
Meuross was charged with stealing chloroform, lactic W. H. Saunders, chairman of Ayrton, Saunders and Co.,
acid, and spirit of salt, value 6s. 10d., the property of Ltd., Hanover Street, describing the Woolworth build-
his employers, Russell and Co., chemists, High Street.
ing in New York, nearly 800ft. high. Mr. Saunders urges
A lad named Frederick J. Cheeseman was charged with
that the proposed building should be " worthy of Liver-
receiving the goods. Each defendant was sentenced to pool's- growing importance as a progressive city."

four days' confinement. Manchester

At North London Police Court, on December 26, Albert Mr. J. L. Barnett, representing Jules Lang and Son,
Thomas Wright, Ash Grove, E.8, described as a chemical Charlton Works, Islington, London, N.l, is showing a
worker, was bound over on a charge of stealing £21, the
money of a fellow-workman entrusted to the accused as comprehensive selection of glassware at 10 New Brown
secretary and treasurer of a Christmas share-out club.
It was stated that Wright had made arrangements for Street, Manchester, from January 8 to January 12.
the repayment of this and similarly placed sums, and
that his employers had promised to reinstate him. The result of a referendum of members of the Man-
chester Chamber of Commerce on the question of repeal-
Birmingham ing the Safeguarding of Industries Act and the Dyestuffs
Act was announced on January 2. The voting was as
There are signs of a trade revival in the city.
—follows : For repeal of the Safeguarding of Industries
The day classes for pharmacy students at the Municipal
Technical School recommence on January 8. Act, 1,306; against, 330. For repeal of the Dyestuffs
Act, 1,311 against 304. The possible number of votes
Marshall Bros., chemists, Moseley, have subscribed
;
£1 15s. to the Lord Mayor's Fund, and W. Canning &
in each case was 3,787.
Co., Ltd., manufacturing chemists, £21.
Nottingham
Mr. T. W. Chapman, chemist and druggist, who was
formerly in business in Bristol Street, but now resides In the Derby Road establishment of Boots, Ltd., non-
alcoholic drinks, hot and cold, are being served.
in retirement at Rhos, has recently been on a visit to
Birmingham. There has been a diminution in the demand for fancy
soap during the past year, states a Nottingham firm of
The employees of Alfred Bird & Sons, Ltd., dressed
200 dolls and handed them over for sale to the Lord manufacturers.

Colds and stomach troubles have followed in the wake
of the Christmas festivities, and local pharmacists are
being kept fairly busy dispensing.

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January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 3

Portsmouth hulme, Lord Dewar (chairman of A. & F. Pears,. Ltd.),
and Mr. Alexander Hollingsworth. The programme
Two applications for whist-drives and dances to be held
printed for the occasion has the artistic excellence
have been refused, the chief constable objecting to whist- characteristic of the House of Pears.

drives on the ground that they were illegal. —British Empire Exhibition. With the issue of the

In addition to the businesses already mentioned in recent first number of " Empire Exhibition News " (2d.), a well-
printed four-page periodical comprising numerous illus-
issues of the C. <l- D. as having been opened or changing
trations, a publicity campaign on behalf of the British
ownership are the following : Mr. A. Chrisholm,
Empire Exhibition may be said to have commenced.
14 Ordnance Row ; Mr. J. F. Meredith, 15 Albert Road
; Further numbers are promised " every little while."
Arrangements have been completed for organising the
and C. Upson & Sons, 222 Arundel Street. chemicals section on a large scale. The organisation has

The local pharmacists' ladies' committee carried out a been entrusted to the Association of British Chemical
Manufacturers, whose committee will be reinforced by
successful Christmas party and pot-pourri entertainment representatives of the Society of Chemical Industry and
kindred bodies. The work of letting space is now pro-
at the Goodies Cafe on December 28. Mrs. A. T. W.
ceeding, 25,000 sq. ft. having been allotted to the
Jeans acted as hostess and received considerable help
section. Mr. W. J. Uglow Woodcock, 116 Piccadilly,
from Miss Bell, Mrs. W. L. Egerton and Miss Ranee
(who rendered songs), and Master W. E. Bown (who W.l, is acting as secretary. (For the official classifica-
recited). The gentlemen guests entered heartily into the tion of exhibits, see C. & D., December 9, 1922, p. 827.)

dancing and games under the direction of Mr. W. R.

Atterbury, M.C.

Sheffield

Christmas trade was much better than had been ex-
pected, considering the abnormal state of Sheffield business.

It is understood that twenty more samples of medicines Irish News
are to be taken by the Insurance Committee for test
Londonderry
purposes.
Mr. R. F. McCartney, Ph.C, 9 The Diamond, has been
The Ministry of Health has refused to sanction any
alteration to the standard form for Insurance elected additional trustee of the Coleraine Savings Bank.
Mrs. Glendinning, the wife of Mr. James Glendinning,
prescriptions.
Ph.C, Waterloo Place, acted as a hostess at a Christmas
Messrs. J. T. Appleton, C. H. Hallatt and H. G.
Williams have been appointed members of the Pharma- treat given to the children of the city.

ceutical Service Sub-Committee. Payments to chemists Brevities
for Insurance dispensing for October amount to

£1,219 10s. 6d. The Minister of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland

Miscellaneous issued notice on January that in view of the fact that

—In the Courts. At Oakmere Petty Sessions recently, the Dentists Act, 1921 (which prohibits the practice of

Samuel Littlemore, described as a chemist, was fined £2 dentistry by persons who are not registered dentists),
came into force on November 30, he has withdrawn, as
for driving a motor-car in a dangerous manner. from that day, the special authority under the Dangerous
Drugs Act, 1920, given to certain unregistered dentists
—Drug-traffic case. At Marlborough Street Police

Court, London, on December 26, Paula E. Hansen, a

Danish subject, was sentenced to six months' hard labour to purchase or possess local dental anaesthetics containing

for being in unauthorised possession of cocaine. cocaine.

—Chemistry of essential oils. Mr. C. T. Bennett, Miss Ruth Lemon, daughter of Mr. Thomas Lemon,

Ph.C, B.Sc, is giving a course of lectures on the M.P.S.I. Markethill, has just completed her course in
,

chemistry and technology of the essential oils at the Medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, having gained the

Borough Polytechnic Institute, Borough Road, London, degrees of M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., also L.M. Rotunda,

S.E. 1. The first lecture is on January 11. She was educated at Markethill and at Victoria High

—Aerated-waters trade wages. The following are the School, Londonderry, where she had a brilliant inter-

wages effective from January 1 in the aerated-waters mediate career, winning a medal, exhibitions, prizes and

—trade : General minimum time-rates Male workers of bursaries. She entered college as the winner of the

twenty-one years of age and over, 50s. per week of forty- Honourable the Irish Society's Trinity Scholarships of the

eight hours ; female workers of eighteen years of age and value of £180. In her medical work she gained first-class

over, 26s. per week of forty-eight hours male a/id female honours in anatomy, and was a demonstrator in that
;

workers below the above-mentioned ages, according to a subject.

schedule given in " The London Gazette," January 2.

—Piece-wor/c basis, time-rates All male workers, Is. 4^d.

per hour ; all female workers, 8|d. per hour. Overtime Scottish News

rates, according to schedule. Brevities

—Charge of uttering counterfeit coin. At a further Mr. J. Teunion, chemist and druggist, has opened a
business at 62 Bank Street, Coatbridge.
hearing at Kingston-on-Thames, on December 27, of the
charge against Thomas William Chatterley, for uttering Mr. A. G. Glen, chemist and druggist, has been
elected President of the West Kilbride Merchants'
a counterfeit half-crown to Mr. Alfred Higgs, J. P.,
Association.
chemist and druggist (C. & D., December 23, 1922, p. 875),
an additional charge of a similar nature was made. The Mr. J. R. Sutherland, chemist and druggist, Eskbank,
accused was further remanded until January 3, when has been appointed to supply drugs, etc., to Dalkeith
Mr. Higgs gave evidence to show that the second coin
Town Council.
was counterfeit, stating that he had weighed it and
found it nearly one drachm short in weight, and that Mr. W. S. Culbert, chemist and druggist, has been
elected to the Management Committee of Airdrie Mer-
the coin did not respond to the nitrate of silver test.
chants' Association.
The Bench committed accused to the Quarter Sessions
Mr. R. Barber, representative in Edinburgh and the
and refused bail. South of Scotland of the Vinolia Co., Ltd., has resigned
his post on account of failing eyesight.
—Pears annual conference. The annual agents' con-
The business formerly carried on by the late Mr. R.
ference and dinner of A. & F. Pears, Ltd., was held Cappell, chemist and druggist, 525 Great Western Road,
Glasgow, whose death is announced on p. 15 of this issue,
recently at Isleworth, the gathering being transferred will be conducted on behalf of the deceased representa-
tives by Mr. R. S. Cappell, chemist and druggist, a son,
to a West-End restaurant for the dinner. From the who has been associated with the business for some years.,
agenda which has been forwarded to us we gather that

a very full day was occupied in questions of sales, adver-

tising, and other appropriate subjects, together with an

inspection of the company's works. At dinner the mem-

bers of the conference were joined by Viscount Lever -

4 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Claims against the estate should be lodged with Fergussou South African News
(From " C. & D." Correspondents.)
& Ross, 30 Renfield Street, not later than January 12. " The Chemist and Druggist " is supplied weekly to mem-

At a meeting of the Governors of Robert Gordon's bers of all the Chemists' Societies in South Africa.
Technical College, Aberdeen, on December 29, a recom-
mendation for an increase in salary, from £250 to £300, The Union
to Mr. David S. Rattray, Ph.C, assistant in the phar-
macy department, was rejected. The Chemistry and Business in the Union is very depressed, particularly
Pharmacy Committee considered that Mr. Rattray was in the farming areas. After a three years' period of
drought, copious rains have fallen all over the country,
underpaid. He was appointed three years ago at a and this leaves an optimistic feeling as to the future.
salary of £250, and there was no arrangement made for
—Habit Forming Drugs Act. A summary of the regu-
an automatic increase. In Mr. Rattray's letter to the
Committee, applying for an increase, he stated that lations under this Act has been compiled jointly by Allen
before he was appointed he understood that his salary
was to be about £300, and he proceeded, at short notice, & Hanburys (Africa), Ltd., Smith Street, Durban, and
to dispose of his business in Dundee. The work had Stranack & Williams, Ltd., West Street, Durban. The

increased very much since he came. He had to teach not information, which is published on a stiff card eyeletted
for hanging, is based by special permission on 'Ihe
only chemistry, pharmacy, and botany, but also theore- Chemist and Druggist copyright card of the Dangerous
tical physics, and it was doubtful whether, in the absence Drugs Act, 1920.

of Mr. Rattray, they could get one man tG combine sll Rhodesia
those duties. Dr. Tocher, Ph.C, had written in praise
The Referendum.—The result of the referendum is that
of Mr. Rattray's work, and saying the salary was totally
8,744 voted for Responsible Government, and 5,989 for
inadequate. joining Union States of South Africa, leaving a 2,785
majority for Responsible Government. It will be seen
Fife that practically three to two Rhodesians were against
uniting with the Union States of South Africa. The
An address on " Poisons and Poisoners " was given by " Bulawayo Chronicle " hopes and believes that
Rhodesia's destiny is to eventually become part of a
Mr. C. Stewart, chemist and druggist, at a recent meeting greater Union of South Africa., but they recognise that
this can only come about when a majority of Rhodesians
of Kirkcaldy Rotary Club. are of the same opinion.

An account of the public work of Provost W. Smart, Festivities
chemist and druggist, Buckhaven, who has been nomi-
Portsmouth Chemists' Christmas Party
nated as a County Councillor, since he was elected to
the Town Council ten years ago, appeared in the " Fife- Under the presidency of Mrs. Jeans, the Portsmouth
shire Advertiser," December 30.

At the close of the proceedings at Kirkcaldy Police
Court, on December 29, reference was made by the magis-
trate to the effects of methylated spirit drinking, who said

the chemists in town stated they never supplied methylated
spirit to the public except when mixed with shellac,
which made it impossible to be drunk.

Pharmacists' Ladies' Committee held a successful party

oil December 27. Most of the chemists of Portsmouth and

Canadian Notes Gosport were present, with their friends, and enjoyed the

programme of dancing, games and music. The festivities

One large lumber firm, with a holding of 40,000 acres terminated 'with " Auld Lang Syne" and cheers for the
of barberry producing timber land, have approached a
certain firm in Vancouver to conserve their supply, which Ladies' Committee., and for Mr. W. R. Atterbury, who

is very large, to find capital to gather the bark was M.C.
scientifically and market it or its products, also to replant
on the cleared lands. &A. H.'s Veterans

Proprietary Medicines are now required to bear a The employees of Allen & Hanburys, Ltd., with a service
label stating the number under which the proprietary or record of twenty-five years or longer, who recently formed
patent medicine is registered with the words " Pro- a social section, known as " The Veterans," held their
prietary or Patent Medicine Act," together with the first gathering on December 29 at " Ye Old Mitre," Chan-
manufacturer's name and address. Where scheduled
cery Lane, London, under the chairmanship of A. E. Brad-
drugs enter into the .composition of a registered prepara- bury, who represents the company in Ireland, a.nd proved
tion, the proportion of each scheduled drug present must an unqualified success. Although several " old-timers "
also be stated on the same label.
were unavoidably absent, twenty-eight were present,
The production of honey is steadily increasing in
including W. G. Bulley, the father of the veterans, who
Canada, and more and more farmers are adding apiaries
has just completed fifty years' service. After an excellent
as side lines. Over 700,000 lb. of honey has been
supper and the loyal toast, musical and other items
harvested in British Columbia this year, and even the
were rendered by Messrs. Wessendorff, Byron, Lucioni,
severity of the winter is not found to be a barrier to the
Hazel, and Plumb, with the assistance of Messrs. Russell,
industry in other provinces. The bee-keepers of Ontario
Nunn and F. Lucioni, junr. Pianoforte selections were
have lately formed a co-operative organisation, and their
given by Messrs. R. and C. Graves, sons of Mr. J. F.
brethren in Quebec sent in the early autumn a represen- Graves, himself a veteran, and the hon. secretary, the
former presiding at the piano during the evening. Mr.
tative to Britain, who has just returned with very sub- H. Jenkins proposed the toast of " Prosperity to the
Company," and Mr. Clenyg Jones that of " The Chair-
stantial orders. man," who, after responding, closed the gathering by
giving " Our Next Merry Meeting."

Canadian pharmacists are greatly interested in the out- —The value of dull times. A correspondent (3/1)
come of Miss Buchanan's visit, as representative of the —writes : " Although none of us likes these dull times,
Pharmaceutical Society, and would no doubt be pleased
to see reciprocity between the provinces of the Dominion such spells have a salutary effect in causing one to think
themselves, as well as with Great Britain and the
United States. The average drug clerk in Canada is more before buying. Haphazard methods will not do in
quite on a level with the English assistant, and the
pharmacist himself, although much more of a general buying any more than in selling. It is dear buying to
merchant, has a proper regard for, and fully realises, his
purchase at a low figure and use the goods for ornament,
professional status in its proper department, which by
its segregation is really on a higher plane. In most of but it is wise buying to purchase in quantity quickly
the provinces, of course, pharmacy requires a University
curriculum, followed by a degree. moving lines, even though the immediate profit be rela-

tively small. Hard times should also teach us to

systematise our business and effect economies in every

reasonable way. The man who does so will have no need

to grouse.'-'

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 5

French News —Revised Pharmacy Act wanted? The "Matin",

(From the" C. & D." Paris Correspondent.) publishes a leader on " Our Need of Chemists," remark-

Iodine tincture for children. —A ten per cent, ing that " of the 75 large pharmaceutical firms existing

tincture of iodine, said M. Nobecourt at a recent meeting in the world before the war, 70 were German. The new
of the Academy of Medicine, can be safely administered law to replace the Law of Germinal is menaced by a host
of amendments. In Germany big financial concerns may
to children provided it is fresh and free from iodide. study, prepare and sell new remedies, but in France any
pharmaceutical remedy can only be sold and made by
—Paris Society of Pharmacy. At the December meeting
pharmacists. Luckily, the Pasteur Institute is covered
the usual annual elections took place, M. Richaud being-
elected Vice-President for 1923, and M. Lefebvre annual by a special Act (1895). France, however, has a pharma-
ceutical industry in embryo." The article goes on to
secretary, while MM. Patein and Choay were unanimously urge the need of revising the Pharmacy Act.

elected members of the council. At the 1922 general meeting of the " National Office
of Vegetable Raw Materials for the Drug Trade, Phar-
Veronal and kindred hypnotics.—M. Rene Fabre,
who has studied the reaction of veronal and hypnotics macy, Distillery and Perfumery," M. Michel said that
derived from barbituric acid at the Toxicological Labora-
tory of the Paris Faculty of Pharmacy, concludes that France's imports of medicinal plants had fallen from
" veronal and the kindred hypnotics derived from
92,223 quintals (metric cwt.) in 1919 to 53,837 in 1921,
malonylurea easily condense in the presence of acetic
and with xanthydrol and give dixanthylated compounds and that the proportion of exports to imports was now
which can be readily recognised."
86 per cent. , whereas two years ago it stood at 55 per
A poster on the hoardings invites Mutual Benefit Socie-
cent. He ascribed this largely to the propaganda effected
ties to profit by the eight " Mutual " Pharmacies of
which the names and addresses are given, adding that since the foundation of the Office, the influence of which
" their prices are 25 per cent, below those of private
shops." The address of a medico-surgical clinic and three Awas steadily increasing. resolution in favour of the
dental surgeries and laboratories are also given. This
poster is drawn up by the Federation of Mutualist formation of similar organisations for the study of colonial
Pharmacies and Dispensaries, and dated from Co-operation
House. production had been passed at the recent Congresses in

—Academy of Sciences. At a recent meeting, Professor connection with the Colonial Exhibition at Marseilles.

Daniel Berthelot read a paper by M. Mathias and his During his researches on the composition of organic
collaborators at Leyden, who had been allotted by the
Academy a certain sum from the " Bonaparte Fund " in alkalis Regnault studied phosphate of strychnine, but
aid of their researches regarding neon. They had studied
the analysis of the substance obtained led him to attribute
the gas at 240 deg. below zero (Centigrade), and had also
to this phosphate a formula according to which the
noticed that the properties of helium could be examined
at 272 deg. below zero (Centigrade). They propose to phosphoric acid seemed to combine with strychnine other-

continue the study of this gas. wise than with mineral bases. M. Bouillot repeated the

" Why are mountain flowers more vivid in colour than experiment in Professor Guerbet's laboratory at the Paris

those of lower altitudes? " is a subject which has been Faculty of Pharmacy, using alcohol at 90°, and obtained
studied by M. Bouget (botanist of the Observatory of the
the same results, namely, only two salts of strychnine
Pic de Midi, the highest inhabited summit in France).
His paper, read by M. Bonnier at the Academy of of phosphoric acid exist. Both can be easily obtained by

Sciences, points out that if an Alpine flower be surrounded direct contact of acid and basis : monobasic phosphate
with snow or any substance retaining water and at the by using water, dibasic in alcohol at 80°. The analogy
same time the actinometer indicates intense refraction, the
between the arsenates and phosphates of strychnine is
maximum of colour will be attained.
therefore complete.
—Stopping the cough. The " Matin," the topical morn-
—Provincial Pasteur Celebrations. In connection with
ing paper, invites its readers to take care of their
throats this weather. " In case of sore throat, while the recent Pasteur centenary (C. <£• D., December 30, 1922,

awaiting the doctor, give the throat a douche with a p. 942) in Paris, celebrations took place in various
other French towns, especially in Pasteur's native
syphon of seltzer water, suck soothing lozenges, use as a
province. At Besancon a commemorative slab, placed
footbath a gallon of water heated to 35 deg. centigrade,
to which a mixture of 5 oz. of fresh mustard flour in a on the house where Pasteur's father was born, was

pint of cold water has been added. Do not put the inaugurated in the presence of the municipal council.

mustard directly into the hot water." A delegation of the council subsequently took train for

—Quite Patent ? Pharmacists may grumble against the Dole (Pasteur's birthplace), where palm branches were

patent medicine (stamp) tax, but a protest from the laid outside the historic though humble home, and
general public is more surprising. However, since the
" Matin " re-opened its columns for correspondence M. Berard, Minister of Public. Instruction, retraced the
against a'buses, a lady reader writes : Our legislators savant's career. He repeated his discourse at the theatre
have forgotten that our only method of securing effective
pharmaceuticals is to buy proprietaries. Thus, to obtain at Besancon the same evening, a cantata in honour of
satisfactory glycerophosphates, they must be prepared in Pasteur forming the second item of the programme. At
certain known factories. Quinine ampoules are only safe
if prepared by those manufacturers who have a special Arbois, the home of Pasteur's childhood, the population

plant, etc. gathered round his statue and stood bareheaded while

—An unwanted turn. A Parisian daily reports the case the Marseillaise was played.

of a retired English pharmacist who was at the Nouveau —Strasbourg Faculty of Pharmacy. The first lecture

Cirque (Paris) recently. A clown was doing some clever delivered at the Strasbourg Faculty of Pharmacy by
M. L. Gautier, Professor of Galenical Pharmacy, has
juggling with lighted torches, and the Englishman en-
been published in pamphlet form. It treats of the
deavoured to imitate his tricks with, lighted matches.
" History and Evolution of Pharmacy in France," and
His neighbours in the orchestra stalls objected to this
incidentally alludes to what happened when Alsace was
amusement and the police appeared on the scene. He
annexed in Germany in 1871. The last lesson at the
afterwards explained to the Fourteenth Police Court that
he had come to Paris to purchase Credit National Bonds, French Strasbourg School of Pharmacy was given on

and was returning to London immediately. He was con- AJuly 26, 1870. group of local pharmacists afterwards

demned to one month's imprisonment, and a fine of 100 founded a free school to allow Alsatian students to

francs. continue their curriculum. Two delegates, Heydenreich

and Beno, with Professor Schlagdenhauffen, persuaded

the municipality to allow them to use school premises and

even to give a small subsidy towards the cost of classes.

The German Government authorised the scheme, and the
school was opened on May 22, 1871. It delivered diplomas

which the French Minister of Public Instruction subse-

quentlv accepted as equivalent to the official diploma.

But the German Imperial Decree of April 28, 1872,
abolished this " Autonomous School " and replaced it by
the Pharmaceutical Institute of the German University.
It closed on September 30. 1872. On October 1, the

French Government passed a decree transferring the

French Strasbourg Faculties to Nancy.

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6 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Colonial and Foreign News —ASpanish Customs Regulations. royal decree intro-

duces certain alterations in the system of clearing goods

—Opium restrictions in Roumania. H.M. Com- through the Spanish customs. The rate of exchange in
force on the date when the invoice was originajly made
mercial Secretary at Bucharest reports that the

importation of opium and all its derivatives into out will be adopted as the basis for calculating the value
Roumania is only permitted under a special authorisation
for each parcel. These authorisations will be granted only of the goods to be cleared in Spanish currency. Secondly,

the prices stated on the invoice must be the normal, usual

to registered chemists, druggists and factories for chemical commercial market prices ruling in the country of origin.
Where special lower prices have been agreed upon by both
products recognised as such by the sanitary service.

—Belgian Pharmacopoeia Commission. Dr. A. parties, the normal market price must also be stated as a

Schamelhout, the distinguished Belgian pharmacist, well separate sworn statement. This applies also to the impor-

known for his analytical work, has been appointed a tation of used articles. The customs authorities are
member of the Pharmacopoeia Commission. In his capa- empowered to check the statements and prices on invoices,

city of director of the fourth section of the Nationale and in this case can claim the deposit of a sum amounting

Pharmaceutique he has rendered signal services to the to the total value of the goods to be cleared, as assessed by

profession by elaborating, on pharmacopceial lines, the the customs. In the case of false declarations regarding the

standards for a large number of non-official chemicals, in value of goods to be imported, the following penalties are
addition to investigating the composition of many phar-
provided : If the difference between the declared and the
maceutical products placed on the Belgian market in actual value does not exceed 20 per cent., a fine amo mting

connection with the Nationale Codex scheme of price to 50 per cent, of the amount to be paid in customs duty

regulation. will be imposed if the difference exceeds 20 per cent., a
;
—Narcotic drugs in Mexico. The Mexican Government
penalty amounting to the total actual value of the goods

will be imposed, or the goods in question may be

have prohibited the importation of drugs and narcotics confiscated.

which are injurious to the public health unless a special —Unqualified assistants in Germany. One of

permH is obtained by the exporters from the Department

of' Health (Departmento de Salubridad), Mexico City. the results of the change in regime in Germany

—The drugs, included are the following : Opium, raw, in has heen the introduction of a fixed scale of salaries for

powder, and extract of morphine, its salts, and products pharmaceutical assistants, in the place of individual
;

of ; heroin (diacetylmorphine) and its salts ; thebaine arrangements between the owner and his personnel. This

papaverine ; laudanine ; narceine ; cocaine and its salts scale of salaries is fixed now monthly, by agreement
;

dibnine perronine ; stovaine ; marihuana papaver somni- between representatives of the owners and of the
; ;

ferum ; eucaine. All preparations which contain any or assistants, who form a permanent board. For the month

part of the drills specified above come under the same of December the salary of a pharmaceutical assistant

category of prohibited goods. ranges from 70,000 marks (nominally £3,500) to 26,700

Pharmacy in Norway has for some time been so over- —marks (nominally £1,335), according to the local rate

crowded that not only have notices been issued warning of living Germany is divided into classes, according
intending aspirants from entering its ranks, but it has
also been found necessary to curtail the number of phar- —to the ^prevailing standard of the cost of living whether
maceutical students admitted to the University of Chris-
tiania, owing to the lack of accommodation in the labora- married or a bachelor, and seniority dating from the
tory. In spite of these precautions, a large number of
pharmacists are at present without employment, and time of qualifying. Now the Prussian Minister for
recently a meeting of pharmaceutical assistants was held
at which it was decided to create a special unemployment Public Welfare has seen fit to address a communication
1'enefit fund, for the present based on voluntary contribu-
tions, to assist their unemployed confreres. to the President of the Board of the Prussian Chamber

of Pharmacists, in which he points out that pharma-

ceutical assistants are complaining bitterly of the fact

that many owners of pharmacies, in order to reduce

expenses, are giving notice to their qualified assistants,

particularly to the married men, and replacing them by

unqualified male and female helpers, who have not had

The total exports of Hungarian medicinal plants any professional training. The Minister proceeds to

during the present year has exceeded all expectations, state that every alteration in the charges of the official

and amounted to double the quantities sold to foreign drug tariff has been undertaken with a due consideration
countries during 1921. The value alone aggregated about
100.000,000 Hungarian crowns. It has been noticed that of the position of the owners, with the object of enabling
recently Japanese importers are showing a marked
interest in the export of medicinal plants from Hungary, them to remunerate their pharmaceutical personnel' in

and the permanent collection of medicinal plants in the accordance with the rates of the official scale of salaries.

agricultural museum in Budapest has been visited by no He energetically denies that the financial difficulties
less than twenty Japanese representatives. The rapid
fall in the value of the mark has had a disastrous effect under which owners of pharmacies are at present labour-

on exports ; the majority of drugs exported were pur- ing have been overlooked, and states that it is natural
chased by Germany, and now German wholesale houses
are able to offer Hungarian drugs to France at lower that the pharmacist should bear his portion of the

prices than Hungarian firms can quote. common burden of sacrifices which all have to make

—Trade-marks in China. Under the system of extra- under existing conditions. In the interests of the ailing

territoriality obtaining in China, foreigners are guaran- population, every effort is being made to enable each

teed protection in the use of their trade-marks - against pharmacy to keep going by a proper adjustment of the
infringements by other nationals. In order to secure
charges of the • official drug tariff. In conclusion, he
this method of. protection reciprocal arrangements have
been entered into between Great Britain, Belgium, Den- warns owners that if the substitution of trained per-
mark, Prance, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands,
and the United States, according to which trade-marks sonnel by untrained persons continues on a larger scale,
dulv registered in any of these countries enjoy protection
from infringement by fellow-countrymen or by nationals he will take steps to institute a more rigid supervision
of any other of the contracting parties, in the consular
courts. There is no reciprocal agreement between Japan of pharmacies, and will cause proceedings to be taken

and Great Britain. An arrangement exists between China against all owners found to infringe the regulations con-

and the United States for the protection of American cerning the exercise of the profession (i.e., compounding
trade-marks in China. With regard to patents, the
Shanghai Mixed Court recently gave a judgment to the of prescriptions and other professional duties must be
effect that " there are no provisions in China for the
undertaken solely by trained pharmacists), and may even
protection and registration of foreign patents."
be compelled to take steps to ensure that the supple-

mentary charges fixed by the drug tariff for the benefit

of the personnel shall be applied solely for the latter

purpose. This ministerial castigation has caused con-
siderable perturbation among the German apothekers,

who resent the implication that they- are likely to infringe

the regulations by employing unqualified persons to carry

out strictly professional duties, as, of course, the latter

would only be entrusted with attending to counter sales

and other work of a non-professional character.

