THE CHEMIST & DRUGGIST - 1 JANUARY 1916

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST 49

—Schedule E. Profits fiom public office or employment, have effect as if income tax were charged for eaoh quarter

and pensions or annuities derivable from such. instead .of for the year.

The Income-tax Act, 1842, Section 163, exempted from (2) This section applies only to weekly wage earners
the tax those whose incomes were not over 150/. a year, employed by way of manual labour in respect of the wages
and provided for repayment of the tax where it had
been deducted from dividends and the like received by arising from that employment, and does not apply to
such persons. The minimum limit was raised to 160/. persons employed as clerks, typists, draftsmen, or in any
Section 21 of the new Act reduces the minimum to 130/.,
and also modifies the abatements which have been allowed other similar capacity :
In respect to incomes between the minimum and 700/. a
The expression " weekly wage earner " means a person
.year, so that henceforth the following scale applies : who receives wages which are calculated by reference to
Incomes of over
130/. and up to 400/., abatement of 120/. (formerly 160/.). the hour, day, week, or any period less than a month, at
400/. and up to 500/., abatement of lOOf. (formerly 150/.).
500/. and up to 600/., abatement of 100/. (formerly 120/.). whatever intervals the wages may be paid, or who receives

600/. and up to TOO/., abatement of 70/. (as before). wages, however calculated, which are paid daily, weekly,

Deductions in respect to life-insurance premiums are or at any less intervals than a month
:
continued. In 1909-10 the principle of an allowance in
respect to children was introduced, parents having in- If any question arises whether any person is a person to
comes between 160/. and 500/. a year not having to pay
whom this section applies, that question shall be deter-
In respect to 20/. of their income for each child of
sixteen years or under. The 20/. was fixed by the mined jointly by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue and
Finance Act, 1914. The present Act raises the amount
per child to 25/., and, of course, brings in parents whose the general Commissioners, and their determination shall
incomes exceed 130/. a year. The " rate of income-tax
for the current year shall be deemed to be three shillings be final and conclusive on the question.

—and sixpence " i.e. for unearned incomes but the actual (3) This section shall not have effect as respects the tax
for the current income tax year.
rate is complicated by certain incidentals, so that for
Thus the weekly wage-earners mentioned do not begin
1915-16 the rate will be 3s., and in 1916-17 3s. 6c/. per
to be assessed to income-tax until the next financial year
pound on unearned incomes. On earned incomes the
virtual tax varies for 1915-16 from 3.1c/. per pound on begins on April 6, 1916. One of the most notable changes
Incomes of 140/., 17.3d. per pound on 5C0/., 21.6c/. on
is embodied in Section 31, and applies to non-resident
1.000/., 25.2c/. on 1,500/., 28.8c/. on 2.000/., 33.6c/. on
2,500/. and 36c/. on 2,500/. or more, super-tax beginning persons. By the Income-tax Act, 1842, (1) incapacitated
at 3.001/. These rates will increase in 1916 17 in persons (such as lunatics) and (2) non-resident persons

•accordance with the ratio of 3s. to 3s. 6c/. , so that the are charged income-tax in the names of their trustees,

man who earns 500/. this year, and pays 36/. factors, or agents, who have the receipt of the profits

Super-tax. in respect to it, will pay 42/. next year. arising from any of the scheduled sources. Section 31
The original proposals as to super-tax were
extends this provision
modified while the measure was going through the House
of Commons, the rates per pound now being as follows : (o) so as to make non-resident persons chargeable to
income tax in the name of any branch or manager
as well as in the name of any factor, agent, or

receiver ; and
(b) so as to make non-resident persons so chargeable,

although the branch factor, agent, receiver, or

manager may not have the receipt of the profits or

gains of the nion-residont.

A non-resident person shall be chargeable in respect of

uny profits or gains arising, whether directly or indirectly,

through or from any branch, factorship, agency, receiver-
ship, or management, and shall be so chargeable under
section forty-one of the Income Tax Act, 1842. as amended
by this section, in the name of the branch, factor, agent,

receiver, or manager.

The section proceeds to give powers to the Commis-

sioners to ascertain how much profit non-residents make

on goods imported into and sold in this country through

an authorised regular agency, brokers and general com-

2,501/. to 3,000/. Os. lOd. mission agents being specially excluded, as well as sales
3,001/. to 4,000/
Is. 2cZ. by non-residents to persons in this country who are
4.001/. to 5,000/.
5,001/. to 6,000/ Is. 6d. ordinary purchasers. The new provisions will have the
•6,001/. to 7,000/. Is. lOd. effect of preventing dealers in this country who buy goods
7.001/. to 8,000/. 2s. lOd.
3s. 2d. in foreign markets and advertise themselves as agents
For every pound of the remainder of the excess for these goods continuing to do so, while in some
over 8,000/ 3s. 6<7.

This table should be substituted for the references cases where authorised agencies have existed but have

made to the subject in the C. it- D. Diary, 1916, p. 368. not been disclosed, hence the profits have escaped income-
One important change is made in regard to claims for
tax, these will henceforth be chargeable. Although there

New relief on account of earned income ; at present is no absolutely new principle in the provision, the net
is of a narrower mesh and will prevent escapes which
such claims may be lodged up to September 30, have occurred hitherto. Payment of income-tax in two

Points. provision to this effect having been made in

the Finance Act, 1907 ; but Section 29 of the equal instalments is provided for by Section 33, but
•new Act states that this " shall cease to have effect,"
only in respect to incomes chargeable under Schedules

so that henceforth claims for relief must l>e made at the B, D, and E (see above), except in the case of "indi-
same time as the return of income is lodged. In the
viduals whose income-tax is deducted at definite in-
case of employes, since 1907 employers have been com- tervals of less than half a year, and weekly wage-earners "
(the latter will pay quarterly). January 1 and July 1
jielled Co deliver to income-tax assessors statements of are the dates for payment, but provision is made for
the current year whereby the instalments payable will
the payments exceeding 150/. a year made to employes. be first the amount as under the Finance Act, 1915, and

This provision is now extended to weekly wage-earners
-with more than 130/. a year (Section 28), subject to the

apecial conditions of Section 27, which we give in full : second the amount provided under this Act.

(1) Weekly wago earners to whom this section applies Allied to the income-tax is the Excess Profits Duty,

shall bo, assessed and charged to income tax in respect of which is the subject of Part III. of the
'their wages in each quarter of the year instead of in the
•whole year, and shall in all eases be assessed and charged AR Act, the main principle of which is embodied
in respect of the actual amount of their wages for that 3Pryofits.
quarter, and as respects any such assessment and charge . ' ,„ ' f. olnlows :
•md the collection of the tax the Income Tax Acts shall ,. 38 as
in (1)
Section

There shall bo charged, levied, and paid on the amount
by which the profits arising from any trade or business to

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which this Part of this Act applies, in any accounting So far as commerce is concerned Germany is a beaten
period which ended after the fourth day of August nine- nation, and it is our business to take good "care that she
teen hundred and fourteen, and before the first day of does not get her head up to the same extent after the war
July nineteen hundred and fifteen, exceeded, by more than is over. It must be the business of the Board of Trade
two hundred pounds, the pre-war standard of profits as to see that the commercial men of this country are given
defined for the purposes of this Part of this Act, a duty
(in this Act referred to as " Excess Profits Duty ") of an every advantage that the Government can place at then-
amount equal to fifty per cent, of that excess.
disposal in order to secure for us our share of the commer-
All -whom this concerns can obtain from the local Inland cial and industrial advantages Germany enjoyed before the
Revenue Office full particulars in regard to the assess-
ment and collection of the duty, which applies to all war.

trades or business except husbandry, offices or employ- We hope that several branches of industry connected
ments and vocations of a. professional nature. The pur-
pose of the duty is to secure for the country a share with the drug-trade will take care to place their views

of profits which have been made out of the war. These before the Board of Trade, and especially that the
are the provisions of the Act which affect pharmacy pur-
suits more or less directly, and we suggest that note "humiliating position" of the chemical-trade of this
of them should be made in the proper sections of The
I'hcmixt and Druijtji t Diary, L916, which has been de- Wecountry will be retrieved. also note that Chambers

livered to all our subscribers during the past ten days. of Commerce throughout the country are working quietly

British Commerce after the War. on the whole subject, thus focussing those matters of

An interesting announcement was made in the House of local interest which are an integral part of the nation's
Commons last week by the President of the Board of
commerce. Much has to be done to pave the way to the
Trade regarding the steps which are being taken to
reorganise British industries and to prevent the pene- final considerations, and in this connection the Paris
tration of British industries by German enterprise. It
had been urged, in the course of the motion for the correspondent of " The Times " reports that an Allied In-
adjournment of the House, that the Government should
appoint a Select Committee to deal with the commercial ter-Parliamentary Commercial Conference, which will be
problem with which the country would be faced after
the war. It was in the reply to this demand that Mr. attended by delegates of all the Allied Parliaments, will
Runciman stated that the matter is already engaging the
attention of the Board of Trade, and that experts are meet in Paris on March 6. The British delegation will

being consulted as to the best steps to be taken. He include the High Commissioners of the Dominions. The
explained that these inquiries are not being made public
subjects of discussion are questions arising out of com-
because it is not desired to give the impression that
this country is seeking an early peace before the object mercial relations with the belligerents during the war,
of the war is fully attained. Such investigations as have
taken place have therefore been conducted behind closed the execution of contracts, recovery of debts, protection
doors. Every item of our commercial life is being re-
viewed, because it is recognised that after the war is against German commercial invasion after the war, re-
over not one of them will stand in the same position as duction of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic charges, the
before the war, especially in view of the zollverein
which the Central Powers announce they are to form. establishment of a minimum postal tariff as well as a
minimum transport tariff in favour of the Allies, the
Small teams of business men are dealing with subjects
of a highly technical character. Among the subjects establishment of an international patent office, the
mentioned by Mr. Runciman were the use made by Ger-
mans of the English financial system, the use made of establishment of an international clearing-house, and an
British ports by German tonnage, the position of German
Allied preferential tariff applicable to the Colonies.
owners of British companies which claim the advantage
of our ports and flag, and the ownership of real property German Chemicals for U.S.A.

by aliens. He gave an instance of the way in which a We reported last week (p. 48) that Germany was unwilling

German, masquerading as an English company, had en- to allow the release of two cargoes of German chemicals
deavoured since the war to prevent the working of a coal-
field in the Midlands; but, added Mr. Runciman, the and dyestuffs already paid for by New York importers.
Government is taking good care to allow no German On the urgent representations of the U.S. Government the
to stand in the way in England. In regard to German British Government went out of its way some months ago
companies or firms in this country the only consideration
which affects the Board of Trade in these matters is to give the necessary facilities to our American friends
British national interest. The President of the Board of
Trade further stated that a commission is being sent to in regard to the shipments, there being much grumbling
Italy with the idea of capturing some of the trade pre- about them being held up by the British blockade. Now,
viously done with that country by Germans. It is also
proposed to spend enormous sums in collecting raw it appears, the goods have never been held up by us, but
material for use when the war is over. The following have not been released by the German Government. Yet
pronouncement will be read with pleasure by many who
anticipated that our Government was not actively pre- not a word of protest has been raised by America against
paring for the coming trade struggle :
Germany taking the money for the goods and keeping

both When Britain put an embargo on exports of log-
!

wood from Jamaica such friction ensued that the embargo

was immediately modified, and it is now announced (per

Reuter) that a certain quantity is to be exported to the

United States on condition that a portion is re-exported to

WeCanada to relieve the shortage in the Dominion.

understand that the manufacture of aniline dyes in

America is growing at a rapid pace, but as the trade

in German dyes and chemicals is in the hands of German-

American houses they are prepared to make almost any

sacrifice to maintain their hold on the markets after the

war. The U.S. Government appears to have recognised

this danger, and, with the object of protecting the

domestic manufacture of dyes and chemicals and pre-

venting dumping, it proposes a 5-per-cent. duty on

primary coal-tar products, such as benzol, toluol, xylol,

and pyridine; 3J, cents per lb. and 15 per cent, ad val. on
the so-called "intermediate" products; and 7^ cents per
11). and 30 per cent, ad val. on all colours and dyes derived
from coal. The text of the Bill has already been pub-
lished, and it is based on the report of the Chemical and

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January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 51

Dyestuffs Committee of the American Chemical Society. methylated spirit will be considerably restricted during
There is already a duty of 30 per cent, on dyestuffs, but
it is regarded as not sufficient to induce a domestic the New Year, and it will be necessary to economise its
industry to expand at a rate comparable with the con-
sumption of dyestuffs in the country, so that another use all round. The same remark applies to all spirituous
7£ cents per lb. is being added. Thus the American compounds, and in connection with the deplorable
Government is determined to hare a complete self-con-
tained and independent coal-tar industry. It has to be increase of spirit-drinking in certain areas of the coun-
remembered that restrictive imports will mean a reduced try it is thought that the problem will be solved by
revenue, but the advantages to be gained will no doubt the probable circumstance that whisky is expected in
more than equal the price to be paid. Little opposition to
the Bill in its passage through either House is expected. some quarters to be unobtainable about May or June

Index to Vol. LXXXV11. next.
An exhaustive index to the volume of The Chemist and
Oliver Goldsmith's Death.
Druggist for July-December 1915 will be published in
our next issue. Sir Rickman Godlee, in his inaugural address to the
School of Pharmacy in October, said that Dr. James's
Proprietary Medicines in New York.
We have on several occasions referred to the action taken fever-powders are believed to have caused the death of
under a sanitary code by the city of New York in Oliver Goldsmith, and the poet's biographers appear to
be all of this opinion, but the evidence is far from con-
regard to the labelling of proprietary medicines with vincing. Some years since Mr. Heron-Allen contributed
to "Notes and Queries" a notice of a MS. volume of
the ingredients thereof. Some jobbers intimated their Francis Newbery's account-books, in which is inserted
submission to the new conditions, but others, who ques-
tion the legality of the procedure, have strenuously a narrative of the circumstances attending Goldsmith's
opposed, and as a result considerable concessions have
death, in the handwriting of Dr. James himself, but
been granted. We are indebted to Mr. William Edwards, founded on a previous account by Hawes, Goldsmith's
doctor. It is there stated that when his patient, after
President of the P.A.T.A., for" particulars contained in much dissuasion, insisted on trying James's powders
Hawes sent him some, but after tasting one Goldsmith
a communication from the New York agents of his firm.
According to this all medicines in stock in New York declared it to be not of the right kind, and sent to New-

on December 31, 1915, are excluded from the new regula- bery direct for a packet. Of these he took two. This
tion, and medicines which are not to be sold in Greater
was late on Saturday, March 26, and he did not die until
New York are also excluded. As to others it will only be
Monday, April 4, having meanwhile been attended daily
necessary to place "the active ingredients of the pro-
prietary medicine on the container by label . . . without by Drs. Fordyce and Turton, one of whom at least had
stating the quantities or without stating the inactive
solvents or bases in which the active constituents are declared against the taking of the powders. Moreover,
held." Thus, in the case of Santal-Midy, the description
" Capsules of ,25 centigrams of Mysore (E.I.) sandal- it is on record that a week before his death Goldsmith
wood oil distilled by Midy's process " would be a suffi-
cient description. It may also be noted that medicines expressed regret to Hawes that he had not followed his
advice. This Hawes is presumably the man referred to
not intended for sale in New York have not to be in Wootton's " Chronicles," who had been an assistant
registered, though stocked by New York houses.
of Dr. James's, and had brought out an imitation of his
Spirits. powders. In any case the charge brought against this
famous medicine must be dismissed as not proven. The
The expected advance of Id. per proof gal. in British Newbery account-book extends from February 1768 to
rectified spirit, to which we referred last week, was
July 1798, and evidently is of considerable interest,
announced on Thursday. All spirituous preparations, though a former possessor in a later communication to
like ethers, spirit, sether. nit., spirit, amnion, aromat., "Notes and Queries" says it proves "the alleged
and tinctures, will accordingly be dearer, also methyl- fabulous profits on the powders during the period em-
braced " to have had " no foundation in fact." The first
ated spirit and many preparations in which spirits are entry in the book records the receipt of twelve gross of
employed. Retailers will receive details from wholesale the powders, of the value of 121., and within the eight
houses or other manufacturers, and they should see to months following ninety-nine gross are accounted for.
it that they get the money back from the public, not
forgetting what they supply on Insurance prescriptions. Who Said This ?
It is common knowledge that there is a considerable
.shortage of spirit, and this shortage has become more " Take the instant way. . . .
pronounced recently owing to the large Government
For emulation hath a thousand sons
requirements of plain spirit as a solvent to replace
acetone in part, as the latter product has become extremely That one by one pursue."

scarce and much dearer. It may be said that the This is a quotation from a famous author. Who ? Tell
Government have practically commandeered all the avail- giving your name and address. Other
able spirit in the United Kingdom, and they have first us on a postcard, given every week, and we shall award a
quotations will be
call on all supplies. Manufacturing chemists can then " Chronicles of Pharmacy, in two
he supplied, and after that the perfumers, while methyl- copy of Wootton's c£' D. subscriber or his assistant who
ators and industrial consumers take the last place. volumes, to the G.
It follows, therefore, that the public consumption of
correctly gives us the names of the authors of the first six

quotations which we publish.

Herb\l Remedies.—A man back from the Front gives in
an amusng description of his
the "Nineteenth Century" "somewhere in France. His
quarters in a northern town
"domestic pharmacy in which the herbs
landlady had a been distilled by madame s own hands to
of the field had
yield their peculiar virtues: Rue for liver, calamint tor
cholera, plantain for the kidneys, fennel for indigestion
elderberry for sore throat, and dandelion for affections ot
the blood " My only doubt, writes our Paris correspondent,
anything like complete omitting as
is whether the list is
it does a dozen more plants which many careful Parisian

housewives regularly stock in view of minor ailments.

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Practical Notes and Formulas. syringes, hypodermic; syringes, water: tongue-holding forceps;
mirrors (if 80° bath be used, but not to be boiled).
Concentrated lodotannic Syrup.
3. That instruments in the above list whose mechanical
Boulard, of Chateauneuf-sur-Sarthe, has proved the construction makes it difficult to remove the excess of water
are to be placed in 95-per-cent. alcohol for ten minutes to
value of the following concentrated syrup from which the remove water, then removed and allowed to dry.

iodotannic syrup of the French Codex can be obtained 4. That only instruments with metal handles be used by-
by diluting one part with nine parts of syrup. The pro- dentists desiring to follow this method.

duct obtained from the liquor is, he states, identical with 5. That the following instruments be sterilised by im-
mersion in 5-per-cent. solution of phenol for at least sixty
the official syrup : minutes : Mounted stones, tortoiseshell instruments, mirrors
(when 80° bath is not used), other instruments not of metallic
Place in a mortar 20 grams of iodine and 10 grams of nature and which cannot be replaced by metallic instru-
tannic acid and finely power them, adding next 30 grams ments.
of tannic acid. Treat this powder with 160 grams of alcohol
(95-per-cent.) in small amounts at a time, transferring the 6. That instruments, after using, be placed in a fluid
medium, preferably clean water, to avoid drying of in-
solutions to a glass flask of 1 litre capacity. When solution fectious material and to facilitate their mechanical

is complete wash tlio mortar with a little water, and cleansing.
add this also to the contents of the flask. Add then
250 grains of simple eyrup, mix, cork the neck of the 7. That no instrument or appliance, used on a patient
flask with a plug of cotton wool, and expose to light for directly or indirectly, be used on any other patient until
forty-eight hours, shaking the flask from time to time.
The flask is then placed in a water hath, the cotton plug recommendations 1 and 2 or 1 and 5, as the case may be,
still in place, and warmed at a temperature below the boiling-
point of the alcohol for two hours, with frequent agitation have been complied with.
to assist the reaction. At the end of this time the liquid
will have lost its black colour and opacity, and have become Don'ts for Dispensers.

red and transparent. Test with starch-paper until all the By H. Corbett Meyrlck, L.P.L.I.
iodine is combined, then remove from the source of heat.
The next stage is to distil off most of the alcohol, which is Don't fail to read carefully through each prescription
examining back as well as front.
indicated by the combined weight. When 130 grams of
Don't place your stamp over the writing or figures; ii
alcohol has been removed allow the contents of the retort necessary stamp on back.
to cool, and add sufficient simple syrup to make 1,000 grams.
Finally, filter through paper, and keep in amber bottles. Don't omit to date as well as number each label.
Don't neglect to write all directions, envelope, etc., when
Concentrated Solution of Silver Iodide. entering a prescription before proceeding to compound or

MR. John K. Thtm has examined a soluble preparation dispense it.

of silver iodide which is on the American market at Don't omit to index all prescriptions for reference.
Don't neglect to mark each label when dispensing less or
present, and reports that it can be prepared readily accord- more (as half quantity, double quantity, etc.) than thv
quantity on the original prescription.
ing to the following formula : Don't typewrite your labels.

Silver nitrate ... ... ... 3.70 grams Don't lick labels.
Don't chew corks.
Potassium iodide ... ... 17.00 grains Don't use wet bottles for oil.
Don't cap mixt .res.
Distilled water to 25.00 mils Don't use inferior corks or wrapping-paper.
Don't forget to place •'Poisonous.'' "External use," or
This volume of 25 mils solution, when added to 75 mils " Caution " labels on potent preparations.
of distilled water, makes a 5-por-eont. suspension of silver Don't label any "Repetition," " For use as before," unless
iodide. American Journal of Pharmacy (1915, p. 500).
so directed.
Sterilising Dental Instruments.
Don't breathe on pills to facilitate silvering; use thin
Mr. If. K. H assfxtine, of tie- United States Public
fresh mucilage.
Health Service, has investigated afresh the question of the
Don't dispense deliquescent substances in pills, tablets, or
effective sterilisation of dental instruments. The report of salts in paper or boxes.

his work has been published in Bulletin No. 101 of the Don't silver, coat, or varnish pills unless the prescriber
Hygienic Laboratory. Mr. Hasseltine has made experi-
orders you to do so.
ments with the various methods which have been recom-
mended for sterilising dental instruments, and, as a conse- Don't think prescribers infallible.
Don't get scared at all times if large doses be ordered';
quence of the lethal effect on bact nia of the different
the B.P. maximum may sometimes be safely exceeded.
processes, concludes that moist heat is the best disinfecting-
Don't substitute ingredients or materially alter a pre-
agent for the sterilisation of all metal instruments. For the scription without the prescriber's permission.

destruction of non-spore-bearing bacteria moist heat at 80° C. Don't encourage lending of prescriptions among patients.

is nearly as efficient as boiling, and for practical purposes Don't criticise prescribers or their prescriptions.
Don't enlighten patients as to the ingredients of pre-
can be used in place of boiling. Instruments constructed
of metal whose complicated mechanism has sometimes caused scriptions.

them to be considered as non-st 'rilisable can be sterilised Don't, guess quantities; weigh and measure accurately.
Don't use excess of excinients in massing pills.
by moist heat, provided the water is removed from them Don't dissolve quinine sulphate in mixtures when a solvent,
by immersing in alcohol subsequent to sterilisation. Instru-
is not ordered.
ments whose construction d*>"s not admit of boiling can be Don't think all incompatibles therapeutically dangerous.
Don't dispense any preparation without observing the-
sterilised by chemical disinfectants. He adds there is need
dose ordered.
for more practical instruction in dental schools and clinics Don't fail to be neat in all manipulations.

in the methods of sterilisation, and the subsequent testing Don't promise to have prescriptions ready and then keep

by bacteriological methods. Dentistry, which is a highly patients or messengers waiting.

specialised branch of surgery, should use the two factors,

asepsis and anaesthesia, which have made possible the

wonders of modern surgery, with skill and precision ecpial —Japan Trade. During the quarter ended March 1915 the
to that of surgeons. As practical recommendations the
following are made :

1. That all instruments and appliances be rendered

mechanically clean by washing in water with a brush or imports of drugs, chemicals, and medicines into Japan-

sponge. amounted to 5.688.554 yen. against 10.943.120 yen and'

2. That the following instruments and apnliances be 9 694.000 yen in the corresponding quarters of 1914 and'
boiled or submitted to 80 3 in a slightly alkaline solution
]913 respectively. The quarter's imports included: Quinine;
(0.25 per cent, sodium hydroxide) :
90.468 oz. ; morohine, 45,570 oz. ; cocaine. 10,121 oz.