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST

American Notes Corner for Students

By " The Man from London." Conducted by Leonard Dobbin, Ph.D.

Tests which have recently been concluded at the Communications should be addressed " Corner for Students,
Newaik Technical School, N.J. , for determining the
practical value of roses for oil production, using roses ' The Chemist & Druggist,' 42 Cannon St., London, E.C.4."
grown there, the usual method of extraction being fol-
lowed, showed that while a fair quantity of rose water Qualitative Analysis
was produced, there was no yield of oil.
A Mixtuee of not more than three salts will form the
—Business impeoving. The trend of business is con-
subject of the next exercise in qualitative analysis. The
tinuously moving upwards, buying, which is ordinarily mixture will comprise acids and inorganic bases occurring
heavy at this time of the year, is making itself felt in in the British Pharmacopoeia, and is to be submitted to
both wholesale and retail trades. The volume of whole-
a thorough systematic examination, all its constituents
sale business in the New York district, as shown by a are to be detected, and proof is to be given that the
substances detected are the only constituents of the
Federal report from the Reserve Bank, rvas larger in mixture.
September than in any month since September, 1920.
Students' applications for portions of the mixture of
The tax on sugab, though a moderate one compared salts (accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope,
with those on other items in the new Tariff, becomes a not a stamp merely) will be received up to Tuesday,
January 9, on which day the samples will be posted.
burden on the candy industry, and now, in addition, comes Students' reports will be received up to Saturday,
the Canadian proposal to increase the duty on all American January 20. Each report should contain a concise account
confectionery from thirty-five to fifty per cent. , in retalia- of the work done, and should include a list of the con-
tion for the high rates which the new tariff has placed on stituents detected. In this list any substance regarded as
Canadian merchandise. On the whole, the candy maker is an accidental impurity should be distinguished from the
not throwing any bouquets at the framers of the new law. essential constituents of the salts composing the mixture.

—Gauze reclamation. The Superintendent of the Phili- The analysis announced above forms the third exercise
in the analytical tournament for the current winter session.
delphia General Hospital states that hopitals can save The usual monthly first and second prizes in this series
of analyses will be awarded only to apprentices or assis-
money by the washing and renovating of gauze. He tants who are preparing for the Qualifying examination
of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or o£
declares that 190,000 has been saved in that institution Ireland, which fact must be attested on their reports.
by this means. During the recent meeting of the
American Hospital Association, it was stated that College Notes
Massachusetts General Hospital was the first institution
to inaugurate the practice of washing gauze, and the life Welsh College of Pharmacy
of the gauze was tested, some pieces being washed twelve
It has been decided to establish a course for the Major
to thirteen times. examination of the Pharmaceutical Society at the Welsh
College of Pharmacy, Cardiff, commencing in October
—Home toe old deuggists. The National Association 1923. The fees are to be £15 15s. per session, and a prize
of £5 5s. has been offered by Mr. H. M. Lloyd (member
of Drug Clerks are trying to buy a hundred-roomed house of the Pharmaceutical Society's Council) to the first
at Palmyra, Wis., which the Association opened as" a college student to pass the examination.
home for superannuated druggists in 1913. There are
sixty-odd acres of land and a lake included in the pro- " The Squaee Chronicle "
The December number of " The Square Chronicle,''
perty, and a portion of the acreage fronting the lake
i the official organ of the Pharmaceutical Society's School of.
Pharmacy Students' Association, welcomes Mr. R. R.
has been laid off into lots which are offered to druggists
at prices ranging around $400 to $500, with the idea Bennett, Ph.C, as their new President, and Messrs. J.
of making the property a sort of summer resort for drug- Stuart Hills, Ph.C, T. Tickle, Ph.C. and Dr. C. H.-
Warner, Ph.C, as Vice-Presidents. Brief accounts are
gists and their families. given of the first ramble of the recently formed Natural
History Club, the matches played by the football and
The electeic fly-killee, which is automatic and hockey clubs and of the meeting and dance under the
auspices of the Social and Intellectual Club. Reminis-
requires no attention beyond the removal of the dead
flies, consists of a panel frame connected with a trans- cences of the session, 1879-80 ; first impressions of
former attachable to any lighting circuit. The frame Shanghai, and a description of a walking tour on the
is crossed by parallel rows of wife, which carry a
current of 500 volts. The current is on at all times, slopes of Mt. Elgon are among contributions which add
but, according to the maker, electricity is consumed only variety to the number.
when a fly comes into actual contact with the wires, and
then only a small amount of current is used." The same —Free seevice pays. Every American druggist used to

transformer and installation is used for killing rats. complain about the amount of free service he was
called upon to give to persons who came into the store
—Spirited away ! A shipment of Deptf ord gin consigned wanting a postage stamp, to use the 'phone or something
as he thought, profitless. Nowadays the problem is to
to U.S.A. via Holland, on the Rotterdam steamship, and get them into the place pharmaceutic and to manoeuvre;
so that those who do come in shall leave something
consigned to McKesson & Robbins, New York, turned towards paying the rent, etc. Several years ago a theatre-
ticket dealer rented the basement of a drug store on Broad-
to salt water before it was withdrawn from bond and
delivered to the firm. The discovery of the substitution way in New Yoi'k City, and prospered exceedingly sell-
of the salt water for gin was made by McKesson &
Robbins after complaints from retail drug customers, who ing tickets at cut rates. Thousands of people passed
in turn had received complaints from persons obtaining through the drug store to buy the bargains in tickets
liquor on doctors' prescriptions. The officials who were below the pharmacy proper, and the proprietor was so
sent to investigate opened each case and found every disturbed by seeing the crowds pass daily through his
place that he gave the theatre ticket speculator notice
bottle filled with salt water. to quit. The ticket man, being a 100-per-cent. business
man, bought the druggist out, rearranged the stock and
The Federal Wholesale Druggists' Association, of made displays to catch the eye and managed to increase
the United States and Canada, met in Buffalo recently, the daily volume of sales from $300 to $900.
there being present delegates from the board of directors

of twenty companies, and about 100 delegates representing

about 12.000 retail druggists stockholder customers of
these companies. It was stated by a speaker that the
investment of 25 large and well-established co-operative

wholesale drug companies represents over $7,000,000, the
annual sales of these companies amounting to more than
$60,000,000. These companies serve 12,000 retail
druggists with the greater part of their merchandise.

It was claimed that a net saving of $7,000,000 to the
members of the organisation would result on this volume

of business.

....

s THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

New Companies Stock Exchange Prices

and Company News £1 Shares unless otherwise stated Dec. 30' Nov. Dec.
29
P.C. means Private Company and R.O. Registered Office 1921 28

—Baiss Brothers & Co., Ltd. (P.O.). Capital, 7%Allen & Hanburys, Prefd. Ord. . . s. d. s. d. s. d.
20 6
£20,000. Objects : To take over the business carried on Apollinaris and Johannis, Ord. £10. . 20 3 20 0
at Grange Road and Grange Walk, Bermondsey, S.E., by 12 6 12 6 15 0
5% Pref. £10 25 0 37 6 35 0
Baiss Brothers & Co., Ltd. (incorporated in 1900), and Ash (Claudius), Sons & Co., Ord. . . 20 6 11 6 11 6
14 3 14 3
-to carry on the business of manufacturing chemists, Ayrton, Saunders- & Co., 7£% Pref. 29
30 0 26 26
agents for and dealers in drugs and chemicals, etc. Barclay & Sons, 5% Pref. 37 9 37 9
£5§
Beta, Ltd. (P.C.).—Capital, £1,000. Objects : To Benger's Food, Ord. . . 17 3 £6J- £6'-
17 0
carry on the business of chemists, druggists, analysts, Boake(A.),Roberts&Co.,5%Pref.£10 22 6 22 6
22 6 22 6
assayers, drysalters, oil and colourmen, manufacturers of Boots Pure Drug, 7% "A" Prefd. Ord.
7% "B" Prefd. Ord.
chemicals and manures, etc. The first directors are :
Boots Cash Chemists (Eastern), 6%
R. and H. Lawrie, " Ochils," Ightenhill, Burnley; J. E. " A " Pref 15 6 20 0 20 6
14 6 20 0
Whalley, 474 Accrington Road, Burnley ; and R. Lawrie, %Boots Cash Chemists ( Lancashire ), 6 -

jun. R.O. : 3 Grimshaw Street, Burnley. " A " Pref 20 6

—Amhurst Drug Stores, Ltd. (P.C). Capital, £1,000. Boots Cash Chemists (Southern), 6%
A" " Pref. . .
Objects : To carry on the business of drug-store pro- 15 3 20 0 20 6
Boots Cash Chemists (Western), 6%
prietors, chemists, chemists' sundriesmen, dealers in toilet "A" Pref 17 0 20 0 20 6
30 0 36 6 36 3
requisites, soaps, perfumery, jewellery, fancy goods, etc. Borax Consold., Defd. Ord. 17 3 21 6 21 6
18 0 23 3 23 3
The first directors are : Mrs. S. Kuriansky, 200 Upper Bovril, 6% Pref* .. ., 14 6 21 6 2L 6
3
Clapton Road, E. 5, and Mrs. B. Riwlin, 200 Upper „ Ord 3 7£ 8 0 90
63 11 9 12 6
Clapton Road E. 5. R.O. : 15 Amhurst Parade, Stam- „ Defd 14 6 13 9 20 0
6 10£ 9
ford Hill, London, N. British Cellulose & Chemical Ord. . 46 8 6 79
15 0 6 49
Fontagene, Ltd. (P.C.).—Capital, £100. Objects : To 7A% Pref. 15 74 5 6 50
acquire any patents, etc., relating- to gasogenes and 22 0 4 3 14 9
British Cyanides, Ord. 30 0 13 6 27 3
25 0 25 6 40 0
similar apparatus for aerating, carbonating or gasifying 7%British Dyestuffs Corpn., Pref. . . 21 3 41 6 37 3
liquids in respect of which letters patent in Great 52 6 34 3 27 3
Prefd. Ord. 19 7£ 27 6 65 0
Britain have been applied for by P. A. Garrett under 16 3 62 3 23 \\
No. 19,574 dated July 17, 1922, and to carry on the British Glues and Chemicals, Ord. . . 13 9 24 0 11 6
business of ironfounders, mechanical engineers, manu- 15 0 20 3 16 3
,, ,, 8%,, Pref. 13 9 16 19 6
20 16 0
British Oil and Cake Mills, Ord. 15

British Oxygen, Ord.

facturers of aerating machinery, brassfounders, metal Brunner Mond, Ord. . .

workers, etc. The permanent directors are A. H. 7i%,, ,, Pref.
Pickering, 29-30 Tower Hill, E.G. 3, and P. A. Garrett,
45 Gartmore Gardens, Goodmayes. Bush (W.J.) & Co.',°5% Pref- £5 ..

Cadbury Bros., 6% Pref
Callard, Stewart & Watt, Ord.

Joshua Margerison & Co., Ltd. (P.C.).— Capital, 5£%i> >> >> Pref.
£100,000. Objects : To take over the business carried
on by Margaret Margerison, R. Margerison and Joshua Crosfield (Joseph) & Sons, 6J% Pref.
Margerison, jun., as representatives of the late James DeTrey &Co., Ord
Margerison ; A. M. Margerison as representative of
Joshua Margerison the elder; G. Margerison, A. M. Mar- Eastman Kodak, Com. (No Nominal
gerison, Barbara Margerison and W. A. Margerison, as
representatives of the late W. M. Margerison Fanny M. Value)' S730 S92J S95
S123 S125
; 6% Prefd. $100 . 12 6 50 •S120
Evans Sons Lescher & Webb, Ord. . . 10 0 66 70
Margerison, L. C. Margerison, and Frances M. Margeri- 76 18 9 10 3
son, as representatives of the late C. M. Margerison and „,, ,, 5%° Pref. 12 6 19 3 16 3
the said A. M. Margerison, all of Preston, as Joshua 86 50 19 6
Margerison & Co. , and to carry on the business of soap &Field (J.' C. J.'), Ord." .. 16 3 23 3 10 0
manufacturers, manufacturers, refiners and preparers of 15 0 19 0 21 3
and dealers in oils, glycerin, oleaginous and saponaceous 7% Pref. 14 4i 15 3 18 9
Idris & Co., " A " Ord 45 0 57 6 15 0
substances, unguents and ingredients, pharmaceutical, 16 6 19 10$ 57 6
manufacturing and general chemists and druggists, manu- Ilford, Ltd., Ord 16 6 19 7i
facturers of and dealers in toilet requisites, boxes and 93 11 0 20 7£
6%,, Pref. '. £12 J 19 4|
cases of card, wood, metal or otherwise, printers, pub- Kent (G. &B. )- Sons, 5£% Prof. 11 3 £14 10 9
lishers, candle-makers, manufacturers of perfumes, and . 11 0 70
20 0 11 3 £135
collectors of flowers and perfume-producing vegetation, Knight (John), 25% Prefd. Ord. . 19 3 28 0 40
general merchants, importers, exporters, etc. The first 7%Lever Bros., Ltd., 16 9 24 9 11 3
directors are : G. Margerison, A. M. Margerison (joint Pref. 19 0 20 3 31 3
19 0 24 3
managing directors), R. Margerison, and W. A. „ 8% Pref. 19 3
18 3
„ 20% Prefd. Ord. 5s.

Liebig's Ext. of Meat, Ord. £5

Magadi Soda, Ord

Mellin's Food, 6% Pref
Mond Nickel Co., Ord

„ 7% Cum. Pref. ..
7%Nathan (Joseph) & Co.,
Pref. .

„ 8% Prefd. Ord.

Margerison. National Drug and Chem. Co. of

Canada, 6% Pref. 17 0 19 3 17 6
New Transvaal Chemical Co. ,6% Pref. 15 0 18 3 18 0
—Noble's Drug Stores, Ltd. C. B. J. Lockyer, of 98, 17 6 18 9 19 4§
8% Pref. 13 9 19 3 19 9
Warham Street, Camberwell, S.E. , ceased to act as 14 6 24 3 23 6
Salt Union, Ord 20 0 22 6 22 6
receiver or manager on December 18, 1922. 13 3 17 6 17 6
Pref
British Cellulose Co., Ltd.—Mr. A. W. Tait, C.B.E., 76 86 96
9%" Sanitas," The, Co., Pref. 22 6 28 6 28 9
C.A., has become a director and has been appointed 44 0 44 0
deputy-chairman of the company. The board of Nobel Schweppes, Ltd., Ord. .. .. 25 0 19 3 18 6
Industries, Ltd., has agreed to Sir Josiah Stamp, K.B.E., 12 6 35 0 35 0
Joining the board of the Cellulose Co. for the time being, Defd 22 6 27 0
n succession to Mr. Arthur Chamberlain, to assist in the
6%Smith (Stephen) & Co., Pref. .
internal financial organisation.
Southall Bros. & Barclay, Ord.
Lever Brothers, Ltd., have acquired the controlling
interest in the International Icilma Trading Co., Ltd., 5% Pref.

(by the purchase of £150,000 8 per cent, cumulative pre- Spratt's Patent, Ord.
ference and £75,003 ordinary shares for £215,000. The
purchase price is to be paid £60,000 in cash and £155,000 United Alkali, Ord
fn shares. The directors of the International Icilma are United Glass Bottle Man., 7 %Mt.Deb.
to receive £15,000 from Lever Brothers as compensation
Stk. £100 £96£ £85 £85£
for loss of office. 17 6 16 6 17 6
Venesta, Ltd., Ord. 16 0 17 6 17 6
16 3 21 0 20 9
7 °/ Pref. .. .
39 40 46
7%Virol,"Ltd., Pref. 10 0 12 6 13 3

White (A. J.), Ltd., Ord. 10s. 39 46 46
16 0 18 6 19 6
White (R.), & Sons, 6% Pref.

Prefd. Ord. 10s.

Wright, Layman & Umney, 6% Pref.

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 9

Legal Reports " Bhandreth Pills," with device including words
—Japanese Nail-brushes. In the Mayor's and City of " Allcock's Porous Plaster" on circle; for plasters
and pills (3). By Allcock Manufacturing Co., 22,
London Court, on January 2, before Judge Shewell
Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Cheshire. 427,993.
Cooper, Mr. Clement J. Djimino, 15 Aldersgate Street,
E.C., claimed £20 10s. 7d. against E. Day & Co., Ltd., (Associated.)

brush manufacturers, 163 Borough High Street, for nail- " Zubah " ; for medicinal chemicals (3). By W. Taggart,-

brushes supplied. Mr. Griffith Jones, who appeai-ed for 787, Crumlin Road, Ballysillan, Belfast. 428,749.

the plaintiff, said that the claim was for 150 dozen " Cataplasmin " ; for a medicated dressing (3). By J,
Woolley, Sons & Co., Ltd., 12, Victoria Bridge Street,
Japanese nail-brushes and fifty dozen assorted nail-
Salford, Manchester. B428,021.
brushes supplied. Two points would arise. One was a
" Dapsin " ; for a medicinal chemical (3). By M. Isaacs,
question of agency and the next whether there had been
22, Prebend Gardens, Chisvvick, London, W.4. 429,674.
an acceptance under the Sale of Goods Act. Defendants
" Vundi " ; for medicinal chemicals (3). By R. Blackie,
said they never ordered the goods, and that they were Shen Works, Tower Bridge Road, London, S.E.I.

lying at the plaintiff's disposal. On September 14 a Mr. 429,953.
Collins came to the plaintiff's premises and represented
Signature " Vve. Grenet " and alchemical signs on circle;
himself as an agent for the defendant company. Plaintiff, for all goods (48). By Violet M. Grenet, 140, Old
who had been trading in nail-brushes for some time,
Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. 426,457.
informed Collins that he had relinquished that kind of " Nonex " ; for dry shampoos (48). By T. Vine, 222, Harrow

business, but that he had a stock on hand which he was Road, London, W.2. 426,609.
prepared to clear out at 25s. per gross. Plaintiff confirmed " Aqualette " ; for water softening preparations (48). By.

the order in writing, and defendants admitted the Eucryl, Ltd., Oakley Road, Shirley, Southampton.
delivery. Six weeks after the delivery the defendants
repudiated the transaction, and now they said that Collins 426,804.
was only selling nail-brushes for them and had no author-
ity to buy goods for them. Solomon Collins, called for the " Devonetta " Made in London on oblong label; for per-
defendants, said he had no authority whatever to buy
fumery, etc. (48). By W. J. Bush & Co., 28, Ash
brushes for his company. He thought the price was a
Grove, Hackney, London, E.8. 427.420.
bargain, and that if he could get oth«r people besides
the defendants to buy them he might sell them to some- " Brin d' Amour ; for perfumery, etc. (48). Bv H. H.
body else. Nobody ever bought goods for the company Ayer, Inc., 317, East Thirty-fourth Street, New York,
except on an official order. Judge Shewell Cooper said
that he came to the conclusion that Collins in fact gave U.S.A. 428,327.
the order for the brushes without his having any
authority, and that he did not think the plaintiff was " Kutikleer " ; for perfumery, etc. (48). By Dorzone Herbal
justified in assuming that Collins had authority, but the
order was subsequently ratified by the defendants, and Remedy Co., 15, King Street, Plymouth. 420,283.

therefore they were liable. He did not know how the (Associated.)
defendants conducted their business, but it seemed to him
(From " The Trade-marks Journal," December 13, 1922.)
that it might be reorganised with some advantage
Judgment for the plaintiff, with costs. " Vulkactt " ; for chemicals (1). By Farbcnfabriken vorm.
F Bayer & Co., Leverkusen, Nr. Cologne, Germany.

430,559". for sanitary chemicals (2). By , E. •.

" Rodovus " ; G. Brine,

110 Victoria Street, London, S.W.I. 429,976.

" Davoze " ; for deodorisers and disinfectants (2). By O.

Harrington, 13 Billiter Buildings, 22 Billiter Street,

London, E.C.3. 430,192

" Closed Knife " on device of same for medicines (3). By
C. Withers & Sons, " Glenmere," Stratton Farm, Clap-

ton, Nr. Portishead, Somerset. 429,684.

" Roylex " for r^dicinal chemicals (3), and for perfumery,
;

etc (48). By Taylor's Drug Co., Ltd., 347-359, Burley

Trade-marks Applied for Hill, Leeds. 428,577/578. (Associated.)

The mDtfoiaiagrrruekrygse,iss"atrir1ena9t2gpi3rao,ornuepapn.retedh2.e8gs9ie.vseAnreliifnsetr"oftTochletahseCsheceslmaaisnssdte'spaainrntdiwcDhurilucagh6rgs6itshates " Thermocalor " ; for medicinal chemicals (3). By P. H.
Bayer, The Welbeck Palace Hotel, London, W.l,

428,696. (Associated.)

R W" Nitclerol " ; for nit destroying preparations (3). By
Davies, 9 Electric Parade, Holloway, London,

N.7. 428,920.

(From " The Trade-marks Journal," December 6, 1922.) " Maorix Embrocation," with picture of Maori Chief; for
"Andorax"; for chemicals fl) and for goods (47).' By the
embrocation (3). By Maorix, Ltd., 22 Dorset Street,

Liverpool Borax Co., Ltd., Borax Street, Lii^veeirppooooil. London, W.l. 429.306.

429,921/922. (Associated.) " Alspa " : for medicated salts (3). By P. Edgerton, 54

' FrRWEIBlTE " for chemicals (1). By Firth, Weir & Co City Road, London, E.C.I. 429,640.
;
" Kerono " and " Fenox " for medicinal chemicals (3).
Ltd.. 95, Westminster Bridge Road, London, S.E.I' ;

430.236. By J. Smith & Son, 116 Main Street, Alexandria, Scot-

" Septon " for photographic chemicals, etc. (1). Bv John- land. 429.711/712.
:
" Acnyl 7 ' ; for medicinal chemicals (3). By Les Etablisse-
son & Sons, Manufacturing Chemists, Ltd 23 Cross ments Poulenc Freres, 92 Rue Vieille-du-Temple, Paris.
.

Street, Finsbury, London. E.C.2. 430,290.
" Incrustax "
; for water softening preparation etc (1) 430,505. .

By The VauxhaU Trading Co., Ltd., 4, Lloyd's Avenue "Step Lively," with picture of man running for train;

London, E.C.3. 430,3*5. for medicated foot powders (3). By C. G. Boyd. 1501

" Doom " for vermin-destroying' preparations (2). By E A East Fourth Street, Bethlehem, Penn., U.S.A. 430,542.
:
" Clac," on label device; for a concentrated beverage (42).
UMurray, 2,703, Guoin Street, Detroit, Mich SA
, By Corbyn, Stacey & Co.. Ltd., 673 Commercial Road

426,596.

"Klime"; for chemicals (2). By H. J. Macmillan. 66, East. London, E.14. 427,329.
Commercial Road, Glasgow. 429,632.
"Mac" "Amethyst"; for perfumed shampoo powders (48). By
" Drymac," and " Spbaymac " for chemicals (2).
: A. W. Plummer, 32 Rising Holm Road, Wealdstone,

By McDougall & Yaldinor. Ltd.. Nr. Hampstead Lane, Middlesex. 425.294. (Associated.)

Yalding, Kent. 430.645/646/647, (Associated.) (From " The Trade Meirks Journal " December 20, 1922.)

"Amethyst"; for medicinal chemicals (3). By A. W. " Cima," with device; for chemicals (1). By J. Gantner &

Plummer. 32. Risingholme Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex

425,293. (Associated.) Co., 42 Herald Chambers, Martineau Street, Birming-

"Roberts' Croupline, Limited" under picture of boy with ham. 425,335.

bottle and carton (" Roberts " disclaimed) : for a medi- " Minuet " for dyes (1) and (4). By Wm. Edge & Sons,
cine (3). By Roberts' Croupline, Ltd., 35, Deane Road, ;

Ltd., 50 Raphael Street, Bolton. 430,725/726 (Asso-

Bolton. 419,688. (Associated.) ciated).
R MDevice including monogram " P
" on seal, etc. (seal " Marshall's T.ysol, " with device, including wrapped bottle,

device disclaimed) ; for essences and essential oils (3). triangle, and letters " L, L. L." (" Lysol." " Mar-

By Keshav Balkrishna Mavlankar. 6, Beauchamp Street, and " L.
Byshall's,"
L. L." disclaimed) for Lysol (2).
;

London, E.C.I. 427,339. Lysol, Ltd.. Kingston Road, Raynes Park, London,

" Galenus "• and " Galenuspirin " ; for medicinal chemicals S.'W. 20. 428. t/0 (Associated).

(3). By Galenus Chemische Industrie, 85, Westendstrasse. " Crempoid "; for a floor disinfectant (2). By the Sanitary

Werk Mainkur, Frankf urt-am-Main, Germany. ' Floor Co., Ltd., Audrey House, Ely Place, London,

428,828/829. (Associated.) E.C. 1. 429,106 (Associated).

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10 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Practical Notes and Formulas First-aid in Eye Injuries

Removal of Rust from Steel The following instructions to first-aid room attendants
are quoted from a paper by Dr. T. Lister Llewellyn in
Prepare a paste consisting of : the " British Medical Journal " : (1) To wash out an eye.

Calcium carbonate ... ... 55 gm. —Use warm boric lotion and the eye-washer. (2) To
—remove a foreign body. The foreign body may be under
Potassium cyanide ... ... 25 gm.
the lids or embedded in the eye. If the latter, do not
Hard soap ... 28 gm. attempt to remove it. Wash out the eye, drop in some
castor oil, and cover the eye with a bandage. If under
—Add a little water and rub on the rusty parts. (" Journ. the lower lid, pull down lid and wash out the eye. Use
a camel-hair brush if necessary. If under the upper lid,
do Pharm. de Belg., 45, 1922.) push the lower lid under the upper lid, and ask patient
first to close and then to open his eye. Repeat the process.
A Bromoform Mixture
If this is unsuccessful, evert the upper lid as follows :
Dr. F. W. Burton-Fanning, in the " British Medical Seat patient on a chair and stand behind him. Lay a
wooden match half an inch above the eyelashes. Press)
Journal," expresses the opinion that bromoform controls
the paroxysms in whooping cough more effectually than the match backwards and pull the eyelashes over it. The
any other drug, and is free from danger if properly ad- foreign body will then be seen, and may be removed
ministered. Bromoform is precipitated from any soluticn
or suspension by the slightest trace of water, and poison- by washing or the use of the camel-hair brush. After;
ing cases have usually resulted from the last dose in the
bottle. This trouble has in recent years been overcome —removal of the foreign body, drop in some castor oil
by directing the last dose in the bottle to be thrown away.
The credit for having devised a satisfactory method of and cover the eye. (3) Lime burns. Remove partij'.es
prescribing is attributed to Mr. J. T. Corder, chemist with wool soaked in castor oil. Wash out the eye. Drop
and druggist, Norwich, whose formula is, bromoform mj.,
in some castor oil.
paraffin, liq. 3j., this being the ordinary dose for a child
between one and three years of age. Formulas for Tablets

OVER-EATING BY PlGS Snow and Fantus, at the New Orleans meeting of the

It is very common for pigs to go wrong in health from American Pharmaceutical Association, proposed the
following improved formulas for tablets :
over-eating, " which is usually given for the good." There
Tabellce Hydrarnyri Chloridi using die and punches to
Mitis
is loss of appetite, heavy and depressed appearance, and make one hundred 0.30-gram

sickness and languor, which may be accompanied with a Calomel Tablets tablets.