Artificial teeth used in matching ami measuring1 broaches and guaiaeol carb.. 7.046 kin; santonin. 192 kin; antipyrinv
;

their holders; burnishers; burrs: chip blowers; chisels; drills; 160.642 oz. : potassium bromide. 22.013 kin milk-sugar,
;
excavators; explorers: files: forceps, extracting; forceps, foil;
44.110 kin: amnion, carb.. 53.028 kin: formalin. 411,699 kin:
hand pieces for engines : impression-trays ; knives nnd lancets;
mallets, hand and automatic; mixing-slabs; mouth-gags; mouth- citric acid 12.687 kin: crbolie acid. 85.182 kin: tartaric-

piece of saliva-ejector; pliers: pluggers; pyorrhoea instruments; acid, -16.255 kin: boric acid. 178,920 kin: senega. 8,748 kin.

polishing points nnd brushes (if not discarded after usin<r once); —etc. Din-insr the four months ending April, exports of

reamers: root-elevators: rubber dam damns and forceps for drugs, chemicals, and medicines were valued at 10.007.806
same; rubber dam weights and metal parts of holder: saws;
yen. and imports of similar goods during the same period

Boaters; scissors; scratch-wheel on head of engine; spatulas, metal were valued at 8.733,644 yen.
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January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 53

Homoeopathic Pharmacy. ,-,ij. ditto; Is. or Is. 3<7. for J, oz. are usual; Is. for a
5ij. mixture. Is. 6c/. for a dozen powders, and Is. for
THE average pharmacist who sees in a confrere's
window a bust of Hahnemann passes on with a feel- two dozen tablets, are the average prices charged by
in"- of scorn. To him the homoeopathic chemist is a homoeopathic chemists.
charlatan, who sails his craft of pharmacy on an ocean of
infinite dilution. Perhaps a few notes on the routine of External Applications.
a homoeopathic pharmacy may be of interest to those who
In regard to external applications, the homoeopathic
have had no experience of such an establishment. In
—liniments and ointments deserve notice. The base of ai'l
—'London there are many homoeopathic chemists some of
—great repute and most large towns (especially health- liniments is a pure liniment, saponis a solution of soft
soap in rectified spirit without the usual camphor and
resorts) in the provinces can boast of at least one homoeo- rosemary of the lin. saponis, B.P. Medicated liniment*
are made by mixing 1 part of mother-tincture of the drug
pathic pharmacy with a flourishing connection. The (belladonna, aconite, etc.) with 9 parts of the soap lini-
ment. The basis of most homoeopathic ointments is the
following remarks deal with one of the larger of these usual ung. simplicis, and this is medicated with one-tenth
establishments, situated in a charming health-resort, and its weight of mother-tincture, as in making liniments.
Glyceroles are occasionally prescribed, consisting of 1 in'
catering exclusively for the four or five resident homoeo- 10 of mother-tincture in glycerin e.g., glycerole of
hydrastis as a throat-paint.
pathic practitioners.
The professional homoeopathic pharmacist does not
Internal Remedies. usually buy his tinctures, triturations, and pilules from
wholesale houses, but as far as is possible makes them
Homoeopathic materia medica embraces a wide field, as himself, buying the herbs, leaves, roots, etc., for the
mother-tinctures, making these according to the special
anyone who has glanced through the official Homoeopathic processes laid down in the Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia,
Pharmacopoeia will admit ; but the modern practitioner and from them preparing all the dilutions required, with
which he will also medicate his pilules, tablets, and discs.
employs a wide range of remedies not included in that
work, which was published in 1885. The pharmacist must

have in stock practically all of these drugs, and of each

a considerable range of attenuations. Of the vegetable

kingdom, the starting-point of the various attenuations is Prescription-reading.

generally the mother-tincture, which represents 1 part As a rule, homoeopathic, prescriptions are not difficult

of drug in 10 of alcohol. These mother-tinctures are pre- to read. It is generally known that the dilutions of the

pared in the usual galenical manner, either by percolation —medicines run in tens or hundreds the decimal and

or maceration, according to the requirements of the case. centesimal systems respectively. Thus mother-tincture

From this tincture the succeeding attenuations are made, (<p) represents 1 in 10 of the drug; lx is 1 dr. of (<p

either decimal or centesimal dilutions. For substances —in 9 dr. of spirit ; 2x is 1 dr. of l.r in 9 dr. of spirit,

not soluble in alcohol at all, or not appreciably soluble, and so on this is the decimal nomenclature. One dram

euch as sulphur, charcoal, etc., the diluting is done with —of (</>) in 100 of spirit is marked 1 this is the centesimal

sugar of milk in the same proportions as with alcohol, system is the same as 2x, 2 the same
;
and these attenuations are called triturations, the mixing 1 as 4.r r

being done by thorough trituration of the substance with and so forth. The decimal system is more frequently

the milk-sugar. Pilules are prepared by treating pure- used nowadays, though the centesimal was Hahnemann's--

sugar pills with tincture, so that each pilule represents choice.

an approximate dose of the tincture of whatever dilution Returning to prescriptions, those ordering powders are

required. Tinctures, triturations, and pilules formed the —sometimes bewildering for example :

stable means of exhibiting the medicines, but latterly Tuberculin B 3 X 8 X 24.
„
30
the tablet has been extensively employed, and in the phar-

macy which the writer has in mind tablets of almost Sig. : One numerically at night.

every drug used, and in all the usual dilutions, are made This looks rather puzzling, but it reads as follows from1
left to right : Tuberculin bovin of the thirtieth attenua-
by means of a hand-power machine. For smaller tablets tion, 3 gr. in a powder, will form every eighth powder-
out of twenty-four powders. These three will be numbered
and those required in a hurry the tablet-triturate mould is 1, 9. and 17; the remaining powders will be sugar of milk
gr. iij., numbered from 2 to 8, 10 to 16, and 18 to 24.
used, by means of which fifty or a hundred 1-grain tablets One powder is to be taken at night in numerical order,
so that once a week the patient receives a dose of tuber-
can be prepared in a short time, the result being accu-
culin.
rate dosage and elegant pharmacy. The homoeopathic
As an example of ordinary prescriptions, the following;
doctor i.s also fond of ordering his medicines in the shape may be given :

of powders, usually twelve or twenty-four at a time. This

is a profitable line for the pharmacist, as the tariff is

usually Is. 6d. a dozen. The powders generally consist

of 2 grains or 5 grains of the desired trituration, or if

tinctures are ordered in powders the number of drops A^nit. 1- oil

prescribed is mixed with a like amount of milk-sugar, ij. om. 2c is horis. Arsen. iod. Zx gr. 3.
and the resulting paste dried on a warm glass slab, and, Tab. 24. j. t.d.s.

when dry, divided into the number of doses. Each Gelsem. <p 3s<*. Merc. dulc. 1* gr. v. in eh-
Vj. j. nocte s.o.s.
—powder is wrapped in white paper and placed in a tinfoil Aq. ad 3ij.

envelope a neat and aseptic arrangement. 3j. ex aq. .sj. om. hor.

Summarised, homoeopathic dispensing takes the follow- These need no interpreting.

ing forms : It is interesting to note that the serum treatment was

(1) Tinctures of any dilution, labelled so many drops largely employed by homoeopathic practitioners before it-

for a dose in water. These are sent out in 3j was in general use. Thus years ago homoeopaths were
-
i

3iv., or Si. ambor or green bottles enclosed in card cases. using tuberculin in the dosage, infinitely small though

(2) Triturations, labelled gr. ii. or gr. v. for a dose (as it seemed then, which has since come into favour.

much as covers a threepenny-piece or sixpence respectively). Streptococcus and staphylococcus vaccines in high dilu-

Sent, out, in similar-sized bottles. tions were also employed with success. It is not, how-

(3) Tablets, each representing 2 or 3 grains or minims of ever, for the pharmacist to go into the ethics of homoeo-
the tincture or trituration, sugar of milk being the basis.
pathy ; he has not to worry whether the prescriber is*
(4) Powders. right or wrong in his thesis, but to carry out his instruc-
(5) Pilules, in same style and sizes as tinctures.
(6) Mixtures, dispensed in the usual allopathic method; tions and dispense Ins prescriptions with absolute honesty,
generally .lij. to jiv. bottles with teaspoonful doses.
scruoulous care, and rigid cleanliness. It would be-

All these forms of dispensing are in daily use, though hardly possible for a pharmacist to take over or start a

as a rule powders are only prescribed for wealthier homoeopathic business without a good previous training,

patients, tinctures, pilules, triturations, and tablets serv- but any young man who has the chance to obtain such a

ing for those of humbler means. Prices, of course, vary training will find the experience interesting and the
;
—knowledge of uce afterwards. //. E. Chapman.
but 61I. or Id. for -j. tinct., pil., or trit. ; 9</. for

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54 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

Bush Medicines in British seeds 'are purgative, and the root is so drastic as to be
Guiana.
poisonous.
By James Rodway, F.L.S.
Other interesting examples can be found in the

Euphorbiacece, where a number of species can be graded

from very gentle aperients to drastic emetics and pur-
gatives. Most of these retain their properties for in-

MUf'H has been said about the value of what are called definite periods, and, as in castor-seeds, physic-nut, and
" bush medicines," and it has been urged that
belly-ache bush, there are stable fixed oils which can

medical men should give them fair trials. Few, however, be preserved. Some are so harmless that old women
use them as " tea," although they have something of
nee the difficulties, or think that, though such medicines
the drastic properties characteristic of the order.
may be valuable when fresh, they lose much by drying,

even becoming quite inert. There are other difficulties Cassava is included, but its poison is unique in the

connected with prescribing herbal remedies, one of which order. Many poisonous plants have milky juices like

is the practical impossibility of getting them in emer- most of the euphorbias when this is the case the plant
;

gencies at a short notice. The physician writes a pre- must be looked upon with suspicion. AUamunda,

scription which can be generally made up in a few Plumieria, and several other Apocynaceaz have strong

minutes; if he had to send several miles to pick a herb acrid properties, and are dangerous purgatives. The

the patient might suffer much before he could be relieved. false ipecacuanha and others of the Asclepiadacece are

This difficulty did not exist with primitive man, who poisonous. There are, however, milky juices that are

employed in medicine the herbs and trees which grew not poisonous, such as those of the figs, balata, and

around his dwelling. The botanist who studies plants hya-hya. Any plant of the Euphorbiacece, such as

from economic standpoints finds that genera and even Uevta, must be distinguished from the non-poisonous

natural orders differ in intensity rather than in their rubber-bearing figs. These acrid milky juices deteriorate

nature. He can therefore deduce probabilities when an un- very quickly, and whatever medicinal value they may
known herb is placed before him, and after he finds out its possess when fresh will mainly be lost in drying.

affinities. This is illustrated by the way certain butter- Essential oils are naturally volatile, therefore can-

flies choose their food-plants; they probably know them not be retained in the dry leaves for long periods.
There are, however, great differences between the species,
by their odours. The moTe dainty species confine them- for peppermint, lavender, rosemary, and a few others
will remain good for a year or two when carefully dried
selves to one genus or natural order ; others have a wider
and preserved. These all belong to the Labiatce, many
range and yet do not get far beyond orders or genera

Athey show preferences. large class of plants has acrid

secretions which in one genus or species may be pro- species of which are found in different parts of the

nounced and in others hardly recognisable. A good world. When we see the creole using piabba (Hyptis),

example of this is the lilies and their allies; garlic and and know it to belong to this aromatic order, we can

squill are in the extreme, other species act as emetics, safely class it with other diffusible stimulants.

and some are almost inert. In the varieties of onions Some natural orders have no pronounced qualities
we have differences of degree, from those mild like the
they are almost inert even when fresh. The natural

leek to others that make the eyes smart when we peel order Solanacece contains secretions which resemble each

them. Everyone, however, can understand that the other though they are not identical. In some species

•differences are only of degree. This principle can be they are mild, and parts of the plants may be eaten;

applied to the once famous medicine sarsaparilla, which the tubers of the potato and the fruit of the tomato are

belongs to an order allied to the lilies. When fresh it good examples. The seeds of Solanum mammomm, the

contains an acrid principle that is diminished by drying, jumby bubby, are smoked for their narcotic effect and
may be compared to the species of Datura. Solanum
and is probably lost entirely after a year or two. Pos- nii/rum. " gooma." has very little of the deleterious

sibly its reputation grew up from its use when fresh,

and has been lost because it could not be retained in good principle, but it has been found necessary to boil it in
two waters, the first being thrown away or used as
condition. The principle was volatile, and, like that of
medicine. After the second boiling the leaves are eaten
garlic, which is so much more pungent, cannot be retained as spinach under the name of calalu. Drugs of this

after drying. These lilies and their allies are endogens, order deteriorate by drying.

and in that great division we have an order which

exemplifies the differences in degree between the secre- The natural evolution of medicine commenced with
chewing fresh plants, it went on to decoctions and
tions of various species. This is the Aroidar, all of infusions, developed into extracts and tinctures, and

which are more or less acrid, this acridity being dispersed

by boiling or drying. Certain calalus and the scratch is now trying to isolate the active principles. In
the process the first to be eliminated were those
eddoes have it in a lesser degree; dumb-cane (Diefff.-n-

hachia seguina) and moka-moka (Montrichardia arbor- remedies that could only be used fresh, then a large
class which would not retain their properties for anv
esccjis) are decidedly virulent and even poisonous when length of time. Selection has also gone on with a view-
to picking out the best from every part of the world
'fresh. Those that are used without wilting over the and reducing the number. It has followed, therefore, that

fire may blister the skin, yet when " quailed " be mildly

rubefacient. The aerial roots of one species are used

as sarsaparilla, but are practically inert when dry. The the official medicines of a class, such as cathartics, are

whole family may have good remedial qualities, yet not reduced from hundreds almost to units. Even in British

one of the members be available for keeping in the shop. Guiana about fifty purgatives can be found, and the

The ginger family, on the contrary, has several species selection of something suitable for a particular case is no

well known, besides the type which can be preserved easy task. In domestic medicine, however, selection

without losing much. When I mention cardamoms and often has to give way before the difficulties of getting

grains of paradise, it may be seen that not only the some particular plant. The old woman picks up that

rhizome, but the seeds as well, can be preserved without which is nearest to her door even when she may think

much less. If we wanted a. substitute for cardamoms something else better. The world cannot go back-

there is Renealmia sylvestris, the " coratie," well known ward, therefore it is no use to urge people to take bush

Ato the Indians and bovianders. very interesting remedies. The medical man might think something not

example of the differences that may exist in various to be had in the shops more desirable than those obtain-

parts of a plant is seen in the Barbados Pride or " Doctor able, but he cannot write a prescription which it is

Doodles" (Poinciana pulchcrrima). It belongs to the impossible to make up. It is, however, highly desirable

same division of the Leguminosm as senna, and we might that domestic medicine should be carefully studied even

expect much the same properties in the leaves. These if the results be unfavourable. Keeping in view

we find, but the remarkable point to lie noticed is that the natural order in which the herb standalone can
generally get a fair idea of its probable qualities, and
the flower-buds can be given to children as a mild

aperient, the flowers act on adults as a gentle laxative, also of the possibility of preserving either the herb itself

the leaves as a cathartic, the bark of the stem and the or its active principle.

Index Folio 20

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 55

Pharmacy in Egypt. Medical Gleanings.

Me. Ahmed M. El. Aguizy, P.D., contributes an interest- Pneumosan.
ing article to the "American Journal of Pharmacy," in
The use of pneumosan in the treatment of pulmonary
the course of which he says that Egypt, with a population
tuberculosis has been investigated by Dr. A. E. A. Carver,
of about 15,000,000 contains only about 1,500 pharmacies.
Birmingham (" Lancet," II., 1915, 1295), with results that
A large number of the establishments are conducted by warrant him in recommending its more extensive employ-
foreign pharmacists, the majority of whom have graduated
ment. It should, however, be used in conjunction with
from recognised pharmacy schools of Europe ; but the
careful supervision of the patient's home conditions, and.
remainder have not graduated at all, being only practical not as though it were sufficient alone to restore the diseased
person to a normal state.
pharmacists from foreign countries who have received

their diplomas either by buying or by inheriting them. The

regulation controlling the right to practise in Egypt some The Action of Honey on the Teeth.

time ago was only a man's identification and the recom-

mendation of his Consul, which was required by inter- Dr. H. P. Pickerill, in the " New Zealand Dental

rational law. There are many Italians, Greeks, Rou- Journal," points out that honey taken by itself has a very

manians, etc., in Egypt, and many of them are nothing bad effect on the teeth, but that this is counteracted by

but smugglers, making money by selling narcotics, poisons, adding 1 per cent, of tartaric acid or finishing the meal

and habit-forming drugs, and violating the laws under the with some acid sweet fruit. He gives tables of the acid

forged name of a pharmacist. The Government ten years formed in the mouth five minutes after eating various-
"Wefood-materials, and concludes:
ago, recognising this fact, and in view of the dangerous may take sugar and

effect of illegal practice, passed the following regulations: honey with benefit to our health and impunity to our

A pharmacist or physician wishing to practise in Egypt teeth if they are combined with or followed by an acid,

should be a graduate of a recognised school and be able and preferably a natural organic acid such as is found in

to produce documents from his Consulate showing fruit or salad."

nationality and also pass Government examinations. An Scutellaria in Epilepsy.

assistant pharmacist should produce a certificate from Dr. Wm. Bramwell, Liverpool, suggests (" British

his employer or someone in authority testifying to good Medical Journal," II., 1915, 880) a trial of herb skullcap,

conduct and character before being admitted to examina- Scutellaria lateriflora, in the treatment of epilepsy. He
states that in many cases a simple infusion or extract in
tions. If successful, the assistant is entitled to practise
correspondingly suitable doses will lessen the severity of
pharmacy, and is allowed to dispense prescriptions con-
the fits and reduce their number equally with bromides and
taining poison and take charge of the poison-locker during without any of the disadvantages of the latter. Its efficacy

the absence of the principal at meal-time or on other appears to be partly due to its stimulating the kidneys to
increased activity not only in increasing the flow of water
brief occasions. The Examination Board consists of but also the output of urea and uric acid as shown by the

several Government and civil pharmacists, headed by the increased specific gravity of the urine, the retention of such

President of the School of Medicine and Pharmacy in toxins as a cause of many cases of epilepsy being too fre-
quently overlooked. The medicinal qualities of this simple
Cai.ro. remedy are even more marked in chorea than in epilepsy,
and it is to be hoped that a similar investigation and a
The average pharmacist in Egypt is well educated, con-
similar therapeutic distinction awaits skullcap as happened
scientious, and lives up to the ideals of his profession. He
in the case of eomfrey, the invaluable qualities of which
considers himself a proficient man. and holds a position were limited to the use of the herbalist, and consequently
despised by the profession, until Dr. C. J. Macalister, wisely
similar to that of a physician or other professional man. setting aside prejudice, determined to investigate it, and
Some do not consider themselves commercial or business having discovered its cell-proliferating properties proved
men, as is the custom in America, and it is an insult to it beyond question one ©f the most valuable of remedies.

ask a pharmacist to sell you a box of candy, writing-paper,

or a note-book, and it is still worse if you ask him for

cigarettes. The_ reason for this is that the position of a

pharmacist, is higher than that of a tobacco-dealer. Their

stock is nothing but medicines, and the only side-lines that Prevention of Trench-foot.

are to be found in their pharmacies are tooth-brushes, "The Lancet" (II., 1915, 1304), in an article on trench-
rubber goods, perfumery, and a miscellaneous assortment
foot, to which the sub-title "local frigorism " is given,
of patent, medicines, sick-room requisites, and, for the
accommodation of American tourists, fancy .goods of all states that this scourge is reappearing in the trenches. The

kinds, with the exception of tobacco, have been introduced necessity is urged of taking further precautions against this
in some pharmacies. evil, and among the preventives referred to are Delepine
stockings, grease on the feet, and water-tight thigh-boots.
Pharmacy in Egypt as a business is very profitable and
largely overdone in large cities, where there are millionaires Delepine stockings are made of oiled silk, and are worn
from all over the world. The pharmacies are very sani- over thick socks and then a pair of thin socks is drawn on
tary and clean and up-to-date in fixtures and showcases.
The rentals are very hitrh, and vary from $600 to $4,000 a before the foot is placed in the boot, which should be at
vear, depending upon the locality and the reputation of least two sizes too large for the foot. Sir R. Douglas
Powell suggests the use of a grease of low hygroscopic
the place. Pharmacists in Egypt are friendly, and com- power with a view to diminishing undue conduction of heat

•petition is not great, because the Government limits the away from the legs. Squire & Sons, Ltd.. have produced
number of shops, and each pharmacist has work enough to
keep him busy. The Egyptian pharmacist is well trained at Sir Douglas' suggestion a cheap ointment with an
absorbing power for water of only 5 per cent. Water-
when it comes to the business side of his profession. He
has a pleasing personality and is polite to customers, but tight thigh-boots are also useful, but their use handicaps

'loes not manufacture his preparations. He is of the 'class the movements of the soldier. "The Lancet" states that
that would rather read a story than run a percolate, and
it makes no difference to him if he advertises the prepara- the puttee should be discarded for trench warfare. This

tions of a wholesale house more than his own. Ho rarely form of leg-covering has been known to contract 12 per cent,
takes advantage of the opportunity on exposure to moisture, and hence acts as an obstruction
offered of making his to circulation when exposed to wet mud or trench-water.
own preparations, of course, which pay him well. The French soldiers, who do not wear puttees, are less
would
liable to trench-foot.
»=i nee no large dutv is charged on alcohol. There is only a
small t ax on spirits, even when used for domestic purposes. Sir William Osier, in "The Lancet" (II., 1915, 1368),

Sterilin, a StjBSTlTnrE for Rubber.—This invention by writes that venous stasis, the anatomical basis of the
JJr. Colman is a solution of cellulose esters in organic
solvents resembling, we judge from a description of its trench-foot, is not. simply an effect of cold or of wet, or-
properties in the " Chemikcr Zeitung," similar cellulose
products which were tried in England about twenty vears of both. The feet may be aglow after a ten-mile snow-
ago for golf-balls without success. shoe tramp with the thermometer 20° below zero. The-
men actively at work on tho big timber rafts in Canada
Italian Olive-crop for 1915.— According to a report
Furnished by the British Vice-Consul at Taranto, disease have wet and cold feet for weeks without any ill-effects.
c«used by damp weather has done much damage to the So long as the muscles of the legs work freely the circu-
Olive-crop in Italy; all the olive-growing districts of South
It nly and Sicily have suffered alike. lation in the feet is good. It is not the cold, nor the wet,
The consequent nor the puttees, nor the type of boot: the damaging factor
scarcity of oil has already caused prices to rise to the
mhigh love] of 160 lire per quintal, and a further rise of is tho comparative inertia of tho leg-muscles. To keep,

lire per quintal was expected. [25 =lire If. at par rate the trenches dry will help, to shorten the time spent in

of exchange; quintal =220.4 lb] them will help, special socks may help, but. the disabling

effects of cold-bite are inevitable in feet, attached to legs

whose muscles have not play enough to maintain a circu-

lation hampered by gravity and cold and wet.