Vise of temperature and constipation, and red or blue Mild mercurous Tabellce Santonini Composites

patches on the body. When an animal is seen in this con- chloride 0.60 gram Compound Tablets of Santonin
dition it is invariably put down as swine fever. Swine 0.05 gram
erysipelas is also put down as swine fever. Both Carmine Santonin, in fine
0.40 c.c.
1%Spirit of rose, . 1.40 c.c. powder . 3.00 grams

Liquid petrolatum 4.00 grams Mild mercurous

diseases, which are easily distinguished from swine fever Starch, powdered . 12.00 grams chloride 3.00 grams

by those accustomed to pigs, are treated in practically the Sugar, in fine Benzosulphinide,

—same way by giving the bowels a smart purge, such as powder in fine powder . 0.06 gram

salts and jalap or calomel, with a carminative, and in- Having thoroughly triturated Tincture of vanilla 1.50 c.c.

the mild mercurous chloride Cacao, in fine
with the sugar, add the carmine
jections repeated until there is a free discharge of faeces. and the spirit of rose, and powder 6.00 grams
triturate again until the pink
A twenty-four hours' fast is recommended, and is of great Sugar, in fine
benefit. An emollient or soothing preparation, such as colour is perfectly uniform. In
another mortar mix the starch powder 18.00 grams

ol. olivae and liquor potassse, sour milk, etc., should be with the liquid petrolatum. Mix the benzosulphinide and
Then add the petrolatum the mild mercurous chloride
applied to the skin, and the animal kept in a sheltered starch to the other powder with
gentle trituration. Compress with the tincture of vanilla,
place. add the santonin and permit
in a tablet machine, using
Modified Milk the alcohol partly to evaporate.
ft -in. die and punches to make
Dr. Erie Pritchard, in the "Lancet" (I. 1922, 838), one hundred 0.18-gram tablets. Then mix the sugar and the
cacao by thorough trituration
deals with the modification of cow's milk in infant feed- Average dose : 10 tablets. in a mortar. Compress in a
Tablets containing other dosage tablet machine, using f-in. die
ing. After considering various methods in use he gives and punches to make one hun-
than that specified may be made
the following formula for modifying cow's milk to breast by increasing the amount of dred 0.30-gram tablets.

standard : mild mercurous chloride and Dose : 1 tablet.

Milk (of average quality) 10 oz. correspondingly decreasing the Tabellce Phenolphthaleini
1 oz.
Cream (33 per cent.) ... f oz.) quantity of powdered sugar. Phenolphthalein Tablets

(Or cream (48 per cent.) ... 1 oz. Tabellce Santonini Phenolphthalein, in
4. oz. Santonin Tablets
Sugar (milk sugar at first, but later milk 1 pt. fine powder 6.00 grams

sugar, maltose, and cane sugar mixed) ... Benzosulphinide . 0.12 gram

Broth Santonin, in fine Spirit of cinna-
powder , .
' ; ;. ... ... ... 3.00 grams mon, 10% 0.15 c.c.
Benzosulphinide . 0.06 gram
Water, to make Cacao, fine
Tincture of vanilla 1.50 c.c.
Humanised milk prepared in accordance with this Cacao, in fine powder 6.00 grams
6.00 grams
—formula has a calorie value of 20 i.e., the same as powder Sugar, i fine

powder 18,00 grams

breast milk, the balance is also the same, and through Sugar, in fine Mix the benzosulphinide with
the medium of the broth it is also provided with most powder the spirit of cinnamon and add
21.00 grams the phenolphthalein. Then in-
of the accessory factors which may not be present in corporate the sugar and the
Mix the benzosulphinide with cacao by thorough trituration
Sufficient amount after dilution of the cow's milk. It the tincture of vanilla, add the in a mortar. Compress in a
may be wise, however, to give orange juice indepen- tablet machine, using |-in. die
dently. The formula for preparing a bone and vegetable santonin and permit the alcohol and punches to make one hun-
broth which will contain the required elements is as to partially evaporate. Then dred 0.30-gram tablets.
mix the sugar and the cacao
follows : by thorough trituration in a Dose : 1 tablet.
mortar. Compress in a tablet
Take 1 lb. of bones and chop them up well so as to open machine, using f-in. die and Tabellce Sodii Bicarbonatis
up the marrow cavity, add one tablespoonf ul of vinegar and punches to make one hundred
lj pt. of water, allow them to simmer for about eight hours,
and then add a handful of mixed vegetables, such as cabbage, 0.30-gram tablets.

brussel sprouts, spinach, roots, lentils, etc., with a few sprigs Dose : 1 tablet. Soda-mint Tablets
of Irish moss, and allow to simmer for one hour longer.
Then strain and allow to set into a jelly. Tabellce Sulphuris et Potassii Sodium bicarbonate 25,00 grams

Bitartratis Oil of peppermint 0.30 c.c.

Liquid petrolatum 1.00 c.c.

Tablets of Sulphur and Cream Starch, in fine
of Tartar
powder .. .. 4.00 grams

Such a broth, besides containing gelatin, which is a Washed sulphur . . 20.00 grams Mix the oil of peppermint and
the liquid petrolatum with the
good acid fixer, animal extractives from the attached Potassium bitartrate 6.00 grams starch ; add the sodium bicar-
bonate by gentle trituration.
Oil of orange . . 0.30 c.c. Compress in a tablet machine^
using A-in. die and punches to
meat and bone marrow, also contains a considerable num- Starch .. .. 4.00 grams make one hundred 0 30-gram

ber of vegetable extractives, possibly vitamins, lecithin Triturate the powdered ingre-
dients together until thoroughly
bodies, organic salts, and cholesterol. The object of mixed, then incorporate the oil.
Compress in a tablet machine,
adding the Irish moss is to provide a source of iodine. tablets.

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 11

Wireless TelephonyPractical a very simple form of crystal receiver quite
capable of receiving telephony. and well within

IV. Receiving Appliances the range of any handy amateur to make at
home. It will be seen to consist of two entirely distinct
The message waves causing H/F oscillatory currents in

the aerial and flowing to earth through the reception \l/ h> Aerial

apparatus, the simplest form of which is a crystal receiver, 0

are not capable of producing legible signals in the

telephone unless there is a circuit adjusted or tuned to

W/Lrespond to the transmitted, and a detector to convert

the waves into a suitable form. The first essential for Aer/'a./ Tuning Coil
sound production in the telephone is a continuous current

with rhythmical variation in intensity, and for this purpose

a curious property of certain minerals is taken advantage Variable
of, namely, that when an alternating E.M.F. is applied Contact
to particular combinations of two crystals or a crystal

and a metal they either refuse to allow current to pass

in one direction or at least exhibit a very high resistance X. Low Resistance
5 Phones
to currents in one direction and a very low resistance in Variable
the other. This effect is described as " rectification."
Tuning Condenser
Many such combinations may be employed. One of
the best is a bornite-zincite couple among others are

;

zincite-tellurium, galena-brass, carborundum-steel, and

iron pyrites-silver. The student will find this a wide

field for experiment and research. Another method is by Detector
the aid of the valve, which will be discussed in a subse-
.

quent chapter. The investigation of the action of a Prima-ry
crystal detector is most interesting, and may Inductance
best be shown by graphic curves. In the diagram below
Tuner
the curve is plotted for a simple increase of current against

a similar rise in resistance, both positive and negative in Telephone

direction. The curve takes the form of a straight line Condenser
as the E.M.F. increases in the same ratio as the resistance, Secondary
but if we replace this by a crystal couple the curves are Inductance

quite different, depending on the combination employed. Tuner

When negative voltage is applied to a bornite-zincite

couple its resistance is very high, 0.1 volt giving only EartK ~=

about 3 microamperes (>A), and 0.5 volt about 12 Diagram of Simple Crystal Receiver
fiA. With positive voltage, however, 0.1 volt yields

20 j«A, and 0.3 volt no less than 72 pA. With

the carborundum-steel couple, the resistance on the circuits, the aerial containing a tuning inductance and

negative side is very great and on the positive the a variable condenser in series to add capacity. It also

current flow is practically nil until 0.7 volt is reached, has a coil acting as the primary of an induction coupling
acting upon a secondary circuit. This circuit must also
when the curve bends sharply upwarda. Now it has been

found that the carborundum-steel couple will withstand be tuned to the incoming waves, so that it shall be in

rough usage or shocks better than the zincite type, and perfect resonance, and in the present instance a con-

a most ingenious method has been devised of increasing denser is employed, but an inductance in series might

its sensitiveness. The following diagram shows equally well have been used. The object of using the

secondary circuit is to supply sufficient

I/OO«¥/ tension to the detector, for whatever
crystal or combination is used it invari-
ably has an inherent high resistance,

which would have such a damping effect

on the aerial circuit that only very faint

results would obtain. It will be noticed

/ 5" in the telephone or the 'phone transformer

f, , , 1 1 circuit (B), which may be used with low-

resistance 'phones instead of the high-re-

sistance 'phones in (A), a small condenser

is placed as a shunt. This has no tuning

Borni'te ' ~L incite duty, but accumulates from each train of
waves a charge that forces a current

through the telephone so as to vibrate

the diaphragm. The telephone condenser

is often omitted, but in such cases the

self capacity of the 'phone windings

Mr A effects the same office.

—The dose of thyboid. Dr. W. E.

Dixon, writing to the " British Medical

MyJournal," states : " attention has

been drawn by my pharmaceutical col-

leagues to the dose of dry thyroid gland

which is given in the British Pharma-

copoeia as 1/2 to 4 grains. In private

practice the gland is given almost always

in tablet form, and the dose is weighed

as fresh gland, which represents only

Carbcundum- Steel about one-fifth of the dry gland. Physi-
cians generally prescribe it in the dry

form.

—-; : :. — ;: ,
::

12 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Preparing a Balance-sheet resultant balance representing the net profit for the period
under review (see p. 663, as above). The only balances
It is customary to " close " and " draw up " accounts remaining in the trial balance which have not been
at the end of the year in order to show the profit or dealt with are the balance-sheet items, viz., assets,
the loss on the year's transactions. If accounts are
properly drawn up so as to exhibit a trading and profit- capital, current or drawings, and liabilities accounts.
These are laid out as shown on p. 663, and the inclusion
—and-loss account and a balance-sheet, they will pro- of the net profit figure as per the profit-and-loss account

vide a dual purpose a correct profit, and, with the will be found to cause the two sides of the balance-
details shown in the profit-and-loss account, a profit
sheet to agree. Perhaps it is difficult to grasp the fact
tor income-tax. purposes easily obtained also. No busi-
how the books are closed, especially the wiping-out of
ness can be properly controlled without a system of
book-keeping; and, so long as it is adequate without the old stock figure and the bringing in of the new.
entailing unnecessary elaboration, it should tell the Using theory again as the easiest explanation, and

owner all he wishes to know at any, time. We will taking the trading account as a short example, the debit

assume the books have been posted up to the end of items of which are stock account in the ledger and
the accounting period. The accounts are then added
up and the totals, including the cash-book balances, trans- purchases account in the ledger: to close these the entry
ferred to a schedule or list of balances called a trial
balance, the total of the debits and total of the credit would be made in a journal, viz. :
balances agreeing; should they not agree a mistake or
mistakes in posting have been made. Unless there is Trading a/c ... £1,350
agreement between debit and credit, accounts cannot
be correctly drawn up. Before proceeding further it To stock - £350
perhaps would be advisable to see that all accrued
expenditure which lias 'not been paid, such as rent, To purchases for amounts trans-
rates and gas, is brought into the books as a charge,
and also into the trial balance. Similarly, purchases of ferred ... ... ... £1,000
goods which have been received, but are still unpaid,
are shown as liabilities. Theoretically a journal entry The new stock is brought into the ledger by debiting
is made to bring these items into the books for the
stock (after closing the old stock as above) and credit-
period, viz :
Aing the trading account. journal entry is unneces-

sary if the two-fold aspect of every transaction in double-

entry book-keeping is borne in mind, e.g., when writing-

up trading account with item " stock " do not forget

to credit the " stock " account in the ledger; this closes

Aold stock. matter which should receive attention at

balancing time is provision for depreciation of assets by

reason of their gradual use; but it is not intended to

go into this subject in this article except to mention it.

—Sundries. Dr. Unless depreciation is charged, the asset will, in the
To sundry creditors :
course of time, show a value in the balance-sheet in

Rent. excess of its true value, so that depreciation is the

Rates. gradual process of writing-off to profit-and-loss account

Gas. an amount which is assumed to represent the loss in

For expenses accrued value by use for that period. It is, however, not a

To purchases for goods received, as Invoices,- very important item in the retail chemist's business. For
those chemists who have not adopted strict double-entry
and when the accounts are paid the cash is debited to
bookkeeping, a few hints will not be out of place here.
the sundry creditors _ account from the cash-book in-
In bala-ncing, two trial balances are usually made out,
stead of to the expense accounts themselves ; but it viz., " Sales " and " Purchases." The sales trial balance

will be sufficient to make these entries direct instead wfll consist of

of using a journal, unless a proper record of the entry Debtors outstanding previous period (debtors)
;
is desired. The above remarks apply to the (1)

double-entry system as to the journal entries. The (2) Sales per sales day book;

ledger accounts will be found to be divisable under (3) Cash sales.

—three heads: . (1) Personal, (2) Asset and Capital, (3) The total of these three items should agree with

Expense : (1) Debtors outstanding at end of the period;
(2) Cash received as per the cash book;
• (1) These, are represented by either debtors or
(3) Any discounts allowed- as per the cash book.
- creditors The purchases trial balance will show
'

(2) These consist, of stock, fixtures, fittings, etc.,

. as assets and capital of the business; (1) The total of purchases not paid for at end of

(3) These are items which form the profit-and-loss previous period (creditors)
;
account.
(2) The total purchases for the period.

Assuming that the owner has. taken stock and correctly These" two heads added will agree with
valued it at cost or present market price with the aid
of the O. & D. Stocktaking Pad and "The C. & D. (1) Cash paid as per the cash book ; . -—
Retail Price List " (and. we must take it that stock is
(2) Discounts received as per the cash book
the most important item in the chemist's business for (3) Accounts, owing at end of the period.
profit purposes) , we are now ready to draw- up the
Unless these trial balances agree, an error or errors have
accounts. Taking the trading account first, it is advisable
occurred, which should be looked for. The accounts can
now be made up as explained above, and the gross and

to divide this and the .profit-and-loss account, because net profit arrived at. To facilitate balancing, the follow-

the former gives a gross profit which is valuable for ing matters should be systematically dealt with periodic
future comparison alone, apart from telling the pro-
cally throughout the year : Reconciliation of the cash
prietor whether his stock has fallen or appreciated in book with the bank pass book (by regularly doing this

value. it ensures the correctness of the cash-book entries)

The trading account, therefore, on the debit side, con- checking of all additions and postings from cash, sold and

sists of (1) stock at beginning of the period, (2) pur- bought day books to the ledger accounts (this may appear

chases ; and on the credit side the sales and the new a laborious proceeding, but it will be found probably

stock. The excess of the credit over the debit side to have been time well spent) . In respect to cash book,

represents the gross profit and the debit side of the watch the discounts as personal accounts are posted to
account is balanced by " Balance gross profit."
ledger. This is generally a weak spot in book-keeping,
If the reader will refer to the accounts shown on
pages 662 and 663 of the G. & D., November 11, 1922, and an item which frequently, spoils a trial balance. It

he. will there see laid out a typical set of accounts, will also be found that the halfpenny is constantly met
which every chemist would do well to follow as an with enter them up throughout the year, and adjust any

;

accounts showing these at the end of the closing period

example, if time permits. by setting off against other accounts of a like nature, so

The gross profit is then carried down to the credit side as to eliminate them altogether from the final accounts.
of the profit-and-loss. account, and on the debit side are
—Attendance to this will also help in ensuring a trial
set out all the expenses of running the business, the
balance agreement. C. W. J. (2/1).

—

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 13

Recent Patents unglazed porous material, such as unglazed or " biscuit '-

porcelain, in combination with a dental trough. (J. D..

Abstracts of specifications of recently-granted British Bowling. 189,569.)

patents for inventions. The complete specification (Is. —AClosure of Containers.

each including postage) can be obtained from the Patent plain cap, capsule or cover

Office, 25, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.2, on consisting of a circular disc of rubber formed on one side
quoting the name of the patentee and the number of the
with an integral cylindrical flange adapted to fit down
patent.

—ALabelling Machine. machine for applying labels to on to and over the neck of the bottle or container, the

tins and other cylindrical containers. (T. P. J. Sullivan. depth of such flange depending on the form of such bottle

189,213.) or container. (J. Cockerill. 189,514.)

—Spectacle Cases. Sheaths chiefly designed to enable —AImprovements in Crucibles. crucible, retort or the

large spectacles to be carried occupying a minimum of like intended for high temperature work, the body of

space. (P. A. and S. W. Newbold. 189,404.) which is made from a mixture of chromite and ferro-

—APowder-Puffs. silicon ground and mixed with a suitable binding agent

refillable powder-puff consisting of a (sodium silicate solution), and fired after moulding.

bag-like structure of fleecy material, provided with a. (Ferolite, Ltd., and H. B. Clapp. 189,692.)

special closure device. (N. A. Kaletzky. 188,913.) —ADestruction of Blight in Trees. liquid preparation

—Irradiation of the Throat. An instrument for bending for preventing, and also curing, blight in fruit trees,

rays from an arc and directing them to any part of the wherein the base is a liquid obtained by boiling the young

human mouth or throat. (W. G. Moore. 188,970.) shoots of the elder tree or bush, mixed with suitable

—ASulphate Of Lead. iprocess for the manufacture of proportions of copper sulphate, iron sulphate, nicotine,

lead sulphate, for use as a pigment, from lead sulphide soft soap, methylated spirit and slaked lime. (J. W.-

• ore in an electric furnace. (J. Gitsham and H. ft. Walkley. 189,037.)

Evershed. 189,160.) —Improvements in Packing Cases. A packing case having

—Abdominal Supports. An abdominal support for use metal strips inserted between the joints of the respective

iii cases of enteroptosis, consisting of a single front plate sections forming the case itself, and secured in such a

held in place by springs, and a back plate. (G. K. manner as to prevent one or more boards from being

Grimmer. 188,961.) removed and replaced without detection, the lid of the

—Washing Glass Vessels. Apparatus for washing glass case being secured to the body part by metal strips and
steel tape. (Johnson & Akam, Ltd., and Major Akam.
vessels wherein the brush is mounted directly upon the
189,690.)
extremity of an Archimedean screw. (H. T. Hobbs and
—Starch Preparations. Process for making a starch
W. Knowles. 189,230.)
preparation applicable for tanning hides, or for pharma-
—Dyestuffs. Processes for the manufacture of dyestuffs ceutical purposes, with the object of producing a highly
—of the triarylmethane series from 4.4' — dialkyl-diamino dispersed starch which remajns in colloidal solution and

3.3' — dimethyl-benzophenone. (British Dyestuffs Corpora- does not form a jelly. This is effected by heating the
liquor containing starch, at a temperature well above
tion, Ltd., J. Baddiley and E. H. Rodd. 189,295.) 180° F. , with the addition of a weak acid, such as

—ASeparation of Micro-Organisms. method of flocking butyric, formic, lactic, oxalic or sulphonic acids. (R. R.

out micro-organisms, particularly yeast, by the addition Howroyd and A. Turnbull. 189,236.)

of other micro-organisms, such as certain strains of

agglutinating lactic acid bacteria. (W. Henneberg, Titanium and Vanadiun Salts from Bauxite.—Consists

188,724.) in treating the titaniferous bauxite with a solution of

Phenylglycine Compounds.— Process for the manufac- caustic soda under pressure (Bayer process) dissolving
,

ture of phenylglycine compounds by the action of trichlor- the residue in hydrochloric acid and reducing the iron
ethylene on anilin and a body possessing an alkaline
present by sulphur dioxide or other suitable reducing

reaction (milk of lime). (British Dyestuffs Corporation, agent, or by electrolysis, and effecting separation of

Ltd., and M. Wyler. 188,933.) hydrated titanium dioxide by boiling the solution contain-
ing titanium chloride and ferrous chloride together with
—Refining Lead. Process for refining lead by bringing
the other chlorides present after the addition of an alkali
the molten metal into intimate contact with an oxidising

agent such as molten caustic alkali, or a molten mixture acetate. (E. E. Dutt. 189,700.)

of caustic alkali and alkali chloride or other fusible

chloride. (H. Harris. 189,013.)

—AManufacture of Hydrochloric Acid. plant for effect Almanacs and Calendars

ing the synthetic manufacture of hydrochloric acid in Mr. John Grimes, R.D., Pomeroy, sends out an illus-
trated almanac (7^in. by 5in.), with a good selection of
aqueous solution by • passing a mixture of chlorine gas domestic recipes, practical hints, and general information.

and water vapour over incandescent coke. (G. Poma and The Graesser-Monsanto Chemical Works, Ltd.,
London and Ruabon, distribute a wall calendar (6 in. by
G. Andreani. 189,723.)
9| in.) on the tear-off principle, with easily legible white
—AProtective Colloids. process for producing salts of figures on a green ground. For shop or office use this
type of calendar, a month to a leaf, is a welcome
oxidised protalbinic and lysalbinic acids, for medicinal companion.

uses. The alkali salts of these oxidised acids act as Robinson and Sons, Ltd., surgical dressings and card-
board-box manufacturers, Chesterfield, distribute a wall
protective colloids, yielding stable combinations, particu- calendar (14^in. by lO^in.), having as its central feature
a striking print in colours of Chesterfield Parish Church,
larly with mercury compounds. (M. E. Wolverkamp. with its famous twisted spire. The calendar, which has
a tear-off date for each day, is artistically framed.
188,772.)
Lawrence & Shepherd, wholesale and retail chemists,
— AClarification of Solvents and Oils. clarifying agent and Oban Apothecaries Co., George Street, Oban, send
out a calendar of 128 pages (7^ in. by 4f in.), which,
for solvents and oils consisting of a mixture of glycerin we learn, has a circulation of 10,000 copies. The issue

and a chloride (calcium chloride or hydrochloric acid) in of this publication has been suspended since the year
1914, but it is evidently "going strong," packed as it
substantially equal proportions (5 or 10 per cent, of is with information specially useful to residents in the
West Highlands. Mr. John L. Shepherd was taken into
each) and 90 or 80 per cent, of water. (N. E. Willis. partnership by Mr. Samuel Lawrence last year, and both
the businesses mentioned are jointly owned by them.
189,701.)

—AHolders for Surgical Dressings. container enabling

surgical dressings to be preserved sterilised for any

period, and permitting the use of the same direct from

the container, without, previous sterilisation in the

operating-room. (Alien & Hanburys, Ltd., and G. R.

Baldock. 189,256.) —Apparatus. An improved
Dental Rubber working

dental apparatus for use in connection with the packing

of rubber for vulcanite dentures, based on the use of

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14 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Coming Events f Prescription Problem

This section is reserved for advance notices of meetings or The Editor will be glad of the loan of original prescriptions
suitable for this column, together with the solution of
other events. These should be received by Wednesday;
the difficulty.
of the week before the meetings, etc., occur.

Monday, January 8 We revive this week the prescription problem, which

Sheffield Pharmaceutical and Chemical Society, Church House, for many years was a popular feature of the
St. James Street, at 8.30 p.m. Mr. J. E. Ward, B.Sc., M.P.S. C. <£ D., and which was suspended during the war. The
(chief chemist of the Crookes Laboratories), on "Colloids translation of- hieroglyphics and ciphers has always been
and Colloidal Products " (illustrated by microscope, etc.). an attractive pursuit to certain diligent minds. But to

Society of Chemical Industry, Lecture Hall of the Institution be able to interpret correctly an illegible prescription is
of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, London, S.W. Joint what every pharmacist rightly considers an art peculiarly
meetings of the London Section and the Biochemical Society his own. Incidentally, the reading of more or less
from 5 to 7 p.m. and from 8.15 to 10 .p.m. Discussion, on illegible prescriptions forms no inconsfderable indication
" Micro-organisms and their Application to Industry and of a student's fitness to qualify as a chemist and
Research." Sir Win. Pope, F.R.S., will open the discussion.
Informal dinner at Victoria Mansions Restaurant, 24 Victoria druggist. Medical men have not as a body accepted the
Street, at 7.15 p.m. Tickets (3s. 6d. each) from the secretary. typewriter as an easy way of providing readable scripts,

Tuesday, January 9 one very good reason being that it is not always expedient
for a patient to know the nature of his medicine. For
Ealing Pharmacists' Association, Eden's Restaurant, High
Street, at 8.30 p.m. Address by Mr. Lowman (Parke, Davis & the student, therefore, the deciphering of the prescription

Co.). problem has a distinct educational value, testing his
patience, ingenuity and knowledge of prescribing gener-
Wednesday, January 10 ally in a manner that will stand him in good stead in

Hoyal Society of Arts, John Street, Adelphi, London, W.C., at his business career. When one ingredient is known it
3 p.m. Juvenile Lecture II. Mr. C. R. Darling, E.I.C., on is often possible to narrow down the doubtful items to
" The Spectrum."
one or two likely medicaments. For example, soda bicarb,
Manchester Pharmacists' Masonic Association, Victoria Hotel.
Ladies' evening. Reception at 6 p.m. Tickets (10s. 6d. each) may suggest bismuth carb., acid hydrocyan. dil., tinct.
from the secretary, Mr. H. Woodnead, Church Street, Eccles. nuc. vom. and so on. The question of dosage also comes

Federation of South-Eastern Counties Pharmacists' Asso- into play, and indeed, from whatever direction the prob-
ciations, Y.M.C.A. Rooms, High Street, Lewes, at 2.45 p.m. lem is approached, even if only to pass an idle half-hour,
Mr. G. A. Mallinson (Retail Pharmacists' Union) will give the attempt will not be without its reward. For this
an address. At. 7.45 p.m. Mr. Mallinson will be the guest reason, therefore., the winning of a prize ought not to
of the Eastbourne Pharmacists' Association at the annual
dinner in the Burlington Hotel, Eastbourne, at 7.45 p.m. be considered of primary importance.
Tickets for the dinner, 12s. 6d.

Thames Valley Pharmacists' Association, Kingston Hotel, King-
ston-on-Thames, at 2.45 p.m. Dr. Stanley White on
" Biological Preparations." Open to all chemists.

Edinburgh Chemists', Assistants', and Apprentices' Association
35 York Place, at 8 p.m. " Organic Chemistry for the
Qualifying Examination," by Miss Isa Ingram; "Note on
Film Tests," with practical demonstration, by Mr. Eric
Knott, Ph.C.

Thursday, January 11

National Association of Women Pharmacists (London Group),

Slater's Restaurant, 192 Oxford Street, W.. at 8.30 p.m.
" Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony." (Joint meeting
with the Western Pharmacists' Association.)

North London Pharmaceutical Association, St. Mary's Parish

Hall, High Street, Hornsey. New Year's Party by Hornsey
chemists to members and friends. Those who have not

received an invitation should write to Mr. D. Anderson, 21
Broadway Parade, Crouch End, N.8.

Salford Pharmaceutical Association, 40 The Crescent. Open dis-
cussion on " Trade Topics."

South-West London Chemists' Association.—The annual dinner
will be held on January 17 at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen

Street, at 6.30 p.m. Tickets (12s. 6d. each) from the secretary,
Mr. D. Andrew Rees, 224 Coldharbour Lane, S.W.9.

Proprietary Articles Trade Post-cakd solutions of the above facsimile prescrip-
tion are invited from subscribers, their assistants and
Association
apprentices, and should reach " The Editor, ' The
In the list of members of the Council of the P.A.T.A. for Chemist and Druggist,' 42 Cannon Street, London,

1923, published last week (p. 920), the name of Mellin's E.C.4," not later than the first post on Friday morning,
Food, Ltd., Stafford Street, Peckham, S.E.15, was January 12. Small book prizes will be awarded at
inadvertently omitted from the list of members of the the discretion of the Editor, whose decision is final.
Manufacturers' Section. The note that " in this section Where more than one correct solution is received the time
there was no contest," indicated, of course, that the
personnel of the section was unchanged. Dr. J. J. Pilley of posting will be taken into consideration.
(Mellin's Food, Ltd.) has been a member of the Manufac-
turers' Section of the P.A.T.A. Council for many years,
and the secretary of the P.A.T.A. regrets any annoyance
or inconvenience that this omission may have caused Dr.