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56 TI1K CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

Insurance Act Dispensing. estimated cost of 1.430/.. or 13.. bd. per 1 000, instead of
10s at present.
A Record of matters concerning: Chemists' interests in the National This means 40/. per annum to the Hudders-
field Committee, which the Commissioners will pay.
Health Insurance Acts. Hull.— The General Purposes Sub-Committee of the
Insurance Committee concluded at a meeting on Decem-
20 that an accountant would be the proper person to be at
ber head of the nrescription-pricing centre into which tho
tho
Reports from Local Centres. Committee falls. "The Sub-Committee resolved that, as tho

With special referenct to the supply of medicines and December drug accounts are within the authorised limits.
12A per cent, of the 25 per cent, due to chemists in respect
applia nccs. of accounts for the first half of 1915 should be paid early in

ENGLAND. January.

Bath. — A special meeting of Iho Insurance Committee Kent.- In certain districts of this county dispensing
the new-
considered on December 23 the proposed scheme of pricing' hemiMs have ^pressed great dissatisfaction will,
prescriptions in the South-Western Division, the central
bureau to bo sot up in Bristol, probably, at a maximum . .
cost of 1,640/. per year. Bath's share will not be more than
46/. per annum: and tho Chairman (Councillor Withy) conditions of service. It was only after strenuous efforts
estimated that if they were to price 60,000 prescriptions by tho Pharmaceutical Committee that a general with-
themselves tho cost would be 110/. It was accordingly drawal from the panel was averted, and at a meeting held
agreed to join tho scheme. at 17 Bloomsburv Square last month (no report of whioh
was communicated to us). Mr. D. T. Evans, J.P.,of Margate,
was one of those who expressed strong disapproval of the.
new terms, but for patriotic reasons the meeting decided
to recommend acceptance of the terms under protest.
Bournemouth.—The Insurance C immitfcee last, week con- Nevertheless, in certain districts chemists have withdrawn

sidered a complaint from an insured person whose panel fiiom the panel—e.g., at. Bexley, Bexley Heath. Crayford,

doctor had told him that, he could not prescribe anything ami Erith all the chemists havo withdrawn, except that
which would cost more than 7^d., and in consequence tho
complainant had incurred expense amounting to 9s. Ad. Needhams. Ltd.. remain on the Erith panel. Mr. Mill-
The Medical Benefit Sub-Committee recommended that the
ward, of Northumberland Heath, also desired to withdraw,
doctor should be surcharged to this extent, and advised
that ho should bo informed that he had no right to say but his resignation was refused as being too late. At the
such a thing to tho patient. Some discussion on the matter
followed, but it did not controvert the Sub-Committee's beginning of the month Bcots, Ltd., bought a grocer's
recommendation, business in Bexley Heath, and have since been fitting up
the shop as a pharmacy at express speed, so that it may

lie available for Insurance dispensing by January 1. Local

Brighton. — At. the meeting of the Insurance Committee chemists are not downhearted.

on December 23, when the proposed scheme of prescription- Leicester.— A prescription for typhoid vaccine having
pricing came up for consideration, Councillor Black _
(chemist) spoke favourably of the new Drug Tariff, indicat-
been questioned the Pharmaceutical Committee have asked
ing that Brighton chemists will in future l>e paid a little the Insurance Committee to obtain a definite ruling from
more than they had been receiving. Air. Ingham inferred the Insurance Commissioners which can be communicated
the panel pharmacists as to whether serums, phylacogens,
that this meant that chemists had been paid excessively! antitoxins, and bacterial vaccines come within the scope of
Medical Benefit under the Insurance Act. The Panel Com-
East Anglla. -The Commissioners' proposal to group mittee have declined to express an opinion, except on the

together seventeen East Anglian Insurance Committees for merits of each individual case after the event, Accordingly,
on tho recommendation of the Medical Benefit. Sub-Com-
tho purpose of prescription-pricing, with Norwich as the mittee, the Insurance Committee decided on December 29
to ask the Panel Committee to pass the item in this par-
centre, has been modified to the extent that the Commis-
sioners have now suggested to the individual Committees —ticular instance, but. do not suggest that the Panel Com-

that they (tho Commissioners) will act as the Committee's mittee should accept it as a general practice. Tho number

agents, undertaking to do the pricing in London for a trial of chemists on the panel for 1916 is fifty-six, and on their
period of three months, in order that the Committees may behalf the Pharmaceutical Committee have intimated that
see for themselves how the scheme works. The suggestion
is to bo considered by the Committees. It is understood on and after January 1. 1916. practitioners must not write
that what the Commissioners intend to do is to take over
for the three months the checking staff which tho Essex repeat prescriptions. On the recommendation of the
Insurance Committee has at Leytonstone and to hand it
back at the end of the trial period. The Essex Committee Finance and General Purposes Sub-Committee, the Insur-
is averse to entering the proposed combination, as its
system is complete in itself, is working well, and has suffi- ance Committee are protesting against the central prescrip-
cient work to do.— At a meeting of the East Suffolk Insur-
ance Committee on December 21. it was reported that the tion-pricing scheme.
Provisional Executive Committee decided bv four votes to
two to recommend that tho central pricing "bureau for the Plymouth.— As a result of further negotiations with tho
group should be outside London and district. Eor Norwich
as a centre three voted, for Tnswich two. and Bedford one. Commissioners and the local Insurance Committee, a suffi-
The Chairman was of nninion that Norwich would be
thrown out and London adopted. Mr. Pain was appointed cient dispensing panel will bo formed, but certain districts
as the Committee's representative on the Pricing Com-
mittee, and the scheme was referred to the Medical Benefit will have a very poor service compared with 1915. A corre-
-and Sanatorium Sub-Committee.
spondent, writing in regard to the matter, says that tho
Gloucestershire. Th, Insurance Committee's request to
the C ommissioiiers for time to consider the proposed pre- average remuneration under the 1916 Tariff will be at the
rate of 37/. 10s. per 3.000 prescriptions, and chemists, know-
scription-pricing bureau has resulted in the receipt of. a ing this, have been far from eager to continue the service:
somewhat drastic letter from the Commissioners." urging
acceptance of the proposal under penalty of the withdrawal in fact, considerable pressure has had to be used by tho
of money. At a. snecial meeting held last week the Pharmaceutical Committee in order to bring some of them
into service, and these only conditionally upon the Insur-
Insurance Committee discussed the Commissioners' attitude. ance Committee fulfilling all the promises made. The
The Chairman said he was afraid there was no alternative emergency settlement for 1913 has now been made, making
the payments up to 85 per cent. The year 1914 will prove
lint to agree to the scheme under the strongest, protest, no better, and 1915 is extremely doubtful. If by July next
—which was accordingly done with certain alterations. " the position proves as poverty-stricken as it does now,
Halifax. .\ ,, ting of the Halifax Chemists' Associa-
tin 1 situation will require all available resources to pre-

vent a dibdele, and the relation between tho Executive of
tho Society and the pharmacists working the Act will be
verv unfortunate, l>eeause of the somewhat heroic efforts
made to assist the Commission in imposing impossible terms
upon members."

tion was held on December 22. Mr. H. K. Woodward in Portsmouth.—The only alterations in the 1916 panel
the chair. The Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Com-
mittee was authorised to make application to the Insur- —list, of chemists are two removed at their own request, one
ance Committee for A<7. per head of insured persons for
1he expenses of the Comnvttee during 1916. The Pharma- dead, and one addition viz.. Mr. Greenhalgh, who has
ceutical Societv was appointed asrent for the district fo\
the checking of prescriptions at the remuneration of 0.2r7 taken over Mr. Brewis' New Eoad business. Mr. T.
per insured person.
Postlethwaite is acting as Secretary of the Pharmaceutical
Hucldernfield. The Insurance Committee decided on Committee during tho regretted illness of Mr. A. B.
December 22 to [pin the North-East Midland group for the Spar row.
nurnosp of pri.-m-r prescriptions.
Tt is estimated that —Salford At Inst week's meeting of the Insurance Com-

:2.120.C00 prescriptions will he dealt with per annum; at an mittee the principal item of pharmaceutical interest was
a report bv the medical adviser in regard to a, potassium-

iodide mixture, which a nanel chemist in Manchester had
dis'^pmoct oo per cent, deficient in iodide. The Pharma-
ceutical Service Sub-Committee recommended that the

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January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DBUGGIST 57

chemist should bo severely censured, but one or tw > Coming Events.
members of the Committee were inclined to think that pro
ceedings should be taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs &This section of the "C. D." is reserved for advance notices of
Acts. The Chairman (Alderman Huddart) said that would
bo difficult, and Dr. Taylor assured tbo Committee that meetings or other events. These should be sent to the Editor-
generally there is no ground for supposing that the drugs by Wednesday of the week before the meetings, etc., occur.
supplied are deficient in quality or quantity. The Sub
Committee's recommendation to censure the chemist severely Sunday, January 2.
was adopted.
Pharmacist Volunteer Training Corp*. Millbank Schools, Erasmus-
Shropshire. — Tho Pharmaceutical Committee met at ltoad, Westminster, S.W., at 10 a.m. Company parade.
Shrewsbury on December 23, Mr. W. Gowen Cross pre
siding. It was agreed to apply to the Insurance Com Monday, January 3.

mittee for an appropriation of id. per insured person for Society of Chemical Industry, London Section, Burlington House
administrative purposes. The Pharmaceutical Society was "APiccadilly, W., at 8 p.m. Meeting. Mr. C. A. Hill on
r'
appointed to act as agent in checking the prices of pre Chemicals, witli a Criticism of the Specifications"- Mr"
Sherard Cowper-Coles on
scriptions, and paid out of the administrative funds. It Wilbraham on "Natural "Lead-lined Vessels"; Dr E 'c B
and Svnethetio Succinates"- Mr
was also resolved to inform the County Insurance Com T. D. Morson on " Glass Filter-cloth."

mittee that tho chemists have provisionally accepted tho Tuesday, January 4.