Pilley and Mellin's Food, Ltd., whom he represents on

the Council.

Messrs J. B. Francis, Alfred Higgs and S. N. Pickard
recorded their
write: We desire to thank all those who

votes in our favour at the P.A.T.A. election and returned
us by large majorities. It will be our endeavour to
increase the number of articles on the P.A.T.A. list and
at a fair and equitable profit, as we have
many years past with much success. done for so

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST* 15

Births superseding almost entirely the crystallised product, and
leading to a more extensive and widespread use of the
Notices for insertion in this column must be properly article. Owing to the growth the business had attained,
and desiring to be in constant touch with his buyers,
authenticated. Mr. Pickford removed to London from Montpellier in
the early part of 1907, opening offices at 21 Mincing
—Harding. At " Thornbury," Nelson Road, Southsea, Lane. For some years his health had been gradually
failing, and in June 1920 he retired, relinquishing his
on January 1, the wife of F. A. Harding, chemist, High- interests to his sons, Messrs. Frederick and Lucien
Edgar Pickford, who had long been with him. The
land Road, of a son. Stretton Road, Leicester, on business will be continued by them under the style of

—Wright. At 57, W. J. Pickford and Co.

December 26, 1922, the wife of Hubert Wright (A. de —Westlake. At Tresco, Selsey. Sussex, on Decem-

St. Dalmas & Co., Ltd.), of a son (Michael). ber 18, 1922, Mr. Bernard Westlake, retired chemist and
druggist, aged seventy-nine. For many years Mr.
Marriages Westlake carried on business in Peascod Street, Windsor,
— —Knowles Kemp. At Oxford Street Primitive Metho-
of which borough he was Mayor in 1895-96. A portrait of
dist Church, Blackburn, recently, Albert Wilfred Mr. Westlake appeared in the C. & D. II., 1895, p. 768.

Knowles, chemist and druggist, Cambridge Street, to Williams.—On December 26, 1922, suddenly, Mr.
Annie, eldest daughter of Mr. James Kemp. Arthur Llewellyn Williams, chemist and druggist, Bush
Street, Pembroke Dock. Mr. Williams, who qualified in
— —Munro Johnston. At 36 York Place, Edinburgh, on 1890, had been in business at Pembroke Dock for a long

December 27, 1922, by the Rev. Harry L. Moir, M.A., period.
assisted by the Rev. Robert Hill, M.A. (uncle of the
Wilson.—At Queenstown, on December 28, 1922, Mr.
bride), and the Rev. William McCulloch, M.A., William John Wilson, L.P.S.I., 18 The Beach, second son of
Munro, B.A., art master, Academy, Fraserburgh, son of Mr. James Wilson, Harbour Row. Mr. Wilson, who

Mr. William Munro, Edinburgh, to Nan Johnston, passed the Licence examination in 1904, carried on busi-

daughter of the late Mr. George Johnston, Govan, and ness in Queenstown for several years. He was a valued
niece of Mr. J. Rutherford Hill, Ph.C, Edinburgh.
resident of the town, where his loss, after a compara-
Deaths tively brief illness, is sincerely regretted. The funeral
—Cappell. At Great Western Road, Glasgow, on Decem- took place at Ballymore Cemetery on December 30.

ber 20, 1922, Mr. Robert Cappell, chemist and druggist. Wride.—On December 23, 1922, Mr. William Blake

—Cox. The funeral of the late Mr. Arthur Hawker Wride, chemist and druggist, Wynell Road, Forest Hill,
London, S.E. 23. Mr. Wride was a son of the late Mr.
Cox, jun., whose death was recorded in our last week's F. B. Wride, who founded the wholesale and retail
business of F. B. Wride & Co., Southampton, in 1853.
issue (p. 935), took place at the Brighton and Preston
Cemetery on December 29. The principal mourners were He passed the Qualifying examination in 1890.
Mr. Arthur H. Cox, Mr. Roy Cox, Mr. E. E. Cox, Mr.
Val Cox, Mr. Tony Cox, Mr. T. Swaffer, Mr. H. Swaffer, Personalities

Mr. Owen Welch, Mr. P. J. Wigginton, Mr. Dilkes, Mr. Mr. H. W. Quelch (Henry C. Quelch and Co., 4 and
P. Lloyd, Mr. A. B. Friend, Mr. W. Hampton, Mr.
5 Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. 4), has left England by the
W. H. Scott, and Mr. Harold Dixon. A large number s.s. " Homeric " on a short business trip to the United
States and Canada.
of the employees of Arthur H. Cox and Co., Ltd., also
attended, and the male members of the staff formed a Miss Doris Horton, L.R.A.M., eldest daughter of
Councillor and Mrs. Horton, Cathedral Pharmacy,
guard of honour as the cortege passed through the gates. Chichester, has been appointed head music mistress at
the Sibford Secondary School, Oxfordshire. Miss
Mr. A. Kinsey (works foreman) was in charge of the Horton's musical progress has been remarkably rapid.

party, and the other heads of departments present in- Mr. R. P. Linstead, second son of Mr. E. F. Linstead,
Ph.C. (Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, E.C), has
cluded Miss Pike, Mr. E. Martin and Mr. H. Killick contributed to the " Transactions " of the Chemical
(packing), Mr. Honeywood (tablet-making), Mr. Joyce Society (1922, Vol. 121), jointly with Mr. K. C. D.

(pill-making), Mr. Miles (coating), and Mr. Johnson Hickman, a paper entitled " A Modified Methyl-orange
(printing). The floral tributes were very numerous and
Indicator." It may be remembered that Mr. E. F.
beautiful, and included several from departments of the Linstead's eldest son was the senior Bell scholar of the

company's works. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Cox request Pharmaceutical Society in 1921, and it is gratifying to
us to express their thanks for the sympathy extended to record that another son has had research accepted by
the Chemical Society while still in his teens.
them on all hands.
Mr. Ernest Brier, who joined the staff of Parke,
—Horwood. At Brunswick Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, Davis and Co. in 1902, was entertained to dinner recently
by members of the London and Hounslow staffs on the
on December 22, 1922, Mr. James H,orwood, aged ninety- occasion of his taking up on apppointment at the firm's
one. Mr. Horwood, who was a native of Houghton Regis, headquarters in Detroit. During the evening the chair-
man, Mr. H. J. Fisk, presented to Mr. Brier, on behalf
entered the service of Mr. T. B. Clarke, chemist, Dun-
of his old colleagues, a suitably engraved Chippendale
stable, in July 1847. He subsequently became associated
silver salver. Mr. Brier, who is a native of Elland, was
with Wootton and Son (afterwards Wootton and Webb), for some time manager of Messrs. Parke, Davis and Co.'s
chemists. Dunstable and Luton, remaining with them Petrograd branch. He was imprisoned and condemned to
death by the Bolsheviks, but was eventually released.
until 1899. Other guests of the evening were Mr. C. H. Campbell,
Detroit, Mr. G. P. Forrester, and Mr. C. L. Holder-
—Luboldt. At 37 King's Avenue, London, N., on ness, who, after thirty-three years' service with the firm,
is about to retire on his pension. Dr. J. S. White and
January 1, Mr. Frederic William August Luboldt, aged Messrs. Esseler and Tyler contributed to the entertain-
forty-seven. Mr. Luboldt was a partner in the firm of ment during the evening.

Grosscurth and Luboldt, chemical and drug merchants,

21 Mincing Lane, E.C.3.

—Pickford. At his residence, Cromer House, High-

gate, London, N., on December 28, 1922, after a long
illness, Mr. William James Pickford, late of 21 Mincing-

Lane, E.C.3, and formerly of Montpellier, France, aged
seventy Interred in Highgate Cemetery on January 2.
Mr. Pickford, who was the eldest son of the late Mr.
William Pickford, East Molesey, had been connected

with the chemical trade for the whole of his business
life, and with cream of tartar, tartaric and citric acids

for the past forty years. He was one of the pioneers
who introduced to the trade on a larger scale than hitherto

had been possible cream of tartar in pulverised form,

16 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Business Changes Trade Notes

Mr. G. H. Thwaites, chemist and druggist, is opening —Lysol in bulk. Robinson Brothers, Ltd., West Brom-
a pharmacy at 74a Ashley Road, Upper Parkstc-ne,
wich, offer lysol in casks or drums.
Dorset.
Grips pastilles competition.— It is hoped to announce
Mr. C. Nicholl, chemist and druggist, has taken over
the business of Mr. F. Greenwood, 11 New Road, result of this competition next week.
Mytholmroyd.
—Melrose tablet. Roberts & Sheppey, 2 Skipton Street,
Samuel Lambert & Co., Ltd., drug merchants, have re-
moved from 14 Mincing Lane, London, E.C., to 10 Great London, S.E.I, make a special offer of the connection
with the new 3d. size of Melrose tablet.
St. Helens, E.C.3.
—Quelch's agencies. Henry C. Quelch & Co., 4-5
The new address of Newberys' Agencies is 31-33 Banner
Street, London, E.C.I. The telephone number is Ludgate Square, London, E.C.4, give in their advertise-
ment the revised terms for Cutex and Swandown face
" Clerkenwell 2138." powder.

Bradley (London), Ltd., export merchants, have Cox's bonus offer.—Arthur H. Cox & Co., Ltd., manu-
changed their address from 133 Fenchurch Street, E.C.3, facturing chemists, Brighton, have now withdrawn the
to 2 Creechurch Lane, Leadenhall Street, E.C.3. toilet soap bonus offer to which we referred last week

Mason Bros. & Chapman, manufacturers of elastic gum (p. 936).

and surgical instruments, have removed from 107 White- —Piver's face powders. L. T. Piver (Paris) ; London
cross Street, London, E.C.I, to 9/10 Stock Orchard
Street, Caledonian Road, N.7. depot, 102 Dean Street, Oxford Street, W.l, have

reduced the price of their standard face powders to 24s.

a dozen wholesale, and 3s. per box retail.

Mr. A. Hughes, formerly London office manager of —Erasmic specialities. Alterations announced in the
Chance & Hunt, Ltd., chemical manufacturers, Oldbury,
has commenced business on his own account at 35 prices of Erasmic toilet preparations are : Vanishing
Crutched Friars, London, E.C.3, under the name of
Hughes & Hughes. cream (new style), Is. 6d. poudre compacte, Is. 3d. j
;

baby powder, Is. 3d. ; savon dentifrice, 7£d.

G. H. Marsden & Co., chemical merchants, have re- —Turmeric. A. J. Rippin, Ltd., 17 Harp Lane, London,
moved to more commodious offices at 42-50 Victoria Street,
Westminster, London, S.W.I. Telephone : Victoria 4460. E.C.3, whose advertisement appears in this number, has
The new address of the warehouses is Aston Street,
for years specialised in turmeric. The company supply
Stepney, E.14. Telephone : East 1681.
turmeric in its various forms to the wholesale trade only.
Mr. C. W. P. Morgan, chemist and druggist, has
opened a business at 1305 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea. Savory & Moore, Ltd., 143 New Bond Street, London,
Mr. Morgan was apprenticed with Boots, Ltd., and, after
being demobilised from the Army and passing the quali- W.l, have organised a new advertisement campaign to
the public of Savory & Moore's Food and Dr. Jenner's
fying examination in 1920, became manager of branches Absorbent Digestive Lozenges. The company are offering
of the company, in the Channel Islands, Oxford and special terms for window displays.
London.
—Safeguarding of Industries Act. According to an
Henri Pelliot & Co., wholesale and manufacturing
druggists, Paris and Montreuil, have converted their advertisement in this issue an association is being formed
business into a ioint stock company with a capital of with the object of remedying t lie anomalies of the Safe-
4,000,000 francs. " The title of the firm has been altered guarding of Industries Act and " freeing British trade
to Etablissements Henri Pelliot, of which M. Henri from the trammels of bureaucracy.''

Pelliot is chairman, MM. Pierre de Rebel and Paul Nupines competitions.— W. B. Cartwright, Ltd.,
Rawdon, near Leeds, give in their advertisement some
Pelliot directors.
details of the Nupines competitions for £500 in prizes,
Langton, Fort & Co., import and export drug mer-
which will receive a fillip from a whole page announce-
chants, 10 Beer Lane, Great Tower Street, London, E.G., ment in the " Daily Mail " on January 20.

intimate that the partnership hitherto existing between —Lemon juice soap. Reference has been made in the

Mr. Lawrence Greville Fort and Mr. William Moore G. & D. to Salomon Freres' (Paris) manufacture of lemon

Langton, trading as Langton, Fort & Co and the juice soap, for which Robert Ferber, Ltd., Carlton
, Works, Asylum Road, Peckham, S.E.15, are the British
agents. The soap costs 9s. 6d. per dozen tablets and is
Alliance Drug and Chemical Co., was dissolved from
packed three tablets in a box. The minimum retail
December 31, 1922, as regards Mr. Lawrence Greville
price is Is. per tablet.

Fort. The business will be carried on under the same

name and management by the remaining partner, Mr.

Langton. Information Department

Index to Vol. XCVII. INFORMATION WANTED

The issue for December 30 completed Volume XCVII, K/2812. Adhesive shop-round D/21. " Ideal " or " Triumph "
covering the second half of the year 1922. We have in labels, similar to ,or " Ideal Triumph "
the Glasoine. (Lon- grinding mill
preparation an index for the volume which will be tent don supply)
to subscribers who have already intimated that they B/3012. Oil of Ivy Berries
desire to receive the indices as published. The index S/ll. Antidipso (present ad- S/ll. Ozone Cigarettes
M/2912. Pleura Pastilles
is not sent out with The Chemist and Druggist, but is dress)
supplied to all subscribers who send us post-card requests A/1512. Radio-Laxative Tablets
for a copy. Those whose names are already on the list B/953. Daffey's or Duffey's (French)
of subscribers who have indicated their desire to have Inhaler
S/2912. Stenhouse Pills . (pre-
the index regularly need not send us a further intimation. L/1312. Elixir Vi-G'.andis sent address)
B/ll. Lipoids
—A vanishing pharmacy. In a recent issue of the
INFORMATION SUPPLIED
" Western Morning News " appeared a photograph of
the pharmacy carried on for seventy years by Mr. Anestyl. W/3L Miller" surgical gloves.
William Feaver, chemist and druggist, and his late S/212
father. The shop has been acquired by the Truro City Camilatone Shampoos. B/ll
Noitroline. S/2812
Council for the purposes of street widening. Cantassim. L/21
Paper Bottle Caps. S/ll
Castor Oil Chocolates. T/21 Pneumosan. P/1912

Clark's Cachets. S/21 Purdue's Liquid Preparations.
H/3012
Colloidal Kaolin. H/2712
.
" Goiden Girl " Shampoo Pow-
ders. M/ll Resinol Ointment. C/3012
" Rough-on-Rats." S/2812
Hygeia Feeding Bottle. M/21
Kaloderma Powders T/2L Smirnoff's Shampoo Powders
Maorix Embrocation. A/31 M/ll
Meta's Milk of Roses. M/21
Sulphur Candles. T/21

Whey Powder. N/2912

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January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 17

Observations and Reflections by William Kenningham, Physician. Prophecy was a

By Xrayser II. leading feature of these earlier as of the later almanacs

" The New Year of Partridge and Moore (both of whom were or styled
themselves physicians). Partridge, whom Swift perse-
reviving old Desires " of the Persian astro-
cuted so mercilessly, began life as a shoemaker. More
nomical poet was obviously not the new year we know, successful even than his was the Almanac (" Vox Stel-
beginning on January 1, but began, as did that of the larum ") of Moore, which still survives. Whether the
old Romans, in March, the first month of spring, which
is indeed in accordance with natural instinct. There real name of the author was Moore has been questioned
does not seem to be any reason in the nature of things but Francis Moore was the name by which he chose to
why we should make a fresh start either in outward
-observances or in inward resolve in the middle of a be known, and Bridgnorth in Salop is given in the
season ; but when all Nature is manifestly bursting into
new life there is a peculiar relevance in Omar's call, Almanac for 1711 as his birthplace. He practised physic

" Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring in Westminster, and used his almanac as an advertisement.
Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling,"
" The C. & D. Diary"
or, as we familiarly say, to turn over a new leaf and
give ourselves with renewed vigour both to the duties reached me later than usual this

and the pleasures of life. New hopes, new wishes, year, owing to the extraordinary pressure on the delivery

new resolves have then a natural impulse behind them agents, and I have had time for little more than a
they have not a merely conventional propriety, but spring
up as inevitably as " the blowing Rose " reveals its Aglance at it. glance, however, is enough to show its
treasure. But use is second nature. Though the reason
for beginning our year in January is not so obvious to value* and that there is no falling off in the series of
the senses, the feelings it inspires may be quite as
genuine, thanks to the force of custom, and if there is which it is the latest issue. In has, in fact, several
any truth in our new theories of the power of suggestion
there may be an equal force behind the good wishes, the features that strike me as of unprecedented value. Among
hopes, the resolves with which we enter upon it, giving
them an equal chance of realisation with those awakened these are the eight and a half pages on National Health
by the productive energy of the springtime. This year
the signs, of the times are such as to add real hopefulness Insurance, which comprise a wealth of information and
to the sincerity with which I wish everybody a Happy
instruction not to be found in such handy form elsewhere,
New Year.
and the seven pages on poisons law and antidotes for
Mr. Granville Shaw's
poisons, the arrangement of which is peculiarly happy.
pictorial review of the year is a
formidable rival, or, shall I say, since for the most part The Trade Directory and Buyers' Guide seem to grow
it deals with different events, an excellent supplement
more voluminous every year, and their usefulness cannot
to your own more serious retrospect. Mr. Shaw is the
be over-estimated. Not the least valuable part of the
best kind of satirist, for there is no malice in his wit
volume is the advertisements, always a distinctive feature
and yet it bites shrewdly. He might indeed be classed
of these Diaries, and never more so than this year.
with the humorists rather than with the satirists, and I notice one fact about them which I venture to commend
would probably prefer to be placed in that category
but he has a foot in both camps, and even when he to the consideration of advertisers :
looks most innocent there is a wicked twinkle in his
eye. Look, for instance, at his picture of the alliance A Double-page Advertisement
concluded at Nottingham. It is not for nothing that
Sir William is made to approach Miss Conference from is much more than twice as
behind. She, poor girl, " in maiden meditation fancy effective as a single one. Every printer knows that the
free,'' is taking her walks abroad when she is " surprised
and violently caught," her hands seized and her cheek " prosperity " of his art lies in the arrangement of
saluted It is indeed in this fashion that all coy maidens, matter not on a single page but on the two pages which
according to the poet, affect to be won, but this was face each other, and this holds good even more obviously
a case of aversion rather than coyness, and there is no of advertisements than of ordinary literary matter. More-
question of affectation in the matter.' The portraits in
these pictures are capita}, just verging on caricature yet — —over and this is highly important when opposite pages
not extravagantly overdrawn.
are both occupied by the same firm a unity of impression
Almanacs is produced which is impossible, or at least less easy to
convey, when one firm's advertisement is faced by
have a special historical appropriateness as mediums another's, possibly of a conflicting character. Every
of advertisement by chemists, especially if we accept the advertisement is, or should be, a work of art, and in a
derivation of the word " almanac " favoured by Kluge work of art composition is of the first importance. It
and Skeat, though both of these authorities regard the has been defined as " the help of everything in the picture
origin as uncertain, as do the editors of the Oxford by everything else," and in the case we are considering
Dictionary. The derivation referred to is from a late
Greek or Gr. -Egyptian word signifying a calendar, which the picture is the double page, not the single one.
occurs in Eusebius. The calendars so called gave among
other information particulars of the rising and setting The Paper on the Dosage
of the stars, their various powers to cure diseases, and
their presages of future events. Almanacs were circu- of digitalis, etc. in which the
lated in MS. before the invention of printing, but in terms " drop " and " minim " occur side by side, though
England they were not in general use before the sixteenth
century, though they are mentioned first by Roger Bacon not, of course, as equivalents, suggests the query, when
in the thirteenth. One of our earliest printed ones is
that issued by John Dave of Aldersgate in 1551. This did the latter first come into use as designating the
was a translation from the Dutch of Drs. Peter Moor-
beeke and Cornelius Sehute. Dave's next publication Mysixtieth part of a fluid drachm ? collection of old
of the kind purported to be an original English work
formularies is not large enough to justify me in speaking

positively, but I fancy it would be found on inquiry that

this use of the term is not older than the first decade of

last century. It was apparently unknown to the Romans,

and I can find no mention of it earlier than Clarke's
" Conspectus " of 1811, where the fluid drachm is noted

as equal to " 'Sixty Minims, m." This no doubt is

Englished from the Latin of the London Pharmacopoeia

of 1808, in which, as in the edition of 1824, the entry

would be, " Fluidrachma habet Minima sexaginta."
" Minim " appeared in English a little earlier than this,

however, for the Oxford Dictionary has a quotation for it

dated 1809. It is curious that in the posological tables
of the pharmacopoeia's named the abbreviation " gtt."

is used, not " m." Even the former was apparently

of recent introduction. Salmon's " Pharmacopoeia

Bateaux ' is the first work of the kind in which I
'

remember to have met with it. Our liberal ancestors
seem to have dealt exclusively in larger doses. They
do not appear to have recognised officially the fluid drachm

before the middle of the eighteenth century.

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which arose. Only those who actually took part in is growing among practitioners in connection with their

the feverish activities of the last few months of 1912 in private patients. Against this considerable gain may be

the work of compiling lists of chemists willing to under- set the fact that extemporaneous pharmacy

take Insurance dispensing and of distributing to these Stock has been practically superseded. Prescribers

chemists copies of drug tariffs and Regulations, in the prescrip- in nearly all areas have been furnished with

appointment of Pharmaceutical Committees and the crea- tions lists of simple formulas which they can pre-

tion of local associations which should be coterminous scribe by contracted titles with the minimum

with the areas covered by the different Insurance Com- of trouble to themselves. And the facility with which

mittees, and in the successive conferences and negotiations these stock formulas can be ordered operates very strongly

—with those Insurance Committees only those know what against the exercise by the practitioner of his own skill

was actually accomplished for pharmacy in those early and judgment. In this matter the Ministry of Health

days. And not all the credit for such successes as were cannot be held to be altogether free from blame, because

gained was due to Bloomsbury Square, for local men, —and of its attempt to impose upon practitioners
and Panel Committees throughout the country
suddenly called from the seclusion of their back shops

into prominence as official negotiators, proved themselves reduced an -agreed list of standard formulas for pre-

to be as ready in conference, as efficient and resourceful fees parations which might be kept in stock by

in bargaining, as many of those who had served a long pharmacists without deterioration. Indirectly

apprenticeship to the conduct of public business. Even practitioners were offered an inducement to prescribe these

after the work had commenced much remained to be stock mixtures by reason of the fact that reduced dis-

done to improve the position of pharmacists under the pensing-fees were payable to chemists in respect of them,

Act, to secure for them adequate representa- and whatever economies wrere effected by using them

Associa- tion on the various committees set up to naturally swelled the amount of the drug fund available

tion con- administer its provisions and to safeguard for distribution among Insurance doctors. Conjoined to
the arrangement known as the " floating sixpence," this
FERENCES their interests generally. Successive confer-

ences of the local associations delegates scheme of reduced dispensing-fees offered to medical prac-

effected improvements in the scheme of pharmaceutical titioners every inducement to be parsimonious in their

organisation ; and the formation of Pharmaceutical Com- provision of medicine for insured persons. These devices,
mittees and the provision of a sum of money for their
even if they were necessitated by the urgent need which

expenses placed pharmacists and their representatives in then existed for national economy, were bad in principle

a much better position. These conferences at a later date and pernicious in the effect they had upon the habits

undertook the negotiations with the Minister of Health of prescribers generally. One of the greatest disadvan-

when the question of terms of service for Insurance tages under which chemists laboured in the early years

dispensing came up for revision; and although chemists' of Insurance work was the arrangement that

demands have never been granted in their entirety, more Discount- in those areas in which practitioners had too

has been gained for the craft as a whole by conducting ing generously interpreted the spirit of the Act

these negotiations on a national basis than would have in favour of their patients chemists were

been the case had pharmacists been under the necessity compelled to submit to the discounting of their drug
of making all such arrangements locally with their own
bills. This arrangement was probably responsible more

Insurance Committee. Chemists are not, as a rule, gre- than any other fact for the positive dislike, not to say

garious in habit, and prior to 1913 there was very little active hostility, with which chemists regarded the intro-

social intercourse between the various duction of Insurance dispensing. It was an arrangement

Some gains' members . of. the craft. The Insurance to which chemists' representatives should never have
—AND
Act destroyed this splendid isolation,. agreed, and it is no adequate excuse for their action to

LOSSES compelling co-operation, union, • organisa- say that it was never expected that this clause would

tion, ' and causing committees and associa- be put into operation. It is unfortunately true that a

tions to spring up all over the country. To somewhat" similar case of shortsightedness on' the part
.

a certain extent the ground had been prepared by of pharmacists' representatives gave rise to a
.

the organisation scheme of the Pharmaceutical Society, The by-law very acute situation within the period now'

but no internal force could have produced the same results under review Certain promises were made

in so short a time as those which followed the establish- to a Government department in connection with the

ment of the Insurance regime. Yet-something has been lost registration of persons as chemists and druggists without

to pharmacy by the crowding out of our ranks of that pro- passing the Qualifying examination. It was not expected

fessional figure which existed among us twenty years ago, that these promises would have to be redeemed, and the

that good old-fashioned pharmacist who was a very real benefits of the bargain accruing to the Pharmaceutical

friend and adviser to the general public. Some few Society were enjoyed without any thought for the. pay-

examples of this type do exist to-day, but not as panel ment which was asked for them. As a result the historic

pharmacists. - One of the changes brought about by the by-law was passed in the face of very strong

Insurance Acts was the separation of prescribing from opposition on the part of members of the Society.

dispensing, for only under exceptional circum- It is, of course, easy to be • wise after the event, but

Separation stances can the Insurance practitioner who time has proved that pharmaceutical leadership has not

OF provides medical treatment for an insured always been all it should be on many of the

dispensing person also dispense the' medicine. This is PhaKMa- outstanding occasions which have arisen in

an improvement which was long overdue. ceutical connection with pharmaceutical organisation

The arrangement is by no means universal yet, but a good leadership or Insurance work during the last decade.

start was made when it was provided by Act of Parlia- When Pharmaceutical Committers first came

ment that the medical necessaries for at least ten million into being the obvious course which suggested itself was

citizens should be supplied by qualified pharmacists only, the federation of these Committees in order to obtain a

and it is all to the good that this tendency to leave to national body strong enough to undertake all the neces-
the pharmacist that work for which he-is properly qualified
sary negotiations on behalf of Insurance chemists, and

20 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

-thoroughly representative of all the pharmaceutical interests discontinued, so that no misunderstanding may arise be-
involved. Concrete proposals for establishing such a body
tween manufacturing druggists and collectors of bark in
were put forward in The Chemist and Druggist and else- British Columbia.
where, and it is still an open question whether much more
Valuahle inforcnation is given in the circular indi-
would not have been gained for pharmacists had these
cating the exact distribution of the drug in British
proposals been carried into effect, then, instead of creat- Columbia. It is found at its best and greatest abundance
ing within the Pharmaceutical Society a composite body in the " Coast Area," particularly in the lower Eraser
by the federation of local associations, for this body in
the end proved to be unable to carry out its destined work Valley, from the Fraser Canyon to the Pacific Ocean,
completely and effectively.
and on the greater part of Vancouver Island, as well
A Change of Habitat as on many of the islands between it and the main-
land. The northern limit along the coast of the main-
An interesting and valuable brochure on the cascara
land has not yet been ascertained. There is only one
sagrada tree in British Columbia has been issued by
Professor John Davidson, F.L.S., F.B.S.E., Botanist-in- species of cascara (Rhamnus Purshiana) the commer-
Charge, University of British Columbia Botanical Gar- ,

dens and Herbarium. It is common knowledge among cial medicinal species, but it appears that in some of the
drug dealers that until recently cascara was obtained
from the U.S. Pacific States (Oregon and Washington), (States on the Pacific coast the bark of another species
where the supply is now practically exhausted, and the
{Rhamnus calif ornicum, Esch), which is unsuitable, has
fact remains that the southern coast of British Columbia
and Vancouver Island are now the only available sources been collected and shipped together with true cascara,
in sight of this popular drug. Clearing operations and
the careless destructive collections of the Japanese have thus causing no end of trouble between collectors and
resulted in a scarcity, so much so that now the owners
of timber lands have begun to realise its value. They manufacturing druggists. Particulars are given how to
have taken steps to prevent the further spoliation by
the Japanese, and are carefully looking into the matter. recognise the cascara tree by the buds, habit, bark,
It is the purpose of the brochure to bring to the atten-
tion of loggers, settlers and landholders generally in leaves, flowers and fruits. The proper methods of col-
the southern coast region of British Columbia the
economic importance of the cascara tree, as manufac- lecting the bark are then described, and some valuable
turing druggists loolt to this (province for further sup-
advice on how to conserve the supply, it being poor
plies. It is lamentable to hear that at the present time in
clearing land for agricultural purposes in certain districts business to strip small trees or remove all the bark

that cascara trees are cut down along with maple, willow off the trunks of standing trees. The bark may be
and other species., and the whole piled and burned, whereas
if the settlers knew the value of the bark it could be collected any time during the dry season from the
saved and sold. Similarly in clearing land in towns
a.nd cities for building purposes many cascara trees end of May to the end of August. Instructions to col-
have been destroyed without any use being made of
the bark. In one instance which came under the notice lectors are also given as to maintaining or increasing
of Professor Davidson, 94 trees, of which the bark was
estimated to be worth $80 first cost, were burned in a the crop. It is estimated that trees on the Pacific coast

small area. It appears that the cascara tree is recognised of the United States yield an average of 10 lb. of dried
by only a small percentage of people in the province,
bark per tree, but in British Columbia this average
and much confusion has resulted through the use in
some localities of the names " bearberry " and " bar- should be considerably higher. The brochure, which
berry " when referring to the cascara tree. The circular
contains a number of jjhotographic reproductions by
points out that
Professor Davidson, concludes with suggestions for com-
The fact that true bearberry (Aretostaphylos Vva-ursi) and
two species of barberry (Bcrberis aauifolium and Berberis mercial planting of cascara, which has not yet been
nervosa) are natives of British Columbia and are also of
medicinal value, is not generally known. In appearance they undertaken. A certain amount of experimental work
cannot be confused, having no resemblance to each other.
The true bearberry is a low. trailing, small-leaved, ever- was commenced in 1914 at the Experimental Station of
green shrub, with somewhat dry, tasteless berries, resembling
cranberries in size and colour. It is one of two plants the Dominion Department of Agriculture at Sydney in
known in British Columbia as " kinni-kinnic," a name
applied by Indians to plants used in place of, or mixed Vancouver Island, but, according to the superintendent,

—with, tobacco the wasted leaves are smoked. The native it will probably require fifteen years of growth to pro-

barberries are small, evergreen shrubs, with spines along duce trees large enough for bark stripping. Little is
the margin of the leaves, like holly. They have showy
racemes of yellow flowers followed by equally attractive known about the yield of bark that could be expected

clusters of blue berries. Both are known locally as per acre, but it is considered doubtful if a plantation

—" Oregon grape." The cascara tree being deciduous that set out on high-priced land would pay. We understand
—is. having leaves that fall in autumn cannot be mistaken for
that Professors Clarke and Davidson of the University
either bearberry or barberry, which, as before stated, are
evergreen, and it is highly desirable that the aoolication of of British Columbia are conducting a thorough botanical,
those names to the cascara tree should be discouraged and
pharmaceutical and clinical research upon the cascara

bush and tree, the results of which will be communicated
to the Dominion Government at Ottawa, who are making

a small grant for the purpose. The Department having

the matter in hand, however, are being approached with

a view to publishing the results of this research for

the information and guidance of those concerned. It is

interesting to note that anise, caraway, coriander, dill

and fennel all grow to maturity in British Columbia,

and that in Okanagan a sage brush, yielding borneol, is

quite common.