Tariff for 1916, because of the exceptional condition in Royal Institution of Great Britain, Albemarle Street Piccadilly
London, W., at 3 p.m. "Wireless Messages from the Stars'"
which the country is now placed. They reserve the right ' hristmas Lecture IV.), by Professor H. H. Turner Tho
to reopen the question of the fees and the establishment remaining two lectures will be given on January 6 and 8.
The Rbntgen Society, Institution of Electrical Engineers Victoria
charge (which they consider to be inadequate) after prac HEmbankment, London, W.C., at. 8.15 p.m. Mr. J.
President) on " Some Gardiner
tical experience of them.
( Observations upon the Occurrence of
SCOTLAND.
Uranium." There will also be exhibits.
Dundee.—Panel chemists are wondering why payment of
their accounts is 60 late. The bd. per prescription has ju Royal Wednesday, January 5. W.C at
been paid in respect to October, and November payments
3 Society of Art*. John Street, Adelphi, London, Professor
aro overdue. J. P.M. " Crystallisation " (juvtenile lecture), by
M. Thomson. F.R.S,
Edinburgh. —The Insurance Committee have approved
Pharmacists' Volunteer Training Corps, 17 Bloomsbury Square
the Clerk's action in regard to renewal of chemists' agree- London, W.C., at 3.15 p.m. Lecture on Sanitation and First-
Aid. The same programme will be gone through on Thursday.
ments. The three who did not withdraw from the panel
were Boot's Pure Drug Co.. Ltd., with thirteen branch Thursday, January 6.
establishments throughout Edinburgh : John Robertson &
Co., 24 North-West Circus Place, Edinburgh; and Mr. John North London Pharmacists' Association, St. Padarns, Salterton
Findlay, 76 High Street, Portobello. Road, Seven Sisters Road, Holloway, N., at 3 p.m. Mr J
Heai le on " The Present Conditions of the Drug and ChemicaV
Forfarshire. —The County Insurance Committee decided Market,

at tho December meeting to support tho Edinburgh Com Great Yarmouth Pharmaceutical Association, at 8.30 p.m Monthly
meeting
mitteo in its action to prevent the disestablishment of the
F.-iday, January 7.
Scottish Insurance Commission. The new conditions for
issociatian of Women Pharmacists, Dr. Williams' Library
Medical Benefit, such as exclusion of repeat prescriptions Gordon Square, London, W.C, at 7.30 p.m. Miss K S Loader
wero approved, as also was the Central Checking Bureau's lantern-lecture on •• Medical Work in Fukien (China)."
recommendation to disallow prescriptions for secret rome
dies. The Bureau reported that during June, July, August, Harrogate Pharmaceutical! Association. Dr. J N Todd ora
and Sopteml>er 9,628 prescriptions issued in the county had "Native Medicines of South Africa."
been checked, and of those 150 had been disallowed. The
total value of tho prescriptions passed was 405/. 3s. 9(7 The Days of the Week.
being an averago of 10.25(7. per prescription.

WALES, It is an ancient custom among dispensing chemists »e»
begin each day in their business-books, such as the day-
Pricing Prescriptions. —Tho proposed Prescription-
book and prescription-book, with a Latin inscription of
pricing Bureau at Cardiff is not being well received. tho day of the week and month, such as
Several Insurance Committees have declined to fall in with
it, including Swansea. Dies Lunce, Januario xxiv., 1916.

Notes. An even older custom is to use tho appropriate alchemicaB

—Excessive Peescribing. Among the Standing Orders sign with tho day. These signs also stand for the seven
metals, and are still to bo seen on old window-carboys.
issued by the Insurance Commissioners for the use of Insur- Iney are represented in the following engraving, to which
tho meanings are attached :

ance Committees are the following as regards the pro-

cedure in cases of excessive prescribing: es So/is Sol, the Sun, gold, Sunday.

Where it iB the duty of the Committee to hold a hearing in y Dies Luna; Luna, t/tc Moon, Monday.
a case in which it appears or is alleged that the cost of any Tuesday
drugs or appliances ordered by any practitioner or practitioners t> silver

is excessive, the following procedure shall be adopted : O Dies MdrtlS Mars, iron ...
(a) The Committee shall fix a day for holding the hearing,
? Dies Mercurii Mercury, quick -
and shall give not less than seven days' notice of the time and
fj silver Wednesday
place thereof to the practitioner concerned.
A- Dies Jovis
('() The Committee shall send to the practitioner concerned, Jupiter, tin Thursday.

not, later than seven days before the day fixed fur holding the $ Dies Veneris Venus, copper

hearing, a statement showing in what respect it is alleged that Friday.

the order or orders given by him were excessive. Y\ Dies Saturnii Saturn, lead Saturday.

(c) The practitioner shall be entitled to be present at the hear-

ing and to give evidence either by himself or by witnesses, or

to submit such statement in writing as he shall think fit. It may bo noted," says " The Chronicles of Pharmacy,"'
'how these old-time fictions have influenced our language,
(d) If the hearing is being held by reason of representations
made by the Pharmaceutical Committee, the Panel Committee our literature, and especially our medicine. Lunatic,
jovial, saturnine, martial, venereal, and mercurial are-
shall give not less than seven days' notice of the time and place etymological reminiscences of the time when temperaments-
nnd diseases were associated with the heavenly bodies, and
thereof to the Pharmaceutical Committee, and the latter Com- tho extent to which metallic compounds acquired their
mitter shall be entitled to appear at the hearing by their Sceretarv medical reputations from their artificial relationship with
tin' powers which wero assumed to have adopted them i».
or other officer or member of the Committee, and to give evidence curious."
by such officer or member or by other witnesses, or to submit
such statement in writing as they shall think fit. —Drugs for Russia. The Imperial Russian Oonsul-CJeneraJ

(r) The report made by the Committee to the In surance Com- in Lmdon states that the Municipal Pharmaceutical Com-

mittee shall state such relevant facts as anpear to the Committee mission of Omsk, Siberia, is desirous of placing orders for
to txi estalilislicd, and the inferences which in the light of the lemical products and drugs, and will be pleased to receive-
expert, knowledge of the members ,,f the Committee mnv properlv
be drawn therefrom, and shall contain a recommendation as to offers from United Kingdom firms.
tne amount, if any,
practitioner. which might properly be recovered from the

(/) Subject as aforesaid tlie procedure of the Committee shall

be such an they may determine.

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58 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST Januaey 1, 1916

Veterinary Notes. confinement and lack of breathing-space. If fresh, healthy
air be given, it will greatly reduce the number of cases
By a M.R.C.V.S. in broods of clean and new blood, if not entirely pre-
vent them. There are three forms of roup, each having
Treatment of Wounds. its own peculiarities and symptoms. (1) That which
affects the head, resembling at first a common cold or
Except in surgical cases where every precaution is catarrh ; there is a discharge from the nostrils, spreading
taken to make the skin and the wound thoroughly anti- to the eyes, with intense swelling of the head. This form
septic, wounds in general are of a lacerated, torn, ragged,
and dirty character, infiltrated with dirt from tihe is very dangerous, often proving fatal : it is difficult to
article causing the wound, from the earth, or from the
atmosphere, which may or may not be teeming with all cure, and medicines seem to have very little effect. Wash
kinds of germs detrimental to the wound. It is impera-
tive, when called upon to deal with a wound, to wash or syringe out the eyes and nostrils with a dilute car-
it out thoroughly with a good antiseptic, afterwards bolic lotion or solution of permanganate of potash, and
injecting into it or washing it with a dilute solution of
give twice or thrice daily pills containing sulphates of
iodine (tinct. iodi 3J., aquae Oj.-Oiss.), or sprinkling
quinine and iron, each one grain. (2) The second form
iodoform over the part. It cannot be disputed that when is characterised by the formation of a new membrane re-
sembling that of diphtheria, and is called diphtheritic
this or other antiseptic treatment is resorted to at the roup. This is easily cured by pulling off the membrane
beginning, the wounds heal more rapidly, there are fewer and applying flowers of sulphur several times daily for
complications, and less likelihood of bad after-effects. a few days. (3) The third form is that in which a
caseous, semi-fluid deposit forms around the top and rims
A very satisfactory dressing is sulphate of zinc and acetate of the trachea and larynx. It is called " canker roup "
owing to its resemblance to cancer. It is accompanied
of lead, rubbed together in a mortar until a paste is by hard and excessive breathing, with intense choking
formed. This paste is spread over the wound once a and gasping, as if death were imminent, although the
day only, which is a great consideration if the animal is fowl may remain in fairly good health and condition.
of a fractious temperament and the time of the attendant This can also be cured by getting a grip of the mass
with a hook or other suitable instrument and tearing it
is limited. off, taking care that none goes down the windpipe. The

Chicken Cholera. parts should afterwards be dusted with sulphate of copper,
dried sulphate of iron, burnt alum, or any mild escharotic.
Dr. J. P. McGowan, Assistant-Superintendent of the
The prevention of roup should at all times be a premier
Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians of Edin- consideration for poultry-owners ; old and bad cases should
burgh, has published, states " The Lancet," a pamphlet
be destroyed, doubtful cases should be isolated, the fowl-
on the epidemiology and pathology of chicken cholera, houses and surroundings should be kept clean and disin-
fected regularly, and the fowls must be given plenty of
together with a discussion on white diarrhoea in chicks, fresh air and breathing space, draughts being avoided.
If symptoms of roup are observed, one to three drachms
in which lie describes the research carried out by himself, of permanganate of potash should be added to each gallon
of the drinking-water. Peroxide of hydrogen and butter-
on behalf of the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College milk are excellent curative remedies in this disease, and
deserve to be more widely used.
of Agriculture, into the cause of an epidemic of chicken

cholera and the white diarrhoea of chicks. At certain

premises where the intensive system of poultry-rearing

was used and eggs were ^hatched in incubators, some

chicks died from white diarrhoea in April. In December

an epidemic broke out among the hens characterised by

discharge from the nostrils of a glairy mucous exudate, and

ulcers in the mouth. In January these symptoms ceased, New Books.

and were followed by a form of paralysis affecting the Any book published in the United Kingdom can be supplied to

legs chiefly, and in many cases this improved in course our subscribers at the price quoted, plus postage at the rate
of 2d. for the first hundred pages and id. per 100 beyond.
of time and the birds recovered almost entirely. Examina-
Orders, with remittance, should be sent to the Publisher,
tion of the spinal cords of the affected fowls by Dr. J.
Dawson, neurological histologist, revealed nothing ab- 42 Cannon Street, London, E.C.

normal. The organism which Dr. McGowan obtained

from the lungs and heart in a case of white diarrhoea HazelVs Annua!. ]91G. 71x4i Pp. 527. 3s. (>d. net.
was identical with the chicken-cholera organism, and the (Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd., 52 Long Acre, London,
W.C.) [This annual contains all the usual features of this
occurrence of paralysis and catarrh of the upper air- work of reference, with additions made necessary by the
European War. Included, for example, in the list of the
passages is symptomatic of the tendency of action of the Possessions of the British Empire are included Egypt and
former colonies of Germany. Of particular interest are an
members of the hemorrhagic septicaemia group i.e., to article on aviation and a. review of the European War, use-

fix on special localities of the body in certain epidemics. fully divided into sections, each dealing with a different

The chicken-cholera organism is a saprophyte in soil, phase of the great struggle of civilisation over barbarism.]

manures, and water it is also present in the air-passages Jobling, E. Catalysis and its Industrial Applications.
; 7ix5g. Pp. 120. 2s. bd. net. (J. & A. Churchill. 7 Great
Marlborough Street. London. W.) [Deals with several
and intestines of a large number of apparently healthy interesting modern chemical developments in which cata-
lysis is involved, such as the manufacture of sulphuric
fowls. Although it may be present and harmless for long acid, the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, and the harden-

periods, yet a lowered vitality of the bird may cause it ing: of oils. Those and other processes in which catalysis
at any time to assume a high degree of virulence. The takes part are briefly reviewed, the theory involved being

investigator concludes that one outstanding feature of explained in a concise manner.]
the whole of the hemorrhagic septicaemia organisms (in

fowl, sheep, and cattle) is that, while they may produce

both sporadic and infectious diseases in the adult, they

may also cause infectious conditions usually associated

with diarrhoea in very young animals. The white diar-

rhoea of chicks is consequently considered to be caused by Stocks of Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa were required to be

the chicken-cholera organism, which, like other members declared to the authorities in Germany on January 3.

of the haemorrhagic septicaemia group, can occasion sporadic Coffee and tea destined for consumption in the household

cases of the malady at one time and devastating epidemics need only be entered when the quantity exceeds 10 kilos,

at another. for coffee and 2.5 kilos, for tea.