The Rise in Arsenic

When we last dealt with the position of arsenic and its

growing scarcity in our issue of October 7 last we
suggested that there was not much prospect of relief over
the remainder of this year. Since then the market price
of best white Cornish powder has risen from £47 up to

about £70 per ton delivered London. A year ago the

price stood at £44, and fluctuated down to about £36

for Cornish towards last spring, while a considerable
quantity of Grecian was, at about that time, secured- at

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 21

as low as £32 per ton c.i.f. U.K. • This was the extreme least almost equal to it, while the fact may be recalled
lowest point recorded within the past year. The apprecia- that the American output, which for 1913 amounted to
tion on the year represents roughly £23 per ton, so that only 2,280 tons, was increased to as much as 12,000 short
the current price is thus about six to seven times what tons per annum about two years ago, and for 1922 is
estimated at about 7,500 tons. Advices from Montana
it was before the Great War, but facilities as regards state that the output of the Anaconda mining interests
output in this country especially, and also in the United
States, are still anything but normal. The American has been considerably increased lately, and that the
shortage of output to which we drew attention before, and situation should become easier in the near future. Tin
mining in Cornwall is still in a bad way, but the outlook
which chiefly arose from the seriously reduced handicap to there is, nevertheless, considered a little more hopeful as
to a revival of the arsenic industry there. The high price
mining- and smelting operations until the second half of is certa.inly an incentive for a resumption of operations
where possible, apart from the efforts which are being
1922, of course played an important part in the remarkable made in order to assist a solution of the unemployment
advance of the market, as America has had to draw problem.

supplies from certain outside» sources, especially Japan,

in order to keep pace with her enlarged requirements in

the course of the last six months or so. The American

demand, indeed, has been very keen for some time past, Importation of Specialities into France

and so far as can be ascertained that country is still in We published a translation of the draft of the Bill pre-
sented to the French Chamber of Deputies (C. & D.,
the market for anything obtainable for shipment within
December 2, 1922, p. 782) to modify Article 316 of the
the next quarter. The American c.i.f. price has lately Customs tariff, which prohibits the importation into
France of all compound medicaments not included in an
been advanced to about 13 cents per lb. It is understood
official pharmacopoeia. This rigid exclusion of all foreign
that Grecian producers recently shipped a large quantity
medicinal preparations, for the prohibition extends not
which had been sold on the basis of about £61 per ton
only to specialities, but includes all non-official pharma-
c.i.f. U.K., but they are now again out of the market.
ceutical forms of drugs in current use, such as ampoules,
In fact, producers everywhere are said to be well sold up,

and the market seems extremely bare, while dealers pills, tablets, etc., is to be replaced, according to the
terms of the proposal, by a regime permitting the importa-
demand extreme prices for the retail lots left at their
tion of non-official compound medicaments, provided the
disposal. Home consumers at the same time are most
formula be disclosed, in French, on the label of the con-
reluctant to pay present prices, and the market seems tainer and on the wrapper. The proposed amendment
was submitted to the Customs Commission of the Cham-
more or less nominal. The Cornish output, which in 1917 ber of Deputies for consideration. The latter has now
signified its approval of the modifications embodied in
amounted to 2,669 tons, dropped continuously during the
the above draft, adding certain supplementary provisions
last few years, the official returns for 1921 being only suggested by the Ministry of Commerce. The first pro-
vides that the amount of duty to be paid by such pre-
1,032 tons, and it is probable that the returns for 1922 parations (60 per cent, general tariff and 15 per cent,

will prove much worse, as several of the mines in Corn- minimum tariff, ad valorem) shall be levied on the sale

wall have closed. This country's users have been this

year more dependent on imports from abroad. The

American output in the west was hindered by strike price to the public as printed on the bottle, box, packet,
etc. Where no such price is stated on the container
troubles during the summer period, and a serious shortage the value of the preparation will be fixed in accordance

of stock thus became inevitable, while the supplies

obtained from the chief metallurgical centres where arsenic with the general rules for establishing the dutiable value

is secured as a by-product have been much below of articles presented for passage through the customs.

the normal. There is reason to believe that incidental Another provision added to the draft by the Minister of

Commerce prohibits absolutely the admission into France

to the lively American demand in recent months some of all products, remedies, apparatus and instruments de-

dealers on this side made short sales on the rise, and signed to prevent conception, or held out as possessing

were eventually faced with some little difficulty in carry- this property, even if such claim be false. The fact

ing out their contracts, which tended to aggravate the that the Customs Commission of the French Parliament

Wetightness of the position. give particulars below of has expressed itself in favour of admitting into France,

the course of the London market during the last two under certain conditions and on a reciprocal basis, foreign
years :—
pharmaceutical preparations, and even more so the
Approximate Range of Prices
approval expressed in the attitude adopted by the Min-

ister of Commerce, greatly enhance the prospect of the

White Cornish powder 1921 1922 proposed alteration being passed by the Chamber. There
(per ton)
delivered London (per ton) £42 to £36 can be no doubt that French manufacturers of pharma-
£36 to £42 10s.
First quarter . . £70 to £50 £42 10s. to £47 ceutical specialities have had reason to fear the passage
£46 to £70
Second quarter . . £50 to £45 of retaliatory measures against French preparations in
Third quarter . . £45 to £30 and up to £43
Fourth quarter . . £43 to £38 and up to £44 certain foreign countries, a fear unequivocally expressed

in the introductory remarks prefacing the draft in ques-

While the placing of new orders on anything like a tion. In this connection in view of the endorsement of
notable scale will probably prove difficult for some time t
to come, and the American demand may continue to
make itself felt for a while, the belief is gaining ground the proposal by the Minister of Commerce, it is signifi-
in some quarters that the market has about seen its
best. There is no doubt that greater efforts are now cant to note that some months ago the French Syndicate
being made under the inflated figures ruling to rehabilitate
production in one direction or another. For one thing, of Manufacturers of Medicinal Specialities was in a
the big American mines and smelters, following on the
severe labour troubles experienced months ago, are how position to inform the Italian Association of Manufac-
going ahead much better with their operations, and before
many months have elapsed the American output should turers of Medicinal Preparations that a Bill designed to
again considerably increase. American consumption will
doubtless be heavy again in the coming year, but domestic secure complete reciprocity of trade in pharmaceutical
production under normal labour conditions should be at
specialities would be laid before the French Parliament

as a Ministerial measure (6'. <0 D. October 14, 1922,
,

p. 535) before the year was out. On the other

hand, French pharmacists are opposed to tha

proposed admission of foreign preparations, one ol

the principal objections, inter alia, being that such a
step would constitute an infringement of the French
pharmacy law, which stipulates that all medicinal agents
sold in France shall be prepared only by a qualified

French pharmacist, whose name must appear on the

label.

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22 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Pharmaceutical Society form a separate fund. Mrs. Foggan agreed, and now

of Great Britain wished to start such a fund in memory of her husband.
He was sure the Council would receive this matter with
Council -meeting
considerable satisfaction, and would desire to convey to
A meeting of the Council was held at 16 Bloomsbury
Mrs. Foggan their appreciation of her action. The
Square on January 3, Mr. E. T. Neathercoat (President)
in the chair. Benevolent Fund Committee had decided on the previous

The President, at the outset, wished the members of day that they would consider the proposed fund at the

the Council the compliments of the season. " I hope the next meeting of their Committee, and would go into the
question of ways and means of bringing the fund into
New Year will be a very happy and very prosperous one
for every member of the Council, every member of the existence, and the conditions under which the work would

Society's staff, and every member of the Society in all be carried out. The fund would be dealt with by the
parts of Great Britain, wherever they may be," he said. Committee, but it was well known to all the members

(Hear, hear.) of the Council that such a fund would be useful in con-

The President intimated that there were no questions. sidering cases of distress, which, technically, did not

Elections and Restorations come within the provisions of the present fund. He

One hundred and eight persons were elected members, moved that the money be accepted with an expression
and ninety-eight were elected student-associates of the
Society ; a number of persons were restored to the of their appreciation.
Register, and twenty-two to the Society. The registrar
reported that there had been one hundred and fifteen The Vice-President seconded the resolution, wThich was

registrations of apprentices as students since the last carried.
meeting.
Education Committee
Superintendents or Examinations
The report of this Committee recalled that at the last
Superintendents and deputy-superintendents of written meeting the Council referred to the Committee, Miss
Buchanan's report on her visit to the pharmaceutical
—examinations were appointed as follows : London, authorities in Canada. The Committee had considered
this report and had had the benefit of a full discussion
Superintendent, Mr. E. White Deputy-superintendent, thereon with Miss Buchanan. In view of the letter
; received from the Ontario College of Pharmacy, dated
February 17. 1922. in which the " Registrar-Treasurer "
Mr. H. Moon. Edinburgh, Superintendent, Mr. James stated that in connection with Miss Buchanan's proposed
Nesbit Deputy -superintendent, Mr. Donald McEwan. visit they would do all in their power to further the cause
of a reciprocal agreement with the Society, and that the
; qualification of the Ontario College is one which the
Council might properly accept for the purposes of regis-
Manchester, Superintendent, Mr. A. L. Blain. tration in this country, the Committee were of opinion

Correspondence that the Council should invite the Ontario College of

A letter was read from the Cardiff Pharmacists' Asso- Pharmacy to enter into reciprocal arrangements with the
Society. The Committee therefore recommended :
ciation, stating that that body viewed with great con-
cern the omission of Welsh from the list of languages " That the Ontario College of Pharmacy be informed
to be studied in connection with tlie new syllabus. They
urged that Welsh should be included in the syllabus that the Council is prepared to enter into a reciprocal
without special application having to be made by those agreement as empowered by By-lawr 26 of Section 7, with
who wished to study it. the Ontario College of Pharmacy, whereby persons holding

The President said the subject would come up for the qualification granted by the Ontario College may be

consideration later in the meeting. registered as chemists and druggists in this country, and
persons registered as chemists and druggists in this
The South-Eastern Counties Federation of Pharmacists'
country may be similarly granted a certificate to practise
Associations wrote enclosing a resolution expressing the pharmacy in Ontario."
opinion that the Society should publish a scheme for
the regulation by the Society of apprenticeship with The recommendation was approved.
regard to its duration, educational standard, time off The Council also confirmed the Committee's decision to

for study, and rate of remuneration. —recognise the following institutions for the purposes of
The matter was referred to the Education Committee.
Part I. in respect of the subjects indicated : fiarnsley
A New Eund Technical School, for chemistry and physics : Smethwick
Technical School , for chemistry, botany^ and physics.
Mrs. Foggan, widow of the late Mr. George Foggan,
Bedlington, wrote enclosing a cheque for £200 to form, Finance Committee
the nucleus of a fund which should supplement the
Benevolent Fund and help to increase the scope of the The financial statement is summarised as follows:
fund. The letter was as follows :
Receipts since the last meeting, including a balance of
—Dear Sir William Glyn-Jones, I am much obliged for your
£13 3s. 3d., amounted to £12/770 17s. lOd., comprising
letter of yesterday with its explanations. I enclose a cheque
for £200, a donation to found this new fund, an adjunct the following items : Subscriptions, £100 5s. 6d. ; examina-

of the Benevolent Fund, in memory of my husband, George tion-fees, £1,715 registration-fees, £252 restoration-fee,
; ; "
Foggan, who died suddenly on "the 26th November, 1921. £68 0s. 2d. ; " Journal
£1 Is. penalties, Pharmaceutical
He was a subscriber to the Benevolent Fund from his ;

student days when he was in London, and in Calcutta, and publishing department, £800; "Pharmaceutical Journal '-
I have often heard him express his intention to leave
money to help those less fortunate than himself, and I am subscriptions, £24 3s. pharmaceutical press publications,
sure his generous feeling would extend to the old dependants ;
of chemists. At one time I thought of leaving a legacy
myself. Then I thought a donation now would keep his £2 4s. 9d. pharmaceutical pocket book, £8 2s. Id. ;
memory green in the mind of t' ose who knew him and ;
esteemed him. He was always very keen in furthering
the interests of his profession, especially in the North school of pharmacy, £28 2s. register of chemists and
Country. It was touching to read the many expressions of ;
sympathy I received from individual and chemist com-
mittees telling me his death was a loss to pharmacy. You druggists, £5 8s.; B.P. Codex Supplement, £65 18s. Id.;
will kindly acknowledge receipt.— Yours sincerely.
interest on investments, £187 10s. ; transfer from deposit
A. Foggan. account, £9,500. Payments ordered at the last meeting

The President said Mrs. Foggan communicated with amounted to £4,744 18s. 7d. £4,000 had been invested
him a few months ago regarding the matter, and bearing ;
in mind the fact that the Benevolent Committee had
reported on more than one occasion that there were cases in 5 per cent. War Stock, and £4,000 in Funding Stock,
of distress in pharmacy which could not be helped tech-
nically from the Fund, he had suggested that they might leaving a balance of £25 19s. 3d. The other balances

were: Benevolent Fund (current account), £66 9s. 5d.

Benevolent Fund (donation account), £9 5s. 5d. ; War

Auxiliary Benevolent Fund. £286 8s. Id. ; Orphan Fund,
£40 15s. 9d. The report recommended that accounts

amounting to £3,691 Is. lid. be paid, and that the

action of the secretary in making payments amounting

to £801 18s. 6d. be approved.

The Treasurer said the Council would be gratified that

they were saving a considerable amount of money in

railway fares of members of the Council in consequence

of the recent reductions. The Committee had had before

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 23

them the provisional accounts for the year, and without Mr. Rowsell suggested that instead of the Navy, Army
entering into detailed explanation he could tell the or Air Force being specified the Committee should make
Council that there was a surplus of about £8,200. There
had been a decreased expenditure of £4,800, a drop in it clear that they wished to extend their administration
revenue of £5,000, subscriptions were up by £530, and so as to include dependants of any who had taken part
they had saved £500 on the " Journal."
in war service.
Mr. Hines moved that the matter be deferred, but

Benevolent Fund Committee there was no seconder.
Mr. Parry, replying to the discussion, said the Com-
This Committee reported that they had considered
eleven applications, and made grants varying from £15 mittee could always get any amount of elasticity. The
to £50. They also recommended that a bonus of £10 be
paid to each of the annuitants at Christmas to enable Charity Commissioners would give the Council a free
them to procure extra comforts. hand to fling the money away, or would accept it from
them, but the Committee wanted to preserve the Fund
The report was adopted. for the benefit of pharmacy, and he thought they had
found a very easy way of extending the objects of the

War Auxiliary Benevolent Fund Fund.
The report was adopted.

Tfhis Committee reported having considered eleven A Language Proposal
applications, and making grants ranging from £5 to £25.
The following notice of motion was down in the name
They also recommended a £50 grant in one particular of Mr. H. M. Lloyd :—

case. V That Welsh be added to the list of languages which
may be accepted without spe-cial application to the
Mr. Tarry, speaking with regard to the future of the

Fund, said the Committee had been discussing the matter Council for the purposes of the Preliminary examination
and general education necessary for registration as a
for some time with a view of extending as far as they

possibly could the objects for which the fund was student of the Society."

raised, and obtaining wider powers for its administration. Mr. Hines asked if the motion was in order.
They decided that the best way would be to approach The President replied that it was. It referred to
the new regulations.
the licensing body, the London County Council, but they Mr. Hines said it might be as well to alter the word-
ing to make that clear.
found that that authority was only a registering body, - The President (to Mr. Lloyd) : You are referring to
the list of languages in the draft of new regulations ?
and that the Charity Commissioners were the people to
deal with the question. The Committee felt that if they That is Mr. Hines's point.
Mr. H. M. Lloyd said that if some action had not
obtained the sanction of the Commissioners for the
been taken considerable difficulty would have resulted to
objects they had in view it would be the means of placing students in having the language accepted. Welsh took

the fund on a permanent basis. The Committee had rank with any other language already included in the

distributed about £10,000, but there was still about £16,000
in hand, and they wanted to get the fund on a permanent

basis, so that it could be employed for ; the objects for

which it was raised but at the same time the Committee syllabus.
;
Mr. Peck seconded the motion, drawing attention to
would be able to administer it with more freedom and the fact that Welsh was at the present time considered
a subject that could be accepted for registration as one
elasticity. of the two subjects, other than English, to be chosen by
the candidates. There would be no difficulty in including
Mr. Melhuish pointed out that it was sometimes

suggested that the need for the fund might pass away.

While he did not agree that such a contingency was at

all likely, he suggested that more elasticity in the Welsh.
Mr. Guthrie said he was not under any impression
administration of the money might be advisable.
Mr. Parry said he thought the suggestion he had that he had a grievance, but he suggested that Gaelic
might also be included. (Laughter.) Then there were
made would, if accepted, provide the Committee with all also the claims of Doric to be considered. It would be
better to rearrange the wording of the motion, and bring
the elasticity needed. The fund was raised for a specific the society back to 'the position in which they now were.
purpose, and must be devoted to that purpose, namely,
the benefit of ex-Service men and their dependants. The The President : I don't know whether you will find a
Committee's object was to have a pretty free hand in
dealine all round with dependants, and, if necessary, with board of examiners capable of examining in Gaelic ; it
would be imposing a new hardship. (Laughter.)
the children of ex-Service men.
Mr. Parry pointed out that, setting aside the ques-
Mr. Melhuish said he was not even remotely suggest-
ing that the money should be used for any other purpose tions of sentiment and ridicule, the Council should re-
member that Welsh was part of a Welsh student's
than that for which it had been raised. But there had
been many funds raised, and the objects for which they curriculum.
were raised had ultimately lapsed. Such a thing might
happen in this case, and that was why he was urging the The President: Mr. Hines's amendment suggests the

wording, " Any language other than English." He

desirability of greater elasticity. added that the matter had been before the Council some
years ago. The important fact was not that a student
The Pbesident said that when the time arose the happened to be born in Wales, but that he had under-
gone an examination in Welsh, conducted by one of (he
Council would, of course, have to deal with such a matter.
Mr. Guthrie said he had a little objection to the form boards of examiners approved by the Council.
Mr. Campkin made a humorous contribution to the
in which the matter had come before the Council, for it
was likely to g-o forward without the Council having an discussion, and during the course of several remarks in
Welsh explained that he had used the only " swear "
opportunity of discussing it fully. The impression might word he knew of in the language.

be created that the Council were considering some way of After further discussion Mr. Hines's amendment was
accepted by Mr. Lloyd, and the Council agreed to the
deflecting the money from the original objects. (Several motion as amended.

members: No, no.) He was not saying that was so, but There was no other public business.

it did look .apparently as if the matter was goin<* forward

without the Council having an opportunity of thoroughly

discussiner it. He suggested that the matter might be

deferred for further consideration.

The President pointed out that the matter had been North British Branch

before the Council on two previous occasions. The following and concluding portion of our report
of the. evening meeting held on December 20, 1922, was
Mr. Guthrie : In a Committee form. held- back from, our last week's issue through pressure

The President No, it came before the Council last on space.
:
Note on Potassium Iodide in Tincture of Iodine,
month. By Thomas Stephenson, D.Sc, F.R.S.E., Ph.C.

Mr. Guthrie If you say so I won't contradict. But I learn from Mr. Walker that the French Codex formula
: for tincture of iodine now contains potassium iodide. If

if there is a change in the administration of this Fund

will it not be necessary to approach the subscribers ?

The President : If there is a radical change, but there

is no suggestion of such a thing.

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24 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

this is so, it will make that tincture unsuitable for the able to the drinker. Further, they regard the retention
purposes for which it has been recommended, namely, the of the dye as a matter of considerable revenue importance
administration of large and progressively increasing doses in the prevention and detection of mistakes and irregu-
of iodine without potassium iodide. It has been observed
by Bourdreau that a patient was able to take over 350 larities in the distribution and use of the spirit. With
regard to the specific objections stated by Mr. Gilmour
drops (not minims) in 24 hours for a month. Martindale
suggests (" Extra Pharmacopoeia," p. 205) that the exces- to the presence of the dye in mineralised methylated
spirits used for medicinal purposes, they say :
sive iodine is 'precipitated and unabsorbed my own idea
; 1. The actual amount of colour in one of the prepared
lotions mentioned is infinitesimal (about l-160th ounce in
is that in this condition the iodine forms an organic com-
pound in the system. It has been suggested that the 100 gallons of lotion).
tincture be mixed with milk before administration, and
2. Other lotions contain staining ingredients {e.g.,
this is said by Mr. Bird to make a very pleasant draught. picric acid), apart from the dye of the spirit; and
It is quite likely that a casein compound is formed in
this case. In any case, the tincture must not contain any 3. Although patients may object to the colour because
potassium iodide, or it fails in its purpose by producing it may reveal that treatment is being carried out which

iodism long before the desired dose has been reached. might otherwise pass unnoticed, the Commissioners are

It will be necessary to warn medical men not to prescribe advised that methyl violet may possibly have a distinct
it in this way. In the absence of any definite preparation
therapeutic value.
to be prescribed I would suggest that the old Edinburgh
tincture be used. The strength of this is one grain in Mr. Gilmour's reference to a difficulty in making
sixteen minims, and there is no potassium iodide. It is varnishes, they say, does not arise, because these can be
thus weaker than the old Codex preparation, but could obtained from traders who are authorised to use in-
be given in larger doses. dustrial methylated spirit. There had also been received
a reply relating to the matter raised by the Scottish
The next paper was on Convention of Royal Burghs in connection with methy-
lated spirit drinking as to which the Convention had
Tincture of Myrrh in Mouth Wash, conferred with the Executive of the North British
By David McGhee, Ph.C. Branch. The proposals of the Convention are sum-
marised under two heads :
A dispensing problem arose, in connection with the fol-
1. The control of the retail distribution of methylated
lowing prescription for a mouth wash : spirit by the local authority and the police, including
provision for records of sales and purposes for which sold.
Alum I Tinct. myrrh ... Jjjss.
Pot chlorat 2. The labelling of vessels containing methylated spirits.
aa. ji. I Aquam. ... ad. jvi.
—In conference the Executive had suggested : That the
When tincture of myrrh and water in the above pro-
proposals at (1) would be cumbersome and impracticable
portions are simply shaken up together there is formed a in the case of a liquid frequently required at short
semi-transparent suspension which is so extraordinarily notice and would needlessly restrict retail purchasers of
permanent as to suggest some colloid condition. Such a the spirits for legitimate purposes, but that the pro-
suspension prepared five months ago and allowed to stand, visions of Section 126 (h) of the Spirits Act, 1880, re-
quiring a retailer to keep an account of his stocks and
remains as complete and free from any indication of sales of methylated spirits, should be generally enforced.

deposition as on the day it was prepared. When the 2. That the adoption of the proposal (2) as to labelling

alum and potassium chlorate are added, however, the resin is desirable.
of the tincture of myrrh immediately separates as a dense
3. That mineralised methylated spirits being in fact a
precipitate or in clotted particles. When added to a solu- highly toxic substance, should be scheduled as a poison
under Part II. of the Pharmacy Act, as amended by the
tion of alum in water in the same proportion, the resin Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, on the same principle
of the tincture separates just as with the mixed salts, and as sulphuric ether is scheduled as a poison in Ireland.
the same happens when the tincture is added to a solu-
tion of potassum chlorate. The separation seems more It is pointed out that the adoption of proposal (1) of
complete with potassium chlorate than with alum. The
the Convention of Burghs requires fresh legislation. The
lotion is not in a suitable condition for use as a mouth- Commissioners do not object to such legislation (not to
wash, so, to overcome this objection, the lotion was dis-
be limited to Scotland) so far as to provide for :
pensed by using the equivalent quantity of myrrh gum- 1. The production of a licence or certificate from the
resin, namely, 44 grains. This was made into an emul-
son by rubbing up with two fluid ounces of the water. The magistrates as a condition precedent to the grant of an
alum and potassium chlorate were dissolved in 3| fluid Excise licence for the retail sale of methylated spirits.
ounces of the water, and this solution was added to the
emulsion, and the whole well shaken. As the alcohol in 2. The recovery by the police as well as by the Excise
the tincture, probably has some action in hardening the of penalties under Section 130 (1) (6) of the Spirits Act,
gums, half an ounce of 90 per cent, alcohol was added to 1880, for the illicit sale of methylated spirits.
the lotion. This gives a presentable mouth wash, in which
the resin is well suspended. This expedient was con- With regard to the proposed general enforcement of
sidered better than adding gum acacia or tragaeanth as a Section 126 (h) Act, 1880, they think that would be un-
suspending agent. The alum and potassium chlorate seem necessary and burdensome, but they agree to its enforce-
to have the effect of salting out the resin of the tincture ment in cases where the police have good reason to suspect
of myrrh. illicit selling. While expressing a doubt as to any
remedial effect from compulsory labelling, they are "willing
DISCUSSION to consider it further in connection with any legislative
proposals that may be introduced. While it is no duty
Mr. Glass. said tincture of myrrh could be well diffused of the department to consider any proposal to schedule
in water by placing it in a pipette and dipping it beneath
the surface of the water and blowing it out. methylated spirit as a poison, the proposal they regard
as open to objection in.yiew of the various manufacturing
Mr. Elliot said he found the addition of a little tinc-
ture of quillaia suspended the resin of myrrh in the and domestic purposes for which the spirit is used. The
mouthwash effectually. question as to how far it is desirable that further steps
should be taken with the view of preventing illicit traffic
Methylated Spirit Restrictions in methylated spirits they regard as one affecting mainly
public health, and that, aspeet of the matter is now the
In a paper read by Mr. A. B. Gilmour in December, subject of correspondence between the Commissioners
and the Under-Secretary for Scotland.
&1921 (C. /)., II., p. 47), attention was directed to
On the motion of the Chairman, votes of thanks were-
objections to the presence of methyl violet in methylated awarded to the authors of papers.

spirit used for medicinal purposes, and suggesting its Branch Meetings

omission for reasons stated. It was intimated that a —Harrow. The Harrow Pharmacists' Association held a

reply had been received from the Commissioners of meeting of members of the Pharmaceutical Society in the
area recently, with the object of forming a branch of the
Customs and Excise saying they regret being unable to

adopt the suggestion. They expressed the view that the

omission of the dye would render the spirit more accept-

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 25

Society. The President of the Association, Mr. H. Cox, Arthur T. Maw, and A. F. Porter ; and among the

occupied the chair. Mr. T. Mains, member of the members of the indoor and representative staffs present

Council, addressed the meeting, and explained the new were Messrs. P. C. Maw, V. S. Porter, J. Macdonald,

Scheme of branch organisation. He detailed the various C. Jones, J. Palmer, F. Weight, R. Hayward, T. M.

duties which the branch could undertake, and referred Ford, F. Naylor, and J. Haynes. An excellent luncheon

to the importance of the forthcoming conference which was followed by the loyal toast : then came " lighting-up

would be held in London in July 192*5. He pointed out time," and the gathering settled down to the

that this was the Society's first annual conference, and brief ceremony of leave-taking. Dr. Maw prefaced a

that it was open to all members of the Pharmaceutical witty speech by relating a story of. a Jewish boy who was

Society. After discussing details, Mr. Marns replied to in doubt as to the desirability of going to heaven in view

the questions raised. Mr. G. A. Tocher, who was present, of the fact that his father had described business as having
gone to another place beginning with " h." So far as the
took part in the discussion, and referred to the formation
past year waS concerned, Dr. Maw suggested, the lad
of branches in London. He informed the meeting of the

establishment of the Local Conference Committee, which was not very far wrong. Neither the Russian nor the

includes representatives of branches in the Metropolitan Satanic exchange was mentioned in currency quotations.

group, and said that he felt sure that the committee could The directors of the House of Maw, however, had suc-

rely upon the hearty co-operation of the Harrow members. ceeded in keeping the good old ship afloat without inter-

It was resolved to form a branch of the Society for the fering with the comfort of the crew, and were ready to

area. The officers and committee were then appointed as sail straight ahead. The keenness of their outside repre-

—follows: Chairman, Mr. H. Cox (Wealdstone) ; vice- sentatives was unsurpassed, and they were looking forward

chairman, Mr. B. C. Frank (Harrow) secretary and to a year of great prosperity. The one little cloud on the
;

treasurer, Mr. H. Rigden (Harrow). Committee: Miss horizon was the thought that the chief guest of the

Hill, Messrs. Nelson, Andrews, Leith, Taggart, and Hall, occasion would not be with them. Mr. Denton had

with power to add to their number. become the friend of every one of them, and they felt

deep and lasting regret at losing him. He had been a

A New Maw's Record model servant in every sense of the word ; he had served

four generations of Maws, and on account of his staying

On December 28, the completion of sixty-two years' ser- powers he might well receive the title of " Meritor."
vice with S. Maw, Son & Sous, Ltd., Aldersgate Street,
(Laughter anri^ applause.) Dr. Maw then presented Mr.

London, E.C., by Mr. John Denton, was celebrated by a Denton with an illuminated address, a bound copy of the

luncheon given by the directors of the company at the handsomely printed menu, and an enlargement of the
Holborn Restaurant. It may be remembered that during
1916 there appeared in The Chemist & Druggist (p. photograph attached to one of its pages; and the toast
of " Our Guest " was rendered with musical honours.
B51) portraits of five veterans then on the staff of Messrs.
Mr. Denton acknowledged the compliment in a singularly
Maw; all of them had more than fifty years' service to
modest and effective speech. - Reminiscence played a

their credit, and of these Mr. Denton was the senior. natural but not obtrusive part in it ; and such sentences
On that occasion we called attention to other examples
as the one "in which he, told his audience that he began

of longevity at 7 to 12 Aldersgate Street, the most inter- —life by working during six months for nothing— and was

esting, perhaps, being that of the Martins, of whom the not satisfied drew sympathetic laughter. Most of his

father and two sons were each engaged in the service of conversational French, he remarked, had been acquired in
ths historic house for upwards of half a century. Mr.
—Maw's showroom a secondary education of a practical

Denton's name heads a list of twenty-one members of the kind. He would miss the associations of a lifetime, but'

—staff now totalling 1,120 years' service an average of he was glad to think that a younger generation was join-

fifty-three years and four mouths each ; and Messrs. Maw Mawing the staff (as in the case of sons of Dr. and

believe, with some justification, that this constitutes a Mr. Porter), and he would always be interested in and

record, not only in the drug-trade, but in commerce at
large. Mr. Denton's period of service has been continuous

in the true sense jsf the word, "in that, from the days of
" knife-board " omnibuses arid crinolines to the present,

he has never been absent' on account of illness,

The luncheon,

at which about

100 members of

Mie staff and

friends in the

trade were pre-

sent, was an en-

tirely successful

function. Dr.' The Luncheon Party.

Henry T. Maw would wish all success to the House of Maw. Mr. Charles
Jones and Mr. John Palmer, in a few well-chosen words,
(chairman of the added their tribute to the chief guest, and Mr. Mowbray

directors) pre- Maw completed the cycle of praise with a eulogy of

sided, with Mr. " young Denton," as the doyen of their staff had long
been called. The visitors were next toasted, and Messrs.
Denton as princi- Neathercoat and Mallinson responded. The President of
the Pharmaceutical Society said he did not know where
pal guest, and trade had gone, or was going, but, wherever it was,
Maw's would be there; and the secretary of the R.P.U.
Mr. E . T . complimented his hosts on the invariable courtesy shown
in Aldersgate Street. Mr. A. F. Porter asknowledged the
Neathercoat( Pre- appreciative remarks of the visitors in two or three
felicitous sentences. With this ended an enjoyable func-
sident of the tion, unique at the moment, but not improbably the pre-
cursor of similar tributes in years to come.
P h a rmaceutieal
W. H. Hobbs and Co., Ltd., essential-oil merchants,
Society); Sir
Trinitv Place, London, E.C.3, issue a day-by-day wall
William Glyn- calendar (15in. by 9in.), stamped in relief, embodying
their trade-mark in a kind of pierrot transformation that
Jones, Mr. Her- is highly effective.

bert Skinner (of

the Society's

Council), and

Mr. G. A. Mal-

linson (secretary

Mr. John Denton. of the Retail

mP h a r a cists'

Union) as distin-

guished visitors. Supporting the chairman were

his fellow-directors, Messrs. Mowbray T. Maw,

— ;;

26 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Associations' Winter Session Insurance Act Dispensing

Public Pharmacists The final meeting of the Public Record of matters concerning Chemists' interests in the
Pharmacists' Association was held recently, when the National Health Insurance Acts.
Association was merged into the newly-formed Guild of
Local Reports
Public Pharmacists. Several speakers voiced their regret
at the passing of the P. P. A., but it was believed that ENGLAND AND WALES

the good work would be carried on by the new society. Warwickshire.— The Pharmaceutical Committee met at
The resolution to dissolve from December 31 was
approved, and a letter of appreciation was ordered to be Leamington recently, when Group F Formulary

sent to Mr. T. H. W. Idris, J.P., who has been President was again under consideration, and, after some discussion
of the P. P. A. for so many years.
with representatives of the Panel Committee who were
—Newcastle. The Newcastle-on-Tyne. Pharmacists' Asso-
present, it was decided to accept the amended Formulary,
ciation met recently, when a gathering of over
oitp hundred pharmacists and their friends assembled to as adopted in Coventry, with the inclusion of some of the
hear a lantern lecture by Mr. W. Percy Mail entitled
The Poachers and the Poached. Mr. Mail, who more important mixtures in the existing Warwickshire
proved himself a practical observer of nature, showed
the poacher at work, and dealt successively with the Formulary. The secretary was instructed to inform the
different methods employed by the poacher in the poach-
ing of various fish and game. He showed also how Insurance Committee that any article ordered under its
gamekeepers must be trained to protect their preserves
from the ravages of the human poacher, and also from proprietary name on a panel prescription must be supplied
those of the furred and feathered creatures which may
and paid for. The report of the Central Checking Bureau
be found on any sporting estate.
for Julv and August showed that the pricing for these
—Ayr. A joint meeting of North and South Ayrshire
months was satisfactory.
Pharmaceutical Associations was held recently, Mr.
—West Ham. At a recent meeting of the Insurance Com-
W. Beveridge. President of the South Ayrshire
mittee the Executive and Finance Sub-committee
Association, in the chair. Mr. J. Rutherford Hill, resi-
dent secretary for Scotland, gave an interesting address reported statistical data respecting prescribing, showing
on " The Present Position and Future Prospects of
Pharmacy in Scotland." The speaker gave a lucid and that there was a decrease of £393 12s. 2d. in ingredient
illuminating historical survey of the formation of the
Pharmaceutical Society, showing how the necessity for prices and dispensing fees during the third quarter of
,
such a Society had arisen. He showed that these men
this year as compared with the corresponding quarter of
were not idle dreamers with inflated ideas of the profes-
sional aspect of the craft, but sound practical business last year. The Sub-committee reported that they had
men, who were alert to the necessity for protecting the
"trade interests" of their calling whilst seeking to carefully considered a communication received from the
elevate the status of the " chemist and druggist " by
means of a liberal education and the inculcating of nn Minister of Health raising objections to the Committee's
interest in the more scientific side of pharmacy. Mr.
Hill pointed out the advantage to pharmacy of having proposal to themselves carrying out the work of pricing,
one really representative body to voice its opinions when
Hametc., of prescriptions dispensed by West contractors,
legislative questions or vital problems arose. He also
and they had directed the clerk as to the reply and
indicated that pharmacists prospered best when they
were most friendly with each other and where local action to be taken on the Committee's behalf. They had
organisation was most taken advantage of, and advised
his hearers to sink any little personal, differences or received from Mr. A. G. Gay, representative on the
jealousies for the general welfare of the craft. The
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee for West Ham,
effect of National Health Insurance on the organisation
and status of the craft was briefly touched on, and a report which stated that the natural prejudice to dried
some indication as to the need for watching that the
interests of pharmacy did not suffer through probable milk was being overcome, and the sales had steadily in-

administrative changes in the Insurance Acts, also that creased. There was now a good business being done at
pharmacists got their due share of work in the public
full charges. The packets were supplied according to a
services generally, concluded the address. Thereafter
scale based on the number in family and the total income,
Mr. Thos. Guthrie, member of Council, gave a brief
with certain deductions for rent. etc. (This scale had
account of the activities of the Council of the Society,
been approved by the Minister of Health.) Dried milk
dealing particularly with the proposed alterations in the was supplied from four centres in the Borough. During

examinations and the raising of the standard of the September 12,474 packets were distributed, 6.909 of which

Preliminary. Mr. G. Shiach Kitchin. Chairman of the were free.

N.B. Executive, also addressed the meeting, with special December Drug Tariff

reference to Insurance matters. Mr. Kitchin, to whose The following are the alterations for December in the
Insurance Drug Tariff for England and Wales :
credit lies in great measure the drawing up of the
—Lower. Acid, boric, (crystals). Is. lb.: acid, boric (pulv.),
Scottish tariff, dealt briefly with the work of the checking
Is. Id. lb. : acid., citric, pulv., 2s. lid. lb. ; ; acid, tartaric
bureau, and pointed out that where chemists wished to pulv. Is lid. lb. : adeps lanae, Is. 6d. lb. adeps lanse

check the bureau pricing they must be careful in ;

numbering their prescription and avoid mixing up scripts hydrosus. Is. 3d. lb. : bals. peruv.. Is. 2d. oz. : borax pur.
pulv. (in 14-lb. lotsl 50s. cwt. : caffeina, Is., 8d. oz. : caffein,
belonging to different areas.
cit.. Is. 3d. oz. : dec. senegae, ex. eonc. 6s. 6d. lb. : ext.
—Royal warrant holders. The customary annual list bellad. liq.. 104-d. oz. ; ext. ergots, 5s. oz. ; ext. ergot, liq.,

of Royal warrant holders appears in " The London 8s. lb. : guaiacol liq.. Is. 6d. oz. int. cascarill., ex cone,
Gazette " of January 2. It occupies thirty-two pages. ;

—No complaints. The chairman of Newcastle-on-Tyne 3s. 6d. lb.: lini sem. contus. E.I. (in 14-lb. lots). 48s. cwt.;

Insurance Committee mentioned, at a recent meeting, the lin. album B.P.C.. 2s. lb. ; lin. belladqn. meth., 3s. 9d. lb.

fact that for the year 1921 not a single complaint had ol. croton. lid. oz. ol. olivae (sublime), 15s. gal. : pot.
been made against doctors or chemists. ;

bicarb.. Is. lb. : pot. permang., Is. 4d. lb. : resorcinum,

llgd. oz. : sodii brom., Is. 6d. lb.; spt. menth. pip.. 22s. lb. ;

spt. vini. meth.. 6s. 6d. gall.: tr. senegee, 6s. 9d. lb.; ung.

—bellad., 7d. oz. : zinci valerian. 2s. oz.
Higher. Acid, carbolic (detached crystals), Is. lOd. lb.;

acid, carbolic, liq.. Is. 8d. lb. ; acid, salicylic. B.P., 2s. 8d.
lb.: anthem, flor. exot., 6s. 3d. lb.: barbitonum. Is. 6d. oz.

camphora (flowers), 6s. 6d. lb.; cocain. hydrochlor.. 4s. dr.;

codeina, 3s. 9d. dr. ; codein. phosph., 2s. lid. dr. ; dec.
sarsaa jam. CO.. ex cone, 6s. 8d. lb. : liq. formaldehyd.,

Is 5^. lb.: menthol, 5s. oz. : moi-ph. hydrochl., 13s. 6d. oz.

ol. tereb. rectif.. 3s. 8d. lb. : opium pulv., 2s. 4d. oz.

phcnolphthalein, lOd. oz. ; sodii benz. (artificial), 4d. ;'

oz.

svilphonal, 2s. Id. oz. ; tr. jaborandi '98, 4s. 8d. lb. : tr. opii,

5s. 6d. lb.

—.Opium smuggling in London. In view of the smug-

gling of opium through the Port of London on an in-
creased scale, detectives have, it is understood, been
engaged for some weeks past in investigations from which
a satisfactory result is hoped.

—

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 27

Industrial Colloidal Chemistry with the beaters shaft help in retaining material within

Researches of recent years on colloidal chemistry are the beater zone. The beater wheel, and two anvils, almost

finding technical application in industry. Below is a fill the lower part of the mill, while feed-holes, sight glass,
level gauge, cooling coils, and steam inlet are attached to
description of the colloid mill, which is giving products
the upper reservoir portion. The patentees claim that the
by mechanical means formerly only obtainable by chemical
particles in suspension receives a powerful blow either
or electrical processes. The next step, development of diiectly or from the liquid medium itself before its force
is dissipated, as at high speed the liquid medium itself
ultra-filtration, has been solved by Plauson on a large becomes rigid. Thus there is utilised the short duration

Ascale. research in this country on soap solutions shows high energy impulse transmitted through the water.
Furthermore, the energy of the blows is concentrated at
the great possibility of ultra-filtration in preparing two points instead of being distributed over a number of

colloids in a state of purity hitherto unobtainable. points in the usual dismembrator. The disintegrating
action of the mill is probably mainly mechanical, and the
(1) Sectional view of mill (front and side elevation). makers lay stress on the fact that particles are disin-

The colloid mill of Dr. H. Plauson (Fig. 1) is a method tegrated before they can escape individual blows of terrific
of mechanical milling in watery suspension whereby sus-
fcrce but of short duration. The point is that a finer sub-
pensions, or emulsions, are obtained containing particles division is achieved in a short time (a few minutes to an
of ultra-microscopic or colloidal dimensions (i.e., less than hour) than in weeks of wet grinding by the older methods.
The actual use of the mill is highly technical, the material
0.001 mm. (microm) ). Thus sulphur before treatment con- first being brought on to a suitable state by usual grinding
tained 90 per cent of particles over 1 mm. and .045 mm., methods. The proportion of suspending liquid must not
exceed the specific saturation for the substance. The rate
and afterwards none between this range and 78.6 per cent, of revolution depends upon the hardness, elasticity and
tenacity of the material, and there is a minimum rate of
below 0.001 mm. The standard design of the Plauson col-
revolution below which colloidal disintegrations cannot be
loid mill has a charge capacity of 3.3 gallons (15 litres),
with an output up to 380 gallons per hour, according to achieved. Many colloidal preparations require for stabili-

refractoriness of material. The principle consists of the sation the addition of " dispersators " or " accelerators,"
material in watery suspension being subjected to the
smashing blows of beaters rotating at 3,000 revolutions or so that the electric charge on the material or medium are
over per minute. At this speed the liquid dispersion suitably balanced. Temperature limits must be closely
medium becomes a rigid anvil in which the suspended observed with many emulsions to avoid coagulating effects.
particles are comminuted until they obtain colloidal state. The industrial uses indicated for the mill are conveniently
The beater wheel is placed eccentrically towards the base
divided into four classes, e.g. :
of the mill, so that the material does not circulate centri-
jugally, but continually falls into the sphere of action. —Class I. Preparation of plastic masses, such as china clay

(2) Mill showing setting of shaft. or casein preparations.

The mill (Fig. 2) consists of a circular body in cast iron —Class II. Colloidal solutions, such as disinfectants (col-
with a detachable front for cleaning, and is double-cased
fc heating with steam or cooling with water. The hori- loidal sulphur and creosote), metals (gold, silver, etc.). per-
zontally mounted beater wheel consists of several armed fumes (non-alcoholic), lubricants (graphite, or oil), polishes,
discs with beaters (or hammers) arranged at eight points enamels, paints.
In the circumference. Two stationary baffles (or anvils)
are arranged above and below the beater wheel with a —Class III. Division of materials from chemical action,
clearance of only 1 to 3 mm. Perforated baffles co-axial
such as fats for cold saponifications, nickel for fat harden-
ing, cellulose for fermentation or viscose production.

—Class IV. Separation by fractional disintegration, work-

ing up clays, oil from shales, etc.

An ichthyol-like substance containing 20 per cent, of

sulphidic sulphur (compared with 8 per cent, in ordinary

ichthyol) is the subject of English patent 184,292, of
1921, by Plauson's (Parent Co.), Ltd., and shows the

application of the mill. The shale is disintegrated in a
colloid mill (see above) and the contained oil dispersed to
form a permanent emulsion, from which mineral matter
separates on standing. The oil is precipitated by the

addition of a suitable electrolyte (hydrochloric acid) at

60° to 70° C, and may be further purified by dissolving

in organic solvents. Alternatively, the emulsion itself

may be used for therapeutic purposes, as it is readily
absorbed by the skin. Protective colloids may be added,

or a water soluble product obtained by sulphonation.

—"No action." The Holborn (London) Borough Council

recently had before it a communication from a neigh-
bouring borough recommending that abortifacients should
only be sold on the production of an " authenticated "
prescription, and that legislation should be promoted
accordingly. It was decided that no action be taken.

Mangold Brothers, chemical manufacturers and
merchants, Harp Lane, London, E.C.3, distribute two
wall calendars (14in. by lOin. and 9fin. by 9§in.), the

latter of which is well adapted for office use, the figures
being of unusual clearness. The other calendar consists
of six leaves, each containing an original and highly
amusing picture by Lawson Wood.

—Red paper suggested for poisons. Writing to the

" Daily Mail " of December 28, Lieutenant-Colonel H. M.
Dale suggests the use of coloured paper for wrapping
" dry poisons of every description," and adds, " Scarlet

would, I think, be the best colour." An almost identical
suggestion was made n: a letter to " The Times " rather

more than a centurv ago : the letter was quoted in the

C. <L- D., II., 1922,*p. 202.

28 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Safeguarding Industries Act Cameras

No figures were submitted of the output of the whole

Optical and Other Scientific Instruments of the camera-manufacturing industry of this country,

The Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to but the representative of a large English firm of makers

inquire into the complaint of British makers of optical stated that at present their output of cameras is on the
and other scientific instruments and to report (a) whether
the conditions specified in Section 2 (1) of the Safeguard- average about half that of 1913. Account, however, must
ing of Industries Act are fulfilled in respect of all or
any particular varieties of these goods; (b) on the effect be taken of the fact that the firm in question normally
which the imposition of a duty under Part II of the
Act on goods of the class or description covered by the have a large export trade, and that this has decreased
complaint would exert on employment in any other indus-
try being an industry using goods of that class or descrip- to, at present, about 20 per cent, of the pre-war amount.
tion as material ; and (c) whether in the opinion of the
Committee production in the industry manufacturing During the war this firm, like others in the optical
similar goods in the United Kingdom, is being carried on
with reasonable efficiency and economy, has completed industry, concentrated on the output of apparatus needed
its investigations. The report states that the evidence
was confined to (a) Microscopes. (b) Prism binoculars. for the conduct of the war, 90 per cent, of their plant
(c) Cameras, (d) Phonographic lenses. (t) Ophthalmic
lenses. (/) Spectacle frames and eye-glass mountings. being employed in the manufacture of special instru-
{g) Drawing instruments.
ments. After the termination of hostilities the trade

experienced a boom. The firm mentioned could not meet

the demand in 1919; in the year 1920 the output was

Aabout three times larger than at present. witness

for the applicants stated that German competition is very

severe in the larger forms of cameras, especially those

used by professional photographers, but the sales of this

class of instrument are small competition is felt most
;

keenly in respect of the small plate camera. He stated,

however, that the demand for the plate camera is diminish-

Op-hthalmic Lenses ing, while the demand for the roll-film camera is steadily

Prior to the war, only two firms in this country made increasing. He added that the most formidable competi-

ophthalmic lenses by mass production methods, the tors of the British manufacturers imported their cameras

requirements of the United Kingdom being almost from Canada. The sole agent in Great Britain and Ireland

entirely supplied by importation, mostly from the United of a German manufacturer stated that his firm sold eleven

States and France, but also from Germany. During the roll-film models for every two plate models, and that of

war, the bulk of such lenses were obtained from the the plate cameras approximately half their turnover was

United States, but after the Armistice the rate of ex- in models which British manufacturers do not make i He

change caused this trade practically to disappear, and the submitted the following estimate for the whole camera

home production was increased considerably. After 1920, trade of the prqportion of supplies from various sources :

French and German competition intensified, and several Camera Sales in Great Britain

firms engaged in the business have had to shut down British : 13 per cent, of the value of the whole.

within the last eighteen months, until there now remain German : 7 per cent, of the value of the whole (as

only five or six who manufacture on a considerable scale. against 12 per cent, pre-war).
The maximum output reached by one of the largest firms
Kodak : 80 per cent, of the value of the whole.
in this country was stated to be 200 dozen pairs of lenses

per day (which was estimated to be about 10 per cent, This takes no account of supplies from other sources,

of the country's requirements) and its present output one- which, however, are small. The following statistics,

half of this quantity. Employment in the industry is relating to the imports of cameras from Germany, the

m Aat present about one-half of that 1920. considerable United States and Canada, have been abstracted by the

amount of evidence of a general character was given by Statistical Department of the Board of Trade from

the applicants in regard to the sources of the imports of Returns furnished by the Customs. These figures

ophthalmic lenses. Broadly, this was to the effect that do not include the lenses imported with the appliances :

the most serious competitors were not the German', but During 1920, 1921 and the first half of 1922 the number

the French manufacturers, who were said to be gradually of cameras imported amounted to 25,769, value £20,616,

reducing their prices and maintaining them just below from Germany; 755,830, value £894,939, from U.S.A.;

Athe prices of the British products. certain amount of and 115,974, value £53,873, from Canada. One of the

alarm was, expressed at the possibilities of an expansion witnesses attributed the prevalent unemployment in the

of German activity in the trade, but one witness said British photographic industry to la) over-production and

that he did not think Germany could supply her own over-stocking by dealers in 1920, (b) loss of export trade,
demand. During 1920, 1921 and the first half of 1922,
(c) the general trade depression, and (d) the failure of
the number of the optical elements imported was from
British manufacturers to produce popular types of

U.S.A., 4,354,057; France, 3.261,461 Germany, 2,014,481; Wecamera. are unable to determine the relative import-
;

other countries, '853,458. Total, 10,473,457, or at the ance of these various causes, but undoubtedly the camera

yearly rate of 4,189,383 during the period. These figures industry must be regarded as, to a large extent, a luxury
make clear that there has been a considerable increase in
trade, dependent upon the general prosperity of the

the imports from Germany of certain cheap articles fall- country. The evidence on the subject of the comparative

ing within the scope -of the heading, "Lenses, prisms, prices in the United Kingdom of similar British and

etc., optically worked, mounted or unmounted." No German cameras was conflicting. The value of a camera

separate return i* made of the number of ophthalmic is largely dependent on the type of lens with which it
lenses. As regards the prices charged in this country for
is fitted, and we found some difficulty in deciding whether
;
articles submitted as similar were, in fact, strictly com-
ophthalmic lenses of German origin, the applicants said
parable. Broadly, the applicants' case, which was mainly
that they had only "been able to obtain samples of lenses

of the meniscus type which had been offered to them by founded on the relatively cheap camera and was sup-

a Dublin firm at 7s. 6d. per dozen pairs which, it was ported by a number of exhibits, was to the effect that
suggested, were of German make, although there was no
German-made cameras were offered in this country to

definite evidence of their origin. The -corresponding lens retailers at prices equal to from 47 to 66 per cent, cf
of an English firm, is sold at 28s. per dozen pairs, and
those of the equivalent British-made cameras, and that

this price was stated to be unprofitable. Some question the retail prices varied from about 50 to 75 per cent,

was raised as to the quality of the lenses obtainable from of those of the British goods, but there was little evidence

Germany, one witness suggesting that those at present of the actual sale of any considerable quantity. They

being imported from that country are "throw-outs." contended, however, that, although the German and

This he attributed to the glass being defective, but oh British cameras were capable of doing the same work, the
the other hand we have received evidence that German-
made raw glass is now actually being used in the manu- German instruments were actually inferior, but that the

degree of inferiority was not such as to compensate for

facture of English ophthalmic lenses, and that it is the difference in price. Before the war prices were
cheaper, and" regarded by the manufacturers as better,
than the English. arranged by agreement between the principal British and