Roup in Poultry. —Morphia Exports. The Hon. Secretary of the Edin-
Roup is prevalent all the year round, but warm weather
burgh Anti-Opium Committee writes to the " Aberdeen
is evidently most favourable for its development, as
it is much more frequently met with in summer than in Evening Dispatch " that " four years ago, at the request
winter. It is supposed to be contagious and infectious,
but there is no doubt it is largely dependent upon and of our Committee, the Board of Trade tabulated morphia
produced by the conditions and surroundings i.e., by Weand cocaine separately from other drugs.
thus learn

that, while in 1911 the total export of morphia from the
U.K. was 5i tons, last year it amounted to 14 tons. To

Japan the quantities were li ton and 9g tons in these

respective years."

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Januaey 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 59

German News. Trade Report.

Candle-makers are unable to meet the demand in The prices given in this section are those obtained by importers or
Germany, in consequence of the commandeering of stearine manufacturers for bulk quantities or original packages. To these
prices various charges have to be added, whereby values are in
by the Government. many instances greatly augmented before wholesale dealers
receive the goods into stock, after which much expense may be
—Women in German Laboratories. Three years ago incurred in garbling and the like. Qualities of chemicals, drugs,
oils, and many other commodities vary greatly, and higher
twenty-five women who were employed in different labora-
tories founded a society. At present the number of mem- prices than those here quoted are charged for selected qualities
of natural products even in bulk quantities. Retail buyers
bers has increased to 650, and branches have been founded cannot, therefore, for these and other reasons, expect to
in Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, and Munich. Since the
outbreak of war about 150 members have entered military purchase at the prices quoted here.

service for bacteriological and radiographic work.

Cresol Soap Solution is required in large quantities for 42 Cannon Street, EX., December 30, 6.30 p.m.
the Army, but cresol, as well as the crude fixed oils required
TOCKTAKING operations and the holidays have
for the manufacture, is almost unobtainable, even at very
high prices. As the use of linseed and whale oils for this s reduced business in chemicals and drugs to negligible
and similar purposes is prohibited, a cresol soap solution
proportions during the period under review, and no
answering the German Pharmacopoeia is to bo had in ex-
tremely small quantities only and costs from m.135 to m.140. revival is looked for until after the turn of the year.

—Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. The chemical-pharmaceutical Prices generally are very firm for almost every item of

manufactory Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., which has been produce, and the continued advance in freights is becom-

charged with cherishing anti-German feelings during the ing a serious factor in the fixing of values. For this

war, has a branch-establishment at Grenzach in the neigh- reason and the scarcity of raw material, sharp advances
bourhood of Basle. The director of this branch-establish-
have occurred in linseed, rape, 6oya, coconut, cotton-
ment, Dr. Barell, has been put into prison because of
seed, and palm oils; turpentine is also much dearer. The
offences against the prohibition of exportation. He was
expected advance in British rectified spirit of Id. per
charged with having exported from Germany large quanti-
pf. gallon is announced as we close for press. First.
ties of alkaloids.
Montreal potashes to arrive are easier, as is arsenic.
Prices of Trade-hark Articles.—The " Verband der
Fabrikanter von Markenartikeln " states that it is no Lime oil is lower. Fine chemicals are all practically
longer possible to maintain the old prices for trade-mark unchanged. Quinine is in better demand at firmer rates.
articles, as for nearly all of them the prices of the raw Hypophosphites are likely to be dearer. The principal
material have considerably advanced and the cost of manu-
facture has increased. As advances simultaneously by manu- changes are as under :
facturers would mean that retailers would make exception-
ally high profits on old stock, it is suggested that all Higher Firmer Easier Lower
manufacturers should print the advanced retail price on
each package. Alcohol Ammonia Arsenic Lime oil
Coconut oil Potashes
—Eau de Cologne. At the meeting of the Cologne Cham- Cottonseed oil sulphate (.W.I. dist.)
Glucose Peppers (Montreal)
ber of Commerce on December 13, reference was made to Linseed oil Quinine (sec. to arrive
the efforts of the Police President in Berlin to Germanise
foreign designations on sign-plates, etc. According to the Palm oil hands)
Regulation the name of " Eau de Cologne " is to be re- Rape oil
placed by " Kolnisches Wasser " (Cologne water). The Soya oil Shellac
manufacturers have made a decided protest against this, Turpentine Sulphur

urging that with the words " eau de Cologne " it is not the The next Drug-auction will be held on January 13, 1910.
question of some disagreeable pushing, foreign designation
Cablegram.
for purposes of advertisement, but of a long-established
New York December 29.—Business is dull. Opium and
name which cannot be dispensed with in business. The
name " Eau de Cologne " is a generic idea, whereas the peppermint oil are unchanged. Menthol has advanced 20c.
words " Kolnisches Wasser " represent a designation of to $3.25 per lb. and Cartagena ipecacuanha to |3./5,
origin. The former name is, moreover, a protected trade- Wintergreen oil from leaves (gaultheria) is dearer at W.it>.
mark at home and abroad, and as it is an article of but oil of sweet birch (betula) is cheaper at $3.50. Gentian
has advanced to 19c. per lb., balsam Peru to $5.25, and
universal trade it has been admitted into the vocabulary of elecampane-root to 14c. per lb.
all civilised nations. The Chamber of Commerce also held
the same view and decided against the proposed Germanisa- AcexylSALICTLIC Acid.—During January or February

tion. ^

Scientific Hatred.—Dr. P. Lenard, Professor of Physical further important consignments of neutral Continental
Science, Heidelberg University, owes his recognition as a
scientist to British men of science. His discoveries were so make are expected to be available in this country.
much appreciated that he was awarded the Rumford Medal
of the Royal Society before his fellow Germans had begun Agar-agar.—Best No. 1 Kobe strip is quoted at 2s. 10<L
to appreciate the significance of Lenard's discoveries. It is spot, with rather more inquiry during the last few days.

interesting, however, to note that, the professor in a recent Alcohol —The British distillers have advanced the price
war pamphlet writes regarding England as follows : " The Aof rectified spirit bv Id. per proof gallon to 2s. 2d., tree
war must inflict the most conspicuous humiliation possible delivered London in bond, in returnable packages. sub-

on England. . . . Her complete annihilation would be no stantial advance in industrial and methylated spirit is
sin. . . . Away with all consideration for England's so-called announced to take place from January 1, 1916. The posi-
Kultur. . . . The central seat and leading show-place of
all hypocrisy on earth must be uprooted." His fury extends tion is such that no contracts will be booked.
even to the dead. " Away," ho says, " with respect for the
graves of Shakespeare, Newton, and Faraday ! " Such are —Ammonia Sulphate. London is firmer, at 17/. to 111. 2s. dd.
the genial sentiments of this light of German science. There
are still some people, writes Mr. A. Shadwell in " The net naked at works, for 25-per-cent. ammonia for prompt
Times,'" who cherish delusions about the true feeling and Liver-
intentions of Germans, and particularly labour to separate delivery. Hull, prompt, 24-per cent., is 17/. 12s. bd.
intellectual and civil Germany from militarists and the ;
Kaiser. It is a dangerous delusion rooted in ignorance.
Perhaps these extracts will help to disperse it. pool is 18/. : and Leith is 18/. per ton in bags f.o.b., less

—Japan and Java and Chemicals. The " Ceylon Observer " 3£ per cent.
Arsenic is Is. per cwt. easier, best white English powdered
reports that two Japanese doctors of chemistry, managers
of two factories of chemicals in Japan, recently arrived offering at 32/. per ton.
in Java with the object of studying the market of chemicals
in Netherlands India. They were to visit all the big cities Barbitone.— Sales have been made at 52s. 6cZ. per lb.

of Java. Bismuth Subnitrate.—A very fair quantity has lately

been sold at uo to 14s. bd. per lb., but higher prices arc
now asked, 16s." 3(Z. being one holder's quotation.

Bromides.—The " Oil. Paint and Drug Reporter " in its
issue of December 13 states that " Advices from the South
tell of the sale to the German Government by a salt-manu-
facturer in Hartford, W. Va., of twenty tons of bromine

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60 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

at $5 a pound." A New York advice dated December 16 GALAC92s.,
Garnet 77s., and 74s. Futures are firm, the
states that potassium bromide was officially advanced to
sales including January at 80s. .and March 81s. to 82s. to
$5.50, but the shocks held in outside hands still continue to
depress the market, particularly since the demand for legiti- —81s. 6./.
Soda Hypophosphite. Very fair supplies are available,
mate consumption remains light. Scdium bromide is offered
freely at $3.00 to $3.25. The opinion is expressed that dealers offering small crystals at 17s. 6c7. per cwt. ex wharf.
American makers and dealers .are holding back large quan- Sulphur is firmer, due to the rise in freights, the price

tities. Potash is selling on the spot at about 24s. of flowers being 11/. 10s. to 12/. per ton, and roll 11/. 10s.
net ex wharf London.
—Camphor (Refined). There is a fair demand for Japanese
Tartaric Acid is slightly easier .at 2s. 5t7. to 2s. b^d.
2^-11). slabs which are selling at Is. 8(7. per lb. on the spot,
and jj-oz. tablets continue to sell at 2s.; to arrive, slabs are per lb
quoted at from Is. 6W. to Is. 7<7. c.i.f. as to position.
Turpentine has been excited, and closes much dearer at
—Chillies. In Liverpool 46 bags Sierra Leone sold at
52s. on spot.
Ills, per cwt. ex quay.
Arrivals of Chemicals, Drugs, etc.