German manufacturers. One witness for the opposition,

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 29

who contended that, generally speaking, German cameras Creditors' Meetings

are not cheaper in this country than similar British-made The creditors of Mr. E. 0. Roberts, chemist
instruments, gave particulars as to prices which ten-led
to show that especially in the higher-class type of camera and druggist, Fowey, Cornwall, were called together
the prices of the two makes are about the same. Another
witness stated that the prices charged for the cameras recently, at Plymouth, when a statement of affairs

of the- German firm of which he is the sole agent in was presented, which showed liabilities of £1,063
Great Britain were based on those of the Kodak cameras,
and as these form so large a proportion of the total supply 3s. 2d., made up as follows : Trade creditors,

they must have a considerable influence on the prices of £311 8s. 3d. sundry creditors, £50 18s. 7d. ; cash
competing firms. The Committee state that the number ;
of cameras imported from Germany is only a small pro-
portion of the total trade of the United Kingdom, and, creditors, £462; bank overdraft, £191 7s. Id., and rent,

after reviewing the evidence, come to the conclusion that rates, etc., £47 9s. 3d. The assets consisted of : Stock
it is insufficient to show that they are being generally
sold in the United Kingdom at a price lower than that at cost, £284 13s. lid. ; fixtures and fittings, £175 •
at which they can be profitably manufactured in this
household furniture, £30, and book-debts, £2. In addi-
country.
tion there was an insurance policy, the surrender value
Photographic Lenses
of which was £40, but it was held by a creditor as part
A very large proportion of photographic lenses being
security. The debtor attributed his present position to
used in the manufacture of cameras, any falling off in
the sales of cameras is reflected in unemployment in the want of capital, depression in trade, and heavy family
photographic lens industry. Incomplete statistics show
a decrease in the number of employees engaged by four expenses. Recently he had been threatened with pro-
different firms on the manufacture of lenses. One wit-
ceedings and one creditor had issued process. During
ness stated that Messrs. Zeiss fixed their prices ei
the year ended March, 1917, the turnover was stated to
approximately 20 per cent, below those charged by his
firm, this cut being, he suggested, what they considered have been a little less than £300, but in the following
was necessary to get the business. On the other hand,
evidence was adduced by the opposition which indicated 12 months it went up to £466, and in the succeeding year
that the list or retail prices of lenses of certain German
rose to £524. During the year to March, 1920, the
manufacturers, although generally lower than those
charged by his firm, were in very few instances lower turnover was £593, and in the following 12 months it

than the prices of similar lenses of four other British went up to £710. For the year to March last the turn-
firms. The witness in support of the application con-
tended, however, that German-made lenses are sold in this over was £580. The premises were held on lease which
country below the prices at which they are listed by the
German firms' accredited British agents. After considering had two years unexpired. In the absence of any pro-

the evidence, the Committee is of opinion that the appli- posal it was decided that the matter should be dealt

cants have failed to justify the allegation that photo- with under a deed of assignment, with Mr. E. R.
graphic lenses manufactured in Germany are sold in the
United Kingdom at prices below those at which similar Bowden, accountant, of Plymouth, as trustee. The
goods can be profitably manufactured in this country.
following are among the creditors : A. de St. Dalmas
Conclusions
& Co., £11; John Bell & Croyden, Ltd., £47; Corbin,
Before summarising their conclusions, as follows, the
Stacey & Co., Ltd., £21; Evans, Gadd & Co., Ltd.,
committee drew attention to the depreciation of the
German mark subsequent to the conclusion of the public £93 ; Kerfoot & Co., Ltd., £11 ; F. Newbery & Sons, £14.
—The creditors of Mr. T. L. Jones, Oatlands
examination, but consider it impracticable to take this
Pharmacy, Weybridge, were called together recently
into account without reopening the whole inquiry.
at the offices of Guillaume and Sons, 9 Salis-
(1) No evidence was submitted regarding the cost of pro-
duction in Germany of any of the articles with which we bury Square, Fleet Street, London, E.C., when a state-

are concerned, and we arc, therefoi'e, not in a position to ment of affairs was submitted, which showed total
express an opinion on the question whether they are being
sold or offered for sale in the United Kingdom at prices liabilities of £1,042 5s. 8d., of which £613 16s. 9d. was
below the cost of production as defined in Section 8 of the
Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921. due to cash creditors, whilst the balance was due to

(2) The evidence placed before us in regard to microscopes, the trade. There were also preferential creditors in
prism binoculars, cameras, photographic lenses and
ophthalmic lenses is insufficient to convince us that such respect of rents, rates and taxes amounting to £23 14s.
articles manufactured in Germany are being sold or offered
for sale generally or on a commercial scale in the United The cash creditors were stated to be Mr. C. Williams,
Kingdom at prices below those at which similar goods can
be profitably manufactured in this country. who was a creditor for £500 in respect of money advanced,

We(3) are of the opinion that (a) metal spectacle frames and Mr. E. T. Neathercoat, who claimed £113 16s. 9d.

and eyeglass mountings, and (6) mathematical drawing in respect of money advanced, balance of purchase price
instruments, manufactured in Germany, are being sold or
offered for sale in this country at prices which, by reason of business, and goods supplied. The assets were esti-
of depreciation in the value in relation to sterling of German
currency, are below those at which similar goods can be mated to realise £357, and consisted of book-debts, stock

profitably manufactured in the United Kingdom. We con- in trade, fixtures and fittings, furniture, and the

sider further, that, by reason thereof, employment in these surrender value of a life policy. It was mentioned that

Weindustries is being or is likely to be seriously affected. the debtor purchased the business in 1918 for £1,100,

are of opinion that the imposition of a duty on these articles and to enable him to do this he obtained assistance from
would exert only a negligible influence on employment in
any other industry using them as material, and also that his father and Mr. Williams. The turnover at the time
the industries manufacturing these goods in this country
are carried on with reasonable efficiency and economy. the debtor took over the business was, so far as could

(4) No evidence was offered to enable us to express any be ascertained, approximately £1,300 a year. It

opinion on the question whether the conditions specified in appeared that the debtor had recently had a nervous
Section 2, Sub-section (1) of the Safeguarding of Industries
Act, 1921, are fulfilled in respect of any optical elements or breakdown, in consequence of which the turnover of
optical or scientific instruments other than those we have
specifically dealt with. the business dropped very considerably. The premises

were held on a lease with 18 years still to run. Mr.

Neathercoat, from whom the debtor had purchased the

business, and in whose employ he had previously been,

stated that, after investigation, he was prepared to

purchase the assets for a sum sufficient to pay a cash

composition to the creditors of 5s. in the £, payable

forthwith. He went on to say that if the creditors

would accept this in settlement of their claim he did

not propose to take the debtor's personal assets, which

consisted of £50 worth of furniture and a life policy,

as the debtor was an old employee of his and bore an

excellent character. The matter was discussed at some

considerable length, and it was eventually resolved by

the majority of the creditors present, taking all the

circumstances into consideration, to accept the com-

position of 5s. in the £. The following are among the

creditors :—Arnold & Sons, Ltd., £13; Bristowes, Ltd.,

£10; The British Drug Houses, Ltd., £51; Thomas
Christy & Co., £14; Cleavers, Ltd., £10; Evans Sons

Lescher & Webb, Ltd., £26; D. & W. Gibbs, Ltd., £10;

Thomas Kerfoot & Co., Ltd., £14: Kodak, Ltd., £11; S.

Maw Son & Sons. Ltd., £34; E. T. Neathercoat. £173;

Sangers, £17; Wright, Layman & Umney, Ltd., £11.

...

30 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Trade Report 2s. 6d. per proof gallon in bond. No alteration has
been made in prices of spirituous preparations.
The prices given in this section are those obtained by im-
porters or manufacturers for bulk quantities or original —Aloes. The exports from the Union of South Africa
packages. To these prices various charges have to be
added, whereby values are in many instances greatly during September amounted to 62,093 lb. (value £350),
augmented before wholesale dealers receive the goods against 157,398 lb. (value £1,364)' in 1921. During the
into stock, after which much expense may be incurred
in garbling and the like. Qualities of chemicals, drugs, nine months ended September 30, 1922, the total exports
oils, and many other commodities vary greatly, and were 432.876 lb. (value £2,823), compared with 313,212 lb.
higher prices than those here quoted are charged for (value £2,592) for the corresponding period last year.

selected qualities of natural products even in bulk —Antimony. The position is unaltered, business being

quantities. exceedingly quiet all round. Foreign on the spot is
worth about £24 10s., and c.i.f. offers are about at
42, Cannon Street, E.C.4, January 4 £22 10s. to £22 15s. Crude is quite nominal at £17 to
£17 10s. per ton.
Business has not yet been fully resumed in the Mincing-
—Balsams. Genuine B.P. Copaiba is selling at Is. 8d.
Lane produce markets, which were closed, as usual, on
per lb. For Tolu, 3s. 9d. is quoted. An arrival of 20
New Year's Day, and not until stocktaking operations
cases has taken place this week. Peru is steady at 8s.
have been concluded will there be any general resumption
—Btjchtj. The exports from the Union of South Africa
of buying among wholesalers. Meanwhile there is a
during September amounted to 2,973 lb. (value £388),
healthy undertone to the markets in general, in spite of against 5,465 lb. (value £917) in 1921. During the nine
months ended September 30, 1922, the total exports were
the cloudy political outlook, and a spirit of optimism 117,142 lb. (value £14,621), compared with 77,859 lb.
(value £14,059) for the corresponding period last year.
prevails. Shellac during the interval has further advanced,
—Camphor. Refined is about steady, with Japanese
TNspot being 5s. higher, and the delivery market has
2^-lb. slabs offering at 3s. lOd. pet lb on the spot, and
risen about 15s. per cwt. Rubber has shown more at 3s. 7Jd. c.i.f. for January-February shipment.

activity at higher prices; peppers for forward delivery —Cinchona. At the auction to be held at Amsterdam

have sold at a slight advance. Business in crude drugs on Wednesday, January 17, 1,010 packages Java phar-
maceutical bark weighing 51,111 kilos, will be offered,
has not yet opened up, buyers no doubt preferring to
together with 33 packages African weighing 1,015 kilos.
await the auctions to be held on January 25. Mercury
Cod-liver oil remains steady, and the Norwegian manu-
has had a set-back, the official price at the Spanish mines facturers are not anxious to give way in price, as they

having declined substantially. Rectified spirit has been report that the stocks of 1922 oil carried over are by no
means large. Prices remain at from 95s. to 100s. per
reduced by 3d. per proof gallon, but spirituous prepara- barrel, c.i.f. London, according to brand. The demand

tions are unaltered. An unusually large number of vessels for spot oil is fairly good, 102s. 6d. to 105s. per barrel

have arrived from Chinese and Japanese ports during and being the value for finest medicinal, although this price

since the holidays, bringing further supplies of menthol, would be eased for quantity. Buyers will now look for-
ward to the Lofoten fishing results with interest. The
mint oil, camphor (crude and refined), star-anise oil, fishing is expected to commence about the middle of this
month, and ends just before Easter, when the fishermen
albumen, soy, Japan wax, etc return. Our Bergen correspondent writes on December 30
that the. market is quite at a standstill owing to the holi-
Higher Firmer Easier Lower days. The price for finest steam-refined non-freezing

Morph'ne Coconut (desic.) Coconut oil Barium chloride quality is nominal at 95s. to 100s. per barrel, c.i.f.
Pitch Hexamethylene Clove oil
Pyridine Lemongrass oil (Cochin) Mercury —Ergot. The " Aboukir " from Oporto has brought -37
Rubber Cottonseed oil Potash chlorate
Saffron (c.i.f.) Lithopone Soda hypo. packages.
Saltcake Mint oil (Jp.) Sodium chlorate
Lime oil Potash bichro- —Menthol. Business has barely opened, but the market
Shellac Palmarosa oil Spirit rectified
Turpentine Potash perman- mate Strychnine is steady at 42s. per lb. for Kobayashi-Suzuki on the spot,
Peppermint oil Potash prussiate and for January-March shipment 35s. c.i.f. is quoted.
ganate Sodium Vanillin Although at least a further 50 cases have arrived, the
(Amer.) quantity actually available on offer on the spot does not
Steadier prussiate
seem to increase, and the general impression is that
Bromides stocks are small in spite of hand-to-mouth buying.
Sulphonyl
—Mercury. There was rather an unexpected change of
Cable gram
front in the mercury market towards the close of last
—New York, January 3. Business is quiet. Cartagena week, chiefly arising from the advertised action which
was taken by the board of directors, of the Almaden
ipecacuanha has advanced to $1.55, and belladonna root
to 13 c. Balsam peru is also dearer at $2.10, and short Mines in adjusting their selling price for delivery ex
buchu is now $1.15, an advance of 5 c. Belladonna, leaves
warehouse at the mines to the lower level of 297 pesetas
have advanced to 16 c. Senega has declined to 75 c. per bottle, less the usual 3^ per cent, discount for cash
in advance. This revised rate from that current before
per lb. would show a reduction of 44 pesetas per bottle, and v. as
doubtless arrived at in order to stimulate the demand
Exchange Rates on London
and presumably also due to Italian competition and the
The following is a list of Continental and other ex- comparatively cheap offers that were made by dealers
change rates against the pound sterling on London pre- here. The position of the market thus became rather
vailing at 4 p.m. on Wednesday :
unsettled. Prior to that revision the first-hand quotation
Paris, cheque fr. December 27 January 3
Brussels, cheque . 64.25—64.30 64.15—64.25 for Spanish at the mines at 341 pesetas had been chiefly
Berlin fr. 69.95—70.05 69.70—69.80 nominal for weeks past, as it worked out, including
Amsterdam, cheque 35,200—35,500
Italy, sight marks —35,000—35,250 freight and insurance costs, at considerably above the
terms that were current in the open market at this end
Switzerland fl. 11.67J— 11.68J 11.771 11.78 down to about £12 per bottle. The new Spanish price
Constantinople . lire 91—91} 90—903-
Madrid, sight at the mines at the current rate of exchange represents,
Lisbon, sight fr. 24.49—24.51 24.54—24.56 roughly, £10 per bottle, and the fall having been pre-
Vienna pstrs. 760—800* 780—820* viously to some extent discounted, the set-back in the
Greece current spot price so far, at any rate, represents only
pes. 29.48—29.51 29.54—29.56 about 10s. to 15s. per bottle at £11 10s. to £11 15s. as
Yokohama, T.T. . 2|d.— 2^d.* current on Wednesday. It looks as if the parcels available
Mew York, cable. escudo 2id.— 2|d. 315-325.000 in dealers' hands were fairly well held, but there seems
kr. 310-330.000 375—385* yet ample room for a further adjustment in the open

drch. 395—405 25-ftd.— 25-frd.
4.65J— 4.65J
yen 25 1|-d.— 25rVL
5 4.64-J—4.64$

* Nominal.

Crude Drugs, etc.

—Agar. agar. Spot sales of No. 1 Kobe have been made

at 5s. 4^d., with 6s. 6d. asked.

—Alcohol. The rectifiers have reduced the price of

rectified spirit by 3d. per proof gallon, and now quote

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 31

market on the basis of the terms in force at the Almadeii represent 3,862 cases, so that the warehouse stocks were
mines, inasmuch as buyers there of 1,000 bottles and reduced by, roughly, 1,000 cases, the total amounting to
over, for cash payment, are entitled to a further conces-
sion of six per cent, As stated by the directorate of 4,276 cases.
these mines, consignees desiring to receive the quicksilver
Seeds, Spices, etc.
on wagon at Almadenejos station may do so on payment
Cloves are inactive, fair Zanzibar offering on the spot
of one peseta per bottle, all risks and disbursements, at 8£d. per lb. To arrive, October-December shipment is
including the carriage from the station named, being quoted at 7£d. c.i.f. and January-March has been sold at

theirs. Buyers under previous contracts may elect 7d. c.i.f.
between the terms already agreed upon and the new ones,
on their so declaring on any new order. The concession Coconut (desiccated) is firmer, fine on spot offering at
made by the Spanish mines possibly foreshadows an in 37s., and medium at 37s. 9d. To arrive, January-Feb-
ruary shipment has been sold 37s. to 37s. 6d. c.i.f. and
crease in output after the extensive plant developments
February-March at 37s. 9d. c.i.f.
which were said to have taken place recently. Arrivals
—Mace. At auction 100 packages West Indian offered
in London comprise 37,500 lb. from Italy.
and sold at steady prices, up to 2s. per lb. being paid
Opium.—The " Eden Hall " has brought 60 cases from for good bright pale.

Smyrna. —Nutmegs. At auction 288 packages West Indian

Constantinople, December 26.—During the period Decem- offered and about 160 sold at steady prices.
ber 12 to date, arrivals were as follows :—Druggists' 1,462
Pepper is firmer, spot sellers of fair black Singapore
cases, "softs" 85, Malatia 13. The stock was:—Drug- quoting 6£d. per lb., for white Muntok 6£d. is asked,
and 6d. for white Singapore. To arrive, sales include
gists' 515 cases, " softs " 123. Malatia 10. During the past January-March shipment at 4^d. c.i.f. for black Singa-
pore, and 6|d. c.i.f. for white Muntok.
fortnight 40 cases druggists' were sold at 1,200 to 1,350
piastres per oke, of which 12 cases were acquired by —Seeds. The following are current spot quotations,

speculators. Large orders received from Paris may be unless otherwise indicated : Russian anise, 71s. per cwt.,
and Spanish 78s. Larache canary seed, £16 17s. 6d.
taken to indicate a resumption of business with Japan, an
event which has been expected : most of the sales concluded per ton, and Mazagan £18 5s. [Canary seed is now fold
since the beginning of the month, both here and in Smyrna, per ton instead of per quarter], Dutch caraway, 145s1.
per cwt., and Morocco 95s, Coriander seed, sound, 65s.,
have been transacted on orders from Paris, for ship- part wormy 42s. 6d. to 52s. 6d., as to quality; cumin
ment to Japan via Marseilles. The market is quiet, and
there are few actual buyers. This is attributable to the seed, 140s. per cwt. ; dill seed, 23s. per cwt. ; fennel

holidays, and to the constant decline in British currency, seed, 70s. per cwt. fenugreek seed, 29s. per cwt. hemp
which has sunk during the week from 880 and 840 to ;;

770 and 780; therefore, holders of stocks are desirous of seed, 14s. 3d. per cwt,; linseed, 21s. per cwt,, Morocco;
unloading opium in order to purchase imported goods. At
Smyrna this week 25 cases were sold at 1,250 piastres per mustard seed is unchanged.
oke. To the best of our knowledge the stocks in Smyrna
Essential Oils
do not exceed 50 cases, although possibly there may be a
There are no outstanding changes to record. Business
further lot represented by 58 cases. In our opinion the is quiet, but the last three months have shown an im-
decline is temporary, and is likely soon to give way to an provement which, it is hoped, foretells better conditions
throughout the year. Japanese mint oil is cheaper and
increase in price, for the following reasons : (1) The decline clove oil is lower. Citronella again shows a firmer
tendency. Lemongrass is firmer to arrive.
in price at Smyrna, due to forced sales, will be arrested
after the now —Almond. Genuine essential oil s.a.p. is offered on the
as soon as local stocks are cleared (2)
;

imminent conclusion of peace Turkish currency is bound to
appreciate daily; (3) the total stocks held in Smyrna and

Constantinople fall below all expectations. Further, in

Anatolia the intensive cultivation of wheat has been under- —spot at 15s. 6d. to 16s. per lb.

taken, in preference to other crops, in order that the Anise (Star). "Red Ship" on the spot is quiet r-nd

country may no longer be dependent upon foreign supplies. unchanged at 2s. 2d. per lb. and Is. 10^d. c.i.f. About

Rubber is considerably firmer, the market having 400 cases have arrived.

advanced fd. to gd. per lb. since our last report. Sub- Bergamot is practically as last quoted at about
stantial buying orders from America, combined with the
Up12s. 9d. per lb. c.i.f. for 37 to 39 l a.
firmness in the East, has resulted in the increase in to 13s. 9d. is
values. According to cable advices one of the largest
American manufacturers has recently purchased over 7,000 quoted on the spot according to brand.

—Cajuput. Most sellers are' quoting 3s. 9d. to 3s. lOd.

Ions, and is in the market for a further 3,000 tons. per lb., but in one direction supplies could still be had

New York dealers have therefore to come to the London at less.

market to cover their spot sales. Deliveries last week Cassia is scarce on the spot at 8s. 9d. per lb., for
.
amounted to 525 tons, and arrivals totalled 876 tons, with
80 to 85 c.a,, and for shipment, 6s. 6d. c.i.f.
an increase of 351 tons in the stocks. Quotations (Wed-
.nesday, 5 p.m.) : Standard No. 1 crepe and ribbed smoked —Cinnamon. Ceylon leaf is offered on the spot at <igd.

sheet spot and January, Is. 2|d. February, Is. 3d. per oz. and 3-^d. c.i.f.
;;
—Citronella. Ceylon on the spot is firm at from 2s. 4jd.
March, Is. 3^d. April-June, Is. 4d. July-September,
;; to 2s. 5d. per lb. The price quoted to come forward

Is. 4^d. ; October-December, Is. 4|d. Fine hard para, nowis 2s. 3f d. . c.i.f.
quiet at Is. lgd. Balata still commands attention, and
—Clove. English distilled is lower at 6s. per lb. for
several large cable contracts have recently been placed.
delivery this month.
W.I. sheet, 3s. 9d. ; Venezuela block, 3s. 5gd. per lb.
—Geranium. Sales of Bourbon have been made recently
Saffron is again advancing, and on the spot Valentia
of the B.P. quality is quoted at 120s. per lb. To come at 25s. to 26s. per lb., and up to 27s. is now quoted.

forward, the higher price of 130s. is quoted without Algerian on the spot is 37s. to 37s. 6d.

engagement. Lemon is quiet and unchanged on the spot at about

—Senega. Our New York cable reports a reduction to 2s. 9d. per lb. For shipment 2s. 6gd. c.i.f. is quoted

75c. per lb. (say 3s. 5d, c.i.f.), and considerinc; that spot for old crop and 2s. 9d. for new crop.

sellers will take 3s. 6d. to 3s. 7d. the offer is not very —Lemongrass. For Cochin on the spot 2^d. per oz.

attractive. is about the value. The price is firmer to arrive at the
same figure, but second-hands may still shade this.
—Shellac. There has not been a great deal of change on
—Lime. West Indian distilled is firmer at 2s. 6d. pei
balance, but the appearance of the market on Tuesday
lb. on the spot,
and Wednesday was again very firm, with spot delivery
—Mint. A fair amount of business was done early in
TNof selling at 375s. per cwt. The sales for
the week at 6s. 6d. to 6s. 9d. per lb., c.i.f. for January-
delivery include March at 350s. to 355s., and March shipment, with 6s. 6d. asked on Wednesday.

TNMay at 345s. to 347s. 6d. To arrive, for Spot holders quote 7s. 9d. to 7s. lOJrd., which is easier.

Jan. -Feb. shipment has been sold at 337s. 6d. to 340s. —Orange. Sicilian is as last quoted, for shipment 7s. 6d.

C.i.f. The statistical position is strong, the landings for to 7s. 9d. per lb. c.i.i. and spot at 8s. 6d.

December amounting to 2,784 cases, while the deliveries

32 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

—Palmarosa. There has been quite a good demand Phenolphthalein holds firm at 5s. to 5s. 3d. per lb.,
with demand sustained. The Continental position is also
reentry, and the market is firmer. Sellers are asking
17s. 6d. per lb. in pots, and 16s. c.i.f. is wanted for firm.

arrival. —Potassium permanganate. B.P. continues to go firmer

—Patchouli. Penang on the spot is steady at from 30s. on spot, and dealers are asking up to as high as 8£d.
per lb., but the few sales made have been mostly under
to 35s. per ib.
this price.
—Peppermint. American tin oil is a rising market, with
—Resorcin. Spot sellers are quoting 6s. per lb., end
not much offered at less than 13s. 6d. per lb.
probably willing to discount this rate for sales.
Pharmaceutical Chemicals, etc.
—Safrol. Japanese in drums is quoted on the spot

2s. 8d. per lb., and in tins and cases at 2s. lOd.

During the past week there has been but very little Salicylic acid remains quiet, with dealers asking^about
business done. Both before and after the holidays and Is. 4d. per lb. for B.P.

during the New Year the market has been practically Salol is declared at 2s. per lb. on spot, with the
market flat.
inactive, and most firms have been confining their activi-
ties to stock-taking. The prices being quoted show little Sodium benzoate.— Spot parcels are offered at about
Is. lOd. per lb. As there has been practically no business
or no change on the week. this week it is difficult to arrive at the real selling price.

Acetanilide remains dull, with spot offers in the region

of Is. 4d. to Is. 6d. per lb. Sodium salicylate is a good market, although much
quieter; powder about Is. 10d., crystals Is. lid. per lb.
Amidopyrin is declared at 14s. per lb., with no inquiry.
—Strychnine. Makers have reduced their prices, quot-
Aspirin on the spot is a good market, and no offers
are recorded below 2s. 9d. to 2s. lOd. per !b. for good ing B.P. crystals at 4s. 4d. and powder at 4s. 3d. per

brands. oz. Salts are also reduced, th'e hydrochloride being

Barbitone holds steady at the recently advanced rate 3s. 7d. per oz.

of 12s. 6d. per lb. Sulphonal is steadier but still inactive ; sellers at 13s.

Benzaldehyde (.03) remains flat, with declared values per lb.

on spot at 3s. per lb. —Tannic acid. Spot parcels of B.P. Leviss are quoted

Benzoic acid. B.P.. is now steady after the recent at 3s. per lb., with little movement recorded.

lowering of prices on the Continent ; about 2s. per lb. Terpene hydrate has not moved from its former rate
quite inactive, and the value . is
on spot. of Is. 9d. per lb.

—Bromides. There is a somewhat steadier tone, and the Thymol remains

pusition on the Continent' is healthy. Fairly considerable nominal.

quantities, however, seem to be offering on spot with Vanillin is lower on the spot at 21s. 6d. per lb.

little cali. Ammonium, from 8d, to 9d. per lb. potas-
;

sium, crystals and granular, about 7£d. to 8d. per lb. Industrial Chemicals, etc.
;
Business, as is to be expected, has been interrupted by
sodium, crystals and granular, 7£d. to 8-^d. the holidays and annual stocktaking. There has, how-
ever been good inquiry for export of late, and an increas-
Calcium lactate is steady, the spot rate being about ing volume of business is expected with the turn of the

2s. 3d. per lb. year. A number of changes in quoted prices is recorded,

Chloral hydrate is offering at about 4s. per lb. duty the majority of them being in favour of buyers.
paid, but so far inquiry has been small.
Acetic acid continues very firm with a tendency to
—Chloroform. A reduction in prices among the makers advance ; 80 per cent, technical and pure is £43, and
98 per cent, glacial at £65 per ton, in casks and demi-
is regarded as possible in the near future. johns, ex wharf, London.

Citric acid is still freely offered, especially for for- Acetone is maintained at £130 pe* ton for British
ward delivery, and some orders are being booked at cut Government specification, with supplies a little more
rates; Spot B.P., crystals, is about Is. 8d. and forward
a penny less. liberal.

—Cocaine. Hydrochloride is selling in small lots from Ammonia (anhydrous) remains in quiet demand with

first hands at from 14s. 6d. to 15s. per oz. dealers asking Is. 6d. per lb. for 99.95 per cent.

—Creosote. B.P. is declared at 2s. 6d. to 3s. per lb. —Arsenic. There has been no important development as

Creosote carbonate is quoted at 10s. per lb. on a Pat regards new business, while the scarcity of supplies con-
market. tinues acute. Home consumers are inquiring only for
urgent needs, but the tendency is more or less under the
Guaiacol carbonate, which continues quite neglected, influence of the steady inquiries still reported on Ameri-
is nominal as quoted at 8s. per lb. and upwards. can account. There is a marked shortage in the United
States and a recovery in production there is, of course,
—Hexamine.- Spot rates are firm at 3s. per lb. and a matter of time. Quotations for white Cornish powder
as named by selling agents at £67 10s. per ton upward
upwards. are quite nominal, and the few Continental offers reported
are on the basis of about £70 f.o.b. All sorts of prices
Hydroquinone is weak and dull on spot as offered at are being mentioned in the Northern country markets at
around £70 for small lots.
about 3s. 6d. per lb.
Barium chloride has cheapened, and Continental offer-
Methyl salicylate is steady on spot at about 2s. per lb. ings c.i.f. U.K. are down to £17 per ton for 98 to 100

Methyl sulphonal seems fairly steady, but the market- per cent.

is almost inactive offers are at about 14s. per lb. Bleaching powder is offering cheaply from the Conti-
; nent at about £11 per ton.

Milk-Sugar has been sold more freely at about 97s. 6d. —Copper sulphate. The Continental demand has slack-
per cwt. for German make, whereas for finest Dutch up
ened off over the end of the year, but the market has
to 102s. is quoted for small lots as makers are well booked kept steady on the basis of about £27 to £27 10s. f.o.b.
for casks, less 5 per cent., and £1 less for bags. Conti-
up for several months. nental trade prospects are considered fairly hopeful, but
keen competition will presumably help in keeping down
—Morphine. Owing to dearer opium makers have raised prices, especially under abnormal rates of exchange.

their prices. The pure crystals are now lis. 2d., and Cream of tartar of B.P. quality is steady at 93s. per
cwt. for one-ton lots, both on spot and for forward
precip. 10s. lid., hydrochloride crystals 9s., and powder
delivery.
8s. 9d. per oz.

Paraformaldehyde seems to have settled down at

2s. 9d. per lb., with some holders asking 3s. per lb.

Paraldehyde on spot and forward is quoted at Is. 4d.
to Is. 6d. per lb., with not much doing.

Phenacetin is firmer this week, and there is little

offering below 4s. lOd. to 5s. per lb.

Phenazone on spot is worth up to 7s. per lb., and

slightly less is asked for forward delivery.

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 33

Formaldehyde is now very firm at £90 per ton ex restlessness. In Austria, financial control by foreigneri
wharf, London, with little on offer. renders the Government no longer master in its own house,
a situation which should afford food for thought to
, Glauber's salt is maintained at about £3 10s. to £4 Germans. As was formerly the case in Austria, Germany is
per ton for commercial quality, but the demand is still ever-increasing her output of paper money. It is impos-

small. sible to expect that foreign countries will place confidence
in a nation which spends more than it earns, and imports
Lithopone is dull and the market weaker, with spot
parcels at £21 per ton for 30 per cent. Continental red —more than it exports. The following quotations are in

seal. marks, for one kilo:

Oxalic acid is very steady at the unchanged rate of Acetic acid (glacial 98/100 per cent.) has been advanced
7d, per lb.
by manufacturers. Price for export £53 per ton. 80 per
Potassium bichromate is a point easier at about 6d.
per lb. on spot, with the market dull. cent, is quoted m. 1,500; for export, £40 per ton.
Acetylsalicyuc acid.—M. 6,500 for Heyden brand ; other
—Potassium carbonate. There is only a slow demand,
first-class brands, m. 6,000. For export is quoted cheaply
with spot supplies limited : 90 to 92 per cent., £27 per
ton; 96 to 98 per cent., £30 per ton. —at Belgian francs 16.
Agar agar. Spot is very scarce, and higher prices are
Potassium chlorate is cheaper this week on a quiet now quoted. Kobe I. is offered at 6s. 3d. per lb., Kobe II.
market ; about 3;jd. per lb.
—at French fr. 35 per kilo.
Potassium permanganate seems to be firmer, and some Balsam pehu. Genuine original is neglected owing to its
sellers on spot are asking 7^d. to 8d. per lb. for com-
high price of $4 per kilo. Ph.G.V. has been in considerable
mercial quality. demand both for the home market and for export, m. 8,500,

Potassium pr.ussiate is again cheaper, and is now and for export at 5s. per kilo.
Benzaldehyde, almost free from chlorine for foodstuffs,
offered at Is. 5£d. per lb.
has been repeatedly advanced by manufacturers, and a

Sal ammoniac of all grades is unchanged with business —further increase is imminent.
Buckthorn bark. Large amounts have been purchased by
limited : dog-tooth crystals, 50s. medium, 45s. ; fine foreign buyers, resulting in an advance in price. Whole
;
—now fetches m. 750, cut bark m. 800.
white, 29s. per cwt. Camphor (refined). Japanese slabs are practically un-

Saltcake is dearer, and the general quotation is in the obtainable: a few original cases are offered at 4s. 3d. per lb.
region of at least £5 per ton, with little available either
at home or on the Continent. Citric acid is offered for Germany at lire 21, exclusive

Sodium bicarbonate from British makers for home trade of custom duty for export lire 21. For orders of at least
only is at £10 10s. per ton, in bags, carriage paid. ;

Sodium bichromate continues slow of sale, with the —A500 kilos, lire 19. consignment of Mogador has arrived.
Coriander.
declared value at 4^d. per lb.
—Slightly wormy is offered at French francs 230 for 100 kilos.
Coumarin. Makers now supply only on payment in gold

marks. Price for Germany (paper), m. 28,000.

Cream of Tartar (98/100 per cent.) is offered cheaply at

Sodium chlorate is cheaper, with the market still dull m. 2,600; for export the price is $46 for 100 kilos.
and weak at about 2fd. per lb. Dextrin is in general demand, but supplies are scanty.

Sodium hyposulphite has cheapened once more, with Prime yellow maize dextrin is quoted m. 450, white maize
the demand now very limited. Pea crystals, packed in dextrin m. 425.
one-cwt. kegs, £15 10s. to £16 per ton.
—Elder flowers offered for export at French francs 5.

Ergot. Large transactions have taken place, and foreign

Sodium prussiate has weakened, and now quoted at the buyers are purchasing extensively at 4s. 2d. per kilo; the

slightly lower rate of lOd. per lb. price for Germany is m. 7,500.

—Extract of Ergot. Bonjean is offered at the advantageous

Sodium sulphide is on the slow side for sales, and —price of ri. 40.000 ; for export, £1 3s. per kilo.
Gentian. Whole French is francs 2.25.
prices are inclined to be unsteady : 60 to 62 per cent, —Glycerin. Chemically pure, 28° Be., is m. 2,000; for

solid, £16 10s. solid, broken, £17 10s. per ton, in drums. —export $35 per 100 kilos.
;
—Coal-tar products, etc. Once more there are a number Gum acacia (Kordofan). Prices for delivery have

of important changes to record in values in this market. advanced, and it is therefore advisable to buy ; offered at

Although business has been restricted, most products are £75 per ton powdered gum acacia 90s. per cwt.
;
firm markets. Pitch and pyridine have advanced very
—Heliotropine is m. 22,500 for Germany.

Hexamethylentetramine. For export the price is $1.25.

sharply. Aniline oil and salt remain lifeless, with the LlME FLOWERS offered cheaply for export at Is. 7d. per kilo.

price declared nominally at lid. per lb., packages free. —Lycopodium. Genuine has declined, and it is now offered

Betanaphthol is seldom inquired for ; sellers' quotation —at 4s. 6d. per kilo.
Milk sugar. In consequence of the higher prices now
is at about Is. 4d. per lb. Pitch has once more advanced
ruling for milk and decreased supplies of crude milk sugar,
very sharply, and is now quoted firm in London at
the price has advanced.
132s. 6d. per ton. Pure methyl alcohol is quoted firmly
Phenacetin has been largely purchased for export, and
at £110 to £115 per ton, but it is questionable whether now fetches French francs 30.

there are any supplies available in London at the moment, Phenolphthalein has been in considerable demand at

and forward supplies are difficult to secure. Carbolic- m. 11.000, while foreign purchasers have bought up almost

acid crystals are on the up grade, with the spot price the entire local stocks at 6s. 9d. per kilo. Price for export

already at 8|d. per lb. in bulk, and likely to go higher yet. —in foreign currency on the basis of m. 12.500.
Potassium metabisulpiiite. For export is cheap at French
Creosote oil is steady on a healthy market at 7d. per
francs 2.
gallon. Pyridine has advanced again, and this time very
Potassium sulphoguaiacolate, m. 10,000; for export, Bel-
considerably, and stands firm at 12s. per gallon in London,
—gian francs 26.
with higher rates pending. Hexamethylene is firmer, and Quinine sulphate. Belgian and German Pharmacopoeia, is

the lowest offers are now at 2s. lOd. to 3s. per gallon. offered far below convention price at Belgian francs 310,

Naphthalene is steady but not much called for, and —in tins of 1 and 5 kilos, for export.
Salicylic acid. For export Heyden brand is offered at
quoted at £17 per ton crude, £5 to £8 10s. crystals,
; ;

£16; powder, £16; balls, £24; candles, £34; tablets, £34 Belgian francs 8.25, other first-class brands, such as Bayer,

per ton, packages free. Disinfectants remain quiet at Schering, at Belgian francs 8.

3s. 9d. per gallon, barrels free. Santonin is offered for export at £78 per kilo.

Spermaceti is now much firmer, and makers cannot supply

German Drug and Chemical Markets before February. Stocks in hand are offered cheaply at

The introductory remarks to the price list issued by a Is. 9d. per lb.
leading Hamburg- wholesale drug house, dated January 1,
refer to the signs of a rapprochement in outlook between —Tartaric acid. Powdered, is scarce, and is quoted below
Great Britain and the United States. Europe and the
factory price at m. 4,000 for crystals, powder m. 4,200. For
world, the report states, arc entering upon a New Year
—export the price is florin 1.40, for crystals and powder.
suffering from the old chronic conference disease, which Vanillin. In spite of the enormous advances in price tha
up to now has succeeded in engendering only more new demand continues brisk; now offered at m. 75,000; for

conferences with paper solutions, giving rise to increased export, 47s. per kilo.

Wormseed is scarce, and in demand for export at 23s. per

kilo.

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34 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Letters for this section should be written on one side of the legitimate business. Personally, I have grave doubt as
to the ultimate success of their scheme. They have so
paper only. Correspondents may adopt an assumed insistently advocated the use of Glaxo for culinary pur-
name for purposes of publication, but must in all
cases furnish their real name and address to the Editor. poses that it seems too much to hope that grocers can
be entirely barred from handling it. Assuming that
Glaxo Price-Scheme grocers will eventually form a P.A.T.A. section of their
own, will Glaxo re-open business with them? While the
—Sin, Before one can wholeheartedly share the en-
subject of infant's food is under discussion, one instinc-
thusiasm expressed by Mr. Mills for the new Glaxo tively compares Glaxo's policies, past and present, with
those of their competitors ; and I think if this be done
scheme, it is necessary to be convinced that their pro- it is apparent that no house has done more to encourage
posals can be successfully carried out. Mr. Mills imagines consistently the sale of their foods among chemists than

that the sale of a dried milk, which has been con- Allen & Hanbury's. I may add that I have no interest
sistently advertised for the making of puddings and other in this matter except that of a retail pharmacist. The

domestic purposes, can be rigidly confined to chemists. —grievance which many wholesalers must feel I will not

Has he asked himself what is to happen, for example, touch upon. Yours truly,
in a district where there is no chemist ? It would seem
Clinicus (3/1).
that while eulogising Glaxo, he entirely fails to record
Positions in the Far- East for Qualified Assistants
any appreciation of the efforts made by another house
—Sir, Every week the mail brings the good old C. & D.,
—to direct the sale of their foods through chemists
and usually the first item of interest is the Supplement,
refer to Allen & Hanburys. If Mr. Mills studied
advertisements he would see that Messrs. A. & H. have generally offering wonderful jobs out in the Straits Settle-

consistently directed the public to the chemist for then- ments. I will take as my instance a post recently offered

foods. Their attitude in the matter of supplying infant to a young qualified assistant, with general qualifica-

.welfare centres has always enabled the local pharmacist tions such as optics, to receive for his salary the sums
to handle this business with profit to himself. Mr. Mills
has overlooked Glaxo's attitude regarding these, and the of £35, £38, and £41 a month, for a three years' agree-

annoyance and loss caused to a good many pharmacists ment, with, I suppose, a second-class passage out and

—as a consequence. Allenburys' foods are protected they home. On paper this looks like a wonderful oppor-
—remain on the P.A.T.A. and I believe I am correct in
tunity, but in reality it is just the opposite. I have
saying that for some years past the makers have con-
sistently declined to open accounts with grocers. In been out here a few years, and would point out to any-
conclusion, it is informative to learn that the P.A.T.A. one at home that I consider the lowest pay that a
consists of smug, self-satisfied individuals in a somnolent man should accept in this country is $425, rising to
condition. The dignity of Mr. Birks's letter is refresh-
$450 and $475, for a three-year contract. If a young
—ing evidence that at least one of the virtues remains
fellow agrees fo come out on the $300 per month agree-
with them. Faithfully yours,
Retail Pharmacist (1/1). ment, what does he find ?

(1) His living expenses, in a very modest way, sharing
a room, cost him at least $150 per month, his transport

to and from the shop $30 per month if he is an athlete
;

he naturally wants to play games, and all the clubs

have their various subscriptions, not forgetting the

refreshments.

—Sib, I much regret the ill-advised letter appearing in (2) His European clothes are useless to him, except

your columns on behalf of the P.A.T.A. regarding the for going to church.

Glaxo company's plan of distributing their food through (3) Any money he has in his first three months goes

chemists only. I. believe the P.A.T.A. Council struck to pay his tailor.

out Glaxo from the protected list. . . . They are (4) He loses at least five weeks' salary each way,

' . . likely to incur the resentment of the great body and at the end of the agreement he is entitled to no
. holiday, whereas at home he obtains two weeks for every

of chemists, who appreciate the action of Messrs. Glaxo,

and will support the company to their utmost. The year worked.

P.A.T.A declare that the scheme cannot succeed because Then there is the enticement that the colony is a healthy
they do not want it to ; but chemists will remember one ; it may be so for natives, but a little common-
sense will refute this statement. If it is healthy, why
that Messrs. Glaxo, besides having to satisfy themselves
do the Government send all their employees home for
as to their own future, still insist that every retailer
shall have a fixed and satisfactory minimum profit on six months' leave every three years on full pay ? I

every sale. I do not think that anything has been could go on and fill sheets about the various irritating

said to antagonise retailers against wholesalers, and the things one has to put up with in a climate ranging from
gibe of Messrs. Glaxo, " posing as being the friend of
the pharmacist " for the present, is merely ill nature. office temperature at 90° all the year to 130° in
I hope that every chemist will do his utmost to make
his turnover of Glaxo as large as possible, and thus show the open. If I am instrumental in preventing a man
his appreciation of the company's plan to insure him a
accepting such a princely salary, I shall have achieved
—fair profit. Yours faithfully,
—my object. Yours faithfullv,

Tidapa (1/1).

G. F. Starrier. Canadian Qualifications

Bexhill. —Sir, On reading Miss Buchanan's report on above in

—Sir, No pharmacist can fail to regard with satis- your issue (C. & D., December 9, p. 807), I was much
impressed with No. 7, " Other Points," showing the
faction the efforts which are being made by Glaxo to
protection given to the pharmacist in British Columbia
restrict sales to chemists but while appreciative, many
; —and Manitoba. When will such protection, be given to

of us feel that a scheme might have been devised the pharmacist in Ireland, where the various titles con-

whereby Glaxo could have remained upon the P.A.T.A. veying qualification to the average person (in search of a

—to which we all owe a debt of gratitude and one which —chemist's shop) are used broadcast without any qualifica-

enabled the small retailer to have unrestricted choice of tion to justify it. Yours faithfully,
Gentian (1/1).
his source of supply. I strongly object to being com-

pelled to open a fresh account in order to obtain sup-

plies, because if Glaxo's example be followed by others, Irish Ph.C.'s and R.D.'s

the retailer will find his buying unnecessarily complicated —Sir, It is most exhilarating to read the article by
Aand his clerical work unbearable.
very real grievance Mr. Henson, Ballina, in the G. & D. of December 23,

which has still to be dealt with by Glaxo is the supply after all the hot air and garbled nonsense recently
indulged in by R.D.'s at their annual meeting in Belfast.
—of their goods direct to clinics and welfare centre*'
One would really think that pharmacists had robbed
principle which involves considerable loss to retailers

through the diversion of a large proportion of their

—

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January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 35

these supermen (in their own estimation) of their very These men when in business think it no moral wrong to
livelihood, when on the contrary many R.D.'s have for
compound and sell a medical prescription, as they have

years past been trying illegally to snatch what prescrip- for many years, with very little or no supervision, com-

tions they could out of the pharmacists' mouth. If these pounded for a pharmaceutical chemist employer. Mr.

gentlemen are so able and clever as they would have us Henson complains that R.D.'s sell tin cans, etc. Some

believe, why have they not taken their L.P.S.I. examina- may do so, although I am not aware of any. Even

tions ? Is it beneath their dignity, or beyond their Ph.C.'s in small villages carry strange stocks. On the

mental capacity ? I am inclined to think it is the latter. other hand, I have heard a member of the Council com-

I remember once as an assistant in a limited company plain that he did not know, when he visited a shop in

seeing the proprietor, an R.D., trying to dissolve sod. Belfast, whether it' was a pharmacist's or a drug store.

bicarb, in tinct. gent, co., when the vehicle ordered was Mr. Henson advises the druggists to apply to the

water, in a simple mixture. If Irish pharmacists are Northern Parliament for recognition. Evidently he is in

wise, they will not be led away by the ingenious argu- favour of dividing the present Society into two. It has
ment that everything will be well when the R.D.'s have
been often remarked that it was the new convert who was

received the licence certificate on a modified examination most bitter against the body he has left. Mr. Henson

in pharmacy only. By all means do away with the and some ex-R.D.'s are a good example of this. . . .
druggists' examination, as it was passed into law by the
most unscrupulous methods and under the absurd guise Yours truly,
that there were not enough pharmacists to supply the
urgent needs of farmers, etc. ; but make absolutely certain Belfast. Robert Kells.
that the druggist supermen pass the licence examination

in all the subjects necessary at present in their entirety, Dispensing Difficulties and Notes

making- the maximum time served with a Ph.C. two A Cinchona Mixture

years instead of four, and give them a time-limit to —Sir, Would you please comment on the following, as

enter for the latter examination, with the proviso that to the different reactions liable to take place, and the
feasibility of dispensing it :
if they cannot pass within that period they can carry on
Strychnin, hydrochlor. ... 0.03
for their lifetime as druggists— after that the title dies
out. Mr. Smyth seems to imagine that pharmacists look Pot. iodid 10.0
down on druggists; nothing more than a doctor looks
down on a chemist, and if I were a doctor I would fight Ac. nit. hydrochlor. dil. ... 15.0

as strongly against the chemist getting a medical certifi- Tinct. cinchonae co 20.0

—cate without passing the necessary subjects for qualifica- Aquas ad 120.0

tion. Yours truly,

Robert Mellon.

62 Dame Street, Dublin. M. Sig. 5 c.c. t.i.d.

—Sir, Mr. George C. Henson's letter, in your issue of The prescription is very likely intended for veterinary

December 23, 1922, contains so many misstatements that —. use. Yours faithfully,

it should not be passed over. Mr. Henson admits that Curious (12/12).

the Medical Council control medicines and dentistry. [Quite a presentable mixture can be obtained by the
How, then, does he climb over the effect of the recent following procedure : Place the strychnine hydrochloride
and potassium iodide in a mortar and triturate with
dental registration, and the vast number of men who the compound tincture of cinchona, adding small portions
at a time, then dilute with most of the water and add
have been added to the Dentists Register? He says a the dilute nitro-hydrochloric acid. The precipitate is
grocer has as much moral right to compound as an R.D., free and light, and diffuses and remains suspended well
enough to render a suspending agent unnecessary. The
and yet if he takes stcck of the newly professionally precipitate contains iodide of the cinchona alkaloids and
colouring matter, while the mixture exhibits a trace of
registered dentists, whose prescriptions he is prepared
free iodine. It may be dispensed with all satisfaction
to compound, and who have the seal of the Medical for man or beast providing regard is observed to the

Council, he will find a cosmopolitan lot of pharmacists, appropriate dosage. ]

R.D.'s, insurance travellers, joiners, etc., who have satis-

—fied the registration authorities with regard to their

qualification otherwise they would not have been

accepted. The Pharmacy Act (Ireland) was passed in

1875, and the first pharmaceutical Council was nomi-

nated. It contained apothecaries and chemists and drug-

gists, and they became pharmaceutical chemists, not by An Acetylsalicylic Acid Mixture

examination but by Act of Parliament. It gave them —Sir, Please say how best to dispense the following

power to establish a Register for pharmaceutical chemists, —prescription :

and a second Register for chemists and druggists, and to

make regulations and hold examinations. Only one Acid, acetylsalicyl. ... ... giss.
... 3ij.
Register was formed, and the chemists and druggists Spt. amnion, aromat. ... Jss.

were left to carry on their business without registration. Syr. aurantii ad jviij.

The examination was at first a modified one, and it was Aqiiie ...

open to all, whether connected with the drug-trade or Ft. mist. .'jss. pro dosis.

not. Some years later the Council passed a regulation Yours faithfully,
that only tHose who had served two years (afterwards Pro Patria (7/12).

made four years) to a pharmaceutical chemist would be

allowed to present themselves for examination. This

kept out the great majority of chemists and druggists ["Place the acetylsalicylic acid in a mortar and triturate
it with the aromatic spirit of ammonia and syrup of
and their assistants from the examination, and has been orange, then gradually add the water while continuing
the trituration. Compounded in this way the mixture
the cause of most of the friction between the two grades.
could quite well be dispensed, the acetylsalicylic acid
It was afterwards found to be ultra vires, but was shaking up and diffusing sufficiently well to permit
portions of the mixture being poured off with little
legalised by the 1890 Act, whether this regulation was
variation in relative content of the active constituent.
pissed for the advancement of pharmacy or was a gesture
An improvement, however, can be made in the mixture
of pure greed. It enabled the chemists in Dublin to get by the addition of gr. xvj. of powdered tragacanth. Rub

as many assistants as thev required at a salarv of from down the tragacanth with the acetylsalicylic acid and
proceed as directed above. The acetylsalicylic acid in
£8 to £10 per annum. The Act of 1890 was 'forced on this way is suspended, when shaken up, for a longer
period, and leisurely apportionment of dosage may be
the Council of that day by Parliament. Some far-
accomplished.]
seeing Ph.C.'s consider that the R.D. examination should

be abolished, and they have reason on their side. At

present a great number of candidates for this examina-

tion are m?n who have served their time with Ph.C.'s,

and who take the R.D. examination and go no farther.

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36 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 6, 1923

Legal Queries Miscellaneous Inquiries

—F. W. (21/11). It is usual in dispensing proprietary When samples are sent particulars should be supplied to us
as to their origin, what they are, what they are used for
mixtures or tablets to replace the makers' labels with and how. We do not undertake to analyse and report
dispensing labels giving the directions as ordered in the upon proprietary articles nor to publish supposed
prescription. It is not illegal to remove the maker's
formulas for them.
label on the bottle.
E. T. (30/12).— 6'. & D. Retail price list.—The
A. F. (6/12). Formamlnt tablets are liable to medicine
Stamp duty, because they were once proprietary articles, colour scheme which will be adopted in 1923 is blue and
although now the title is public property. They cannot pink for alternate quarterly lists, the monthly supple-
on this account be converted into a " known, admitted
and approved " remedy by publishing the formula in a ments being of the same colour as the lists to which tbey
standard work of reference.
are supplementary. We found that green was objected
B. S. (30/12).— Dentists' Act.—Under Section 1 (3) (bj
a chemist whose name is not on the dentists' register can to as a colour for the list.
only extract a tooth "where the case is urgent and no
—WeJ. L. O. (17/12). Stocktaking sheets. have rot
registered medical practitioner or registered dentist is
available, and the operation is performed without the yet issued a list of sundries and patents and photographic

application of any general or local anaesthetic." The time goods on the lines of the Stocktaking Sheets for drugs,

has gone by for applying for admission to the Dentists' chemicals and galenicals. Ihe method of stocktaking for

Register without examination. patents is comparatively simple if stock cards are em-

ployed in the business, or if an average price is taken

for Is. 3d. and 3s. lines.

BjS. (27/12).—Sciroppo Pagliano.— The third edition

T. S. (29/12).—The conditions upon which a limited of the Italian pharmacopoeia, issued 1909, included a
company can carry on the business of a chemist and
druggist are laid down in the Poisons and Pharmacy list of approved specialities, stating in each case the

Act, 1908. These are briefly, that a qualified chemist is declared formula, Sciroppo Pagliano figures in this list
employed to bona-fide manage the business and is regis-
with the following composition :
tered with the Pharmaceutical Society as the superinten-
dent. If the company desires to use one of the statutory Aleppo Scammony ..; ... ... 5.6 parts.
titles of chemists one of the directors must be a qualified
Turpeth ... ... 0.56 „
chemist.
Vera Cruz Jalap ... ... ... ... 4.0 ,,
—J. S. (7/12). The "practice of dentistry," which by
Laxative syrup (infusion of senna 28.0) and alcohol 9.5.
the Dentists' Act, 1921, is prohibited by unregistered
persons is defined in Section 14 (2) to include " the per- —H. T. C. (20/12). Price of mixture. The costing of
formance of any such operation and the giving of any such
the prescription on the C. & D. system is as follows :
treatment, advice, or attendance as is usually performed
or given by dentists," and *' any person who performs Theocin sodii * acet. ... ... 3j. d.
any operation or gives any treatment, advice or attend- ... ... 3iv. 48.0
ance on or to any person as preparatory to or for the Caffein. cit. ... ... ... 3iv.
purpose of or in connection with the fitting, insertion or 2.5
fixing of artificial teeth," is deemed to practice dentistry Potass., cit ... ... 3.5
Tr. digitalis ... 2.0
within the meaning of the Act. From this you will see Tr. aurantii ... ... ... 3vj. 19.0
4.0
that you must discontinue the taking of impressions of Aq. chloroformi ad jvj. 8.0
the mouth for the purpose of obtaining dentures ; or Dispensing on cost 2.5
undertaking the repair of dentures. Container ... ...

89.5

T. H. H. J. (203/8) asks how many weekly contribu- The charge is 7s. od.

—A. F. B. (3/1).—Pile ointment. The following is the

tions must have been paid to qualify an insured person formula for which you inquire :

for unemployment benefit, and for what period the benefit Powdered boric acid ... ... 1 lb. 6oz.
7 lb.
is payable. [The conditions for the receipt of benefit Powdered galls ',

vary according to whether the applicant is an ex-service Powdered opium ... ... 1 lb. 6^ oz.

Aman and other circumstances. wide discretion as to Distilled extract of witch hazel 60 oz.

the granting of benefit is, moreover,- vested in the Local Oil of origanum ... ... 7j oz.

Employment Committees. In the ordinary way an appli- Lanolin 17£ oz.

cant for benefit -must shovy that he is genuinely seeking Soft paraffin 27| lb.

work is normally in employment ; and either has paid Hard paraffin ... ... ... 2 lb.
;

twenty or more weekly contributions or has been em-
.

ployed for a corresponding period since December 31,

1919. During the current "' special period," which

expires on July 1 next, the maximum duration of benefit Retrospect of Fifty Years Ago

payments is ordinarily eighteen weeks Full information Reprinted from
" The Chemist and Druggist," January 15, 1373.
regarding benefit can be obtained at any Employment

Exchange.
]

H. S. (2/1) has had a house built for him at a cost of Results and Prospects
£950. The architect has submitted an account for £57
By Joseph Ince
for preparing the plans, in addition to the 2 per cent,
paid to him by the builder, under the contract, for — —Few years as far as pharmacy is concerned have been

getting out the bills of quantity. Do we consider the less sensational than 1872. There have been no violent com-
former charge excessive? The contract provides for the
payment by the builder of a penalty of £5 per week in -motions; no drawn battles, and no particular events. The

the event of the building not being completed by a Society has been in the position of a fairly prosperous gentle-
specified date. The house was not ready for occupation
until three weeks after that date; is " H. S." entitled man, enjoying the fruits of past labours, and with little to
to any allowance? [The usual fee payable to an archi-
chronicle in his daily life. . . . Let us not harbour angry
tect for preparing the plans of a building costing £2,000
or more is 6 per cent., a. graduated scale starting at thoughts, standing, as we do, on the threshold of the New
WeYear.
10 per cent, being chargeable in respect of buildings of are strong in our anticipations of the prospect

less cost. In the present instance, therefore, the archi- that lies before us. As surely as when the seed is cast into

tect's charge is less than he might reasonably have made. —the earth we look in due time for the golden corn, so surely
" H. S." should consult a local solicitor if he has been
inconvenienced by the delay in the completion of the ve expect that of which we have evidence already that no
house.]
—man need be ashamed of pharmacy. It will become what it

often has not been an honourable as well as an honest

occupation; though a medical journal, in the fulness of its

wisdom, thinks that a physician, whose whole time is
_

claimed by the bedside and the healing art, is alone capable

of detecting arsenic and strychnine. So real has been, and
is the advance of the trade-science of pharmacy that we

enter upon a new era of existence with perfect confidence.

January 6, 1923 THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST

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