Citric Acid is unchanged 'at 2s. 8<7.. with very little During the period December 15 to 28, inclusive, the
demand. following produce has arrived at the English ports stated.
Goods in transit are not included. The figures denote
—Cod-liver Oil. Our Bergen correspondent writes on packages where not specifically described

December 20 that " the quotation for finest non-congealing To London Drugs, chemicals, etc. (N.Y.)

medicinal oil is still 335s. per barrel c.i.f. London, but that Acetanilide (N.Y.) brls. 16 cs. 140, pkgs. 141, (Dieppe)
Acetic acid (R'dam) bins. 257, pkgs. 12, (Boulogne) cs. 16.
only few and small lots are being handled." From another (Japan) os. 28, (M'bourne)
source we learn that a Bergen maker has raised his price pkgs. 20. (N.T.) brls. 82 dms. 30
Acetone (Philadel.) dms. 1,699
to 345s. to 355s. per barrel f.r. Hull, war insurance extra,
Acetone oil (Philadel.) dms. 84 Egg-yolk (S'ghai) cs. 13,617,
without engagement; in another direction 335s. c.i.f. Agar agar (Kobe) 25 cks. 203; dried, cs. 31
London is quoted subject to confirmation; the spot value Albumen (S'ghai) cs. 171
is about 340s. to 345s. ex wharf London. Alcohol, wood (Philadcl.) dms. Ergot (Oporto) cs. 47
Essential oils (Messina) pkgs.
Glycerin.- Rather lower prices are quoted in the United 357, (Norfolk, Ya.) dms. 22
Aloes (.Uosscl Bay) 25 246, (Demerara) cs. 4,
States, but that, of course, dues n< t affect the position
Anise (Malaga) 200, (Seville) 100 (Catania) pkgs. 48, (Java)
'here, having regard to the fact that the Government has Anise oil, star (H.-Kong) cs. 10
complete control of supplies. Small shipments continue to Antimony (Japan) cs. 300 dms. 10, (H.-Kong) cs. 10,
reach us from Holland, which are exported under licence. Antimony ore (Sydney) bgs.
The British quotation for double distilled chemically pure, (N.Y.) cs. 72. (A'dria) es. 10

s.g. 1.260 quality, in tins and cases, is 114/. per ton, and Eucalypt. oil (M'bourne) cs. 391
in drums 110/. Farina (Holland) bgs. 77.2

6,446 Fennel-seed (M'seilles) 21

Apricot-kernels (S'ghai) 1,106 Fenugreek-seed (Mogador) 167

Arachis oil (Amst.) cks. 835, Fig syrup (Philadel.) cs. 6,060
(Japan) es. 2,000 274, (C.
Hypophosphites.—An advance of probably from 3r7. to brls. Formaldehyde (N.Y.) brls. 85
Argol (B'lona) cks. 100
Ad. per lb. is regarded as imminent on the part of British Town) 68 Fuller's earth (Japan) 140
makers.
Arrowroot (Trinidad) Gelatin (N.Y.) cks. 36

Ipecacuanha.—The A von has brought 99 bales Matto Gentian (Bilbao) pkgs. 279
Grosso from Monte Video to Liverpool.
Arsenio (M'bournc) cks. 114 Ginger (Japan) 45
—Lemon Oil. Market has been practically closed since
Barvtes sulph. (B'deaux) bgs. Glucose (N.Y.) brls. 2,150
our last, and prices are unchanged at from 3s. 9(7. to
78. (M'seilles) cks. 7, (Leg- Glycerin, cr. (N.Z.) dms. 13
4s. Zd. per lb. c.i.f. spot, sellers asking 4s. to 4s. 3<7. horn) 13, (B'lona) 3,600
Eenzine (Rangoon) tons 4,000 Gum acacia (B'bay) bgs. 342
—Lime Oil. West Indian distilled is offering at the lower Cum copal (Batavia) bkts. 391,

range of from 5s. 6(7. to 6s. per lb. on the spot. Bismuth ore (Sydney) cks. 17 es. 62, (S'pore) 245

Boric acid (N.T.) brls. 470, Gum damar (Batavia) cs. 169
,

cks. 250, (Leghorn) 25 (Padang) cs. 153, (S'pore)
Calamus-root (Amst.) bis. 26
Liquorice-root.—Arrivals from Spain of about twelve bgs. 795
Calcium carbide (Go'burg) dms.
tons common natural root have taken place. Gum kauri (N.Z.) sks. 280
1,055 Gum sandarac (Mogador) brls.
Menthol is firm at 12s. per lb. spot.
Camphor, ref. (Kobe) cs. 130 106
Camphor (Kecluns) cs. 25
Oils (Fixed).— Th3 substantial advance in linseed, cotton- Gum yacca (Adelaide) bgs. 1.105

seed, coconut, rape, soya, and palm oils is a feature. Canary-seed (Morocco) bgs. Gums, undeseribed (B'deaux)

Linseed is 3s. 9'/. higher at 40s. 6<7. in pipes and 41s. 6d. 4,219 sks. 20, (Mogador) 25,
Cantharidcs (M'seilles) cs. 25
in barrels on the spot; 40s. paid for December and 41s. (B'bay) 43, (B'lona) 40
Cardamoms (Colombo) 333
for January-April Delivery. Cottonseed is 3s. dearer at Herbs (M'bourne) sks. 50

44s. for crude in pipes on spot. 46s. for refined in pipes, Casein (B'deaux) sks. 63, Honey (Pirn?us) cs. 21
and at from 48s. to 49s. for sweet refined in barrels. Ceylon (Havre) 100, (B'bay) 63,
Coconut has advanced 5s. to 52s. to 54s. for pipes, and to Illipe oil (M'seilles) 97
52s. in hogsheads, both on spot; Cochin is now 56s. to 58s. (Charente) 549 Indigo (C'cutta) cs. 77, (B'bay)
on spot, and London pressed is 44s. Ordinary brown crude Cashew-nuts (B'bay) 70
Rape oil is scarce, and almost unobtainable on spot; British cs. 10

refined in barrels is 3s. higher at from 49s. to 52s. 6(7. Japan Cassia (Pad.ing) pkgs. 180, Juniper-berr. (L'horn) 34
(H.-Kong) bis. 1,651. cs. 950. Kola (Ceylon) 19
in cases is nominally 44s. c.i.f. Soya oil has advanced (M'seilles) cs. 110, (Kobe) 140 Lead acetate (Paris) cks. 10

2s. 6(7. to 36s. for Manchurian in cases in London. Hull Castor oil (C'cutta) cs. 300 Lemon oil (Messina) pkgs 13

(spot) extracted is 3s. dealer at 40s. Lagos Palm on the spot Celery-seed (M'seilles) 30 (see also lissent. oils)
lias advanced 3s. 6(7. to 41s., and in Liverpool 39s. 6c7. is Chamomiles (L'horn) 20
quoted for January-February. Japanese Fish oil is dearer Lime-juice (Trinidad) pps. 32,

at 25s. spot. Chemicals, drugs, medicines, cks. 21, (Grenada) pns. 37,

—Peppermint Oil. American is in rather more inquiry, perfumery, etc. (N.Y.) pkgs. hds. 17, cks. 124
Linseed (Sabang) bgs. 725,
offering at, from 9s. to 9s. 3<7. on the spot: H.G.H. is 14s. 1,069
to 14s. 6r7. and Japanese mint oil is 4s. 2d. to 4s. 3(7. spot
as to brand. Chillies (Kobe) bgs. 112, (C'cutta) bgs. 21,465,

(B'bay) 92 (Morocco) 311

Chloral hyd. (N.Y.) cs. 11 Liquorice-juice (Catania) cs.
Cinchona (Amst.) bis. 546
Cinnamon (Colombo) 1,912 200, pkgs. 122. (M'seilles) cs.

Citric acid (M'seilles) cks. 40 128, (Seville) cs. 105
Liquorioe-root (Spain) 283

Citronella oil (Ceylon) dms. 44 Listerine (N.Y.) cs. 226
Menthol (Japan) cs. 40
Phenazone is obtainable at 70s. per lb. Cloves (B'bav) 484, (Natal, etc.) Milk-powder (R'dam) cs. 120

Phenolphthalein is offering at from 37s. 6d. to 40s. 499 Milk-sugar (Amst.) cs. 60
per lb.
Cochineal (L. Pnlmas) 12
—POTASHES. To arrive Montreal potashes are slightly
Cocoa-butter (Holland) bis. 952, Mineral waters (Trcport) cs.
easier, first forts offering at the equivalent of 145s. laid
cs. 305 1,030
down in London. Coconut oil (Cochin) pps. 72,
Mint oil (Japan) cs. 100
(Ceylon) cks. 151 Musk (Amst.) cs. 5
Cod oil (Kobe) cs. 250 Nutmegs (S'pore) cs. 100
Cod-liver oil (R'dam) es. 100
Quicksilver is firm at from 167. 12s. 6r7. to 16/. 15s. per Colours (Holland) pkgs. 28, Olive oil (Spainl brls. 145,

liottle. cks. 37, (France) pkgs. 21 pkgs. 770, (M'seilles) cks. 42,
Copra (Sydney) sks. 16,658, tons cs. 28. (Boulogne) cs. 17,
—Quinine. A firmer tone is evident in the second-hand
100, (Colombo) bgs. 8.786, (Italy) pps. 100, cs. 145, cks. 8
market, and sales are said to have been made up to 3s. 3(Z.
Orange oil (Spain) cs. 26
per oz. there are buyers at 3s. There is a lar^e export
; (Iloilo) sks. 5.046. (S'pore) Orris (Mogador) 25, (L'horn) 12

inquiry on the market. American is firmer at 95c"!, and the 8,525, (Penang) 7,517 Panopeptone (N.Y.) cs. 160
Coriander-seed (Mogador) pkgs.
.makers' price is 65c. n iminal. Papain (Colombo) cs. 32
Pepper (Colombo) 15, (Java)
Resorcin is very scarce; a limited quantity is offered 4.942
600, (S'pore) 1,870, (Penang)
at from 52s. 6i/. to 55s. per lb. to arrive. Cottonseed oil (A'dria) tons 825
Cream of tartar (B'deaux) cks.
Salicylic Acid is slightly easier in the United States, 1,021
102, (M'seilles) cks. 27, kgs. 68,
this being probably due to competition from this side. On (Palermo) cks. 261, (Durban, Peppermint oil (N.Y.) cs. 101
Perfumery (Dieope) pkgs. 30
'the spot B.P. quality is quoted at 21s.
etc.) cs. 20 Pimento (Halifax) .236
Shellac is firmer at from 80s. to 81s. for usual standard Cumin-seed (Mazagan) 449 Podophvllum-root (C'cutta) bgs.

TN Orange, good 82s., and fine 87s. ; fine Orange is worth Cuttlefish bone (B'bay) 51 169

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January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 61

Potash carb. (N.T.) cks. 9 Divi-divi (Curacao) 1,149 Chemical prod. (Trondhjem) cs. Linseed (B. Ayres) tons 2,110,
Potato starch (Japa.u) bgs. 160, (Dunkirk) bgs. 1,063, bgs. 19,429, (Rosnrio) bgs.
Drugs, etc. (.N. lork) cs. 241, (Christiania) cs. 150, (Dron- 65,619

12,900 pKgs. luo, (Havre) cs. 3u
(Quicksilver (Seville) bott. 5,000.
Dyes (a pure) pkgs. 39, theim) cs. 265 Lithopone (R'dam) cks. 113
(Bilbao) 20, (Auckland) 14
Quinine (Amst.) cs. 82, (Manila) cs. a) Copra (Cebu) tons 3,195 Molasses (Antilla) gallons

(Batavia) cs. 30, (Havre) cs. 2 Egg-yolk (S'ghai) cs. 243 482,225
Rape oil (S'ghai) cks. 362,
Formaldehyde (N.Y.) brls. 62 Cottonseed (A'dria) tons 2,657 Olive-kernels, ground (Leghorn)

Gum acacia (li'oayj bgs. lui Dextrin (R'dam) 50 bgs. 555
Essential oils (Amst.) Rape-seed oil (S'ghai) cks. 600
(Japan) cs. 9,000 (juiu^. unaescrioed (U.C. cs. 10, Soya-beans (Vladivostok) bgs.
cbys. 13
Roots, barks, leaves etc. Africa) bns. no 59.611

(M'seilles) bis. 310, (N.T.) Honey (Chue) brls. 1,299, Formic acid (R'dam) cks. 13
(Curacao) 11, (Frisco) cs. ML
bis. 68 Glycerin (Amst.) dms. 196 Sulphuric acid (Amst.) dms. 50
Rosin (B'deaux) cks. Illipc-nuts (.Vpore) bgs. 6,592
2,319, Kieselguhr (Stavanger) bgs. To Folkestone.— Chemical products (B'logne) pkgs. 14, (Calais)
pkgs. 9; farina (Calais) 278; perfumed spirits (Boulogne) cs. 113-
(Spain) 1,237 perfumery (France) pkgs. 57. To Goole.—Olive oil (Seville) brls!
300. To Grimsby.—Colours (France) pkgs. 322, cks. 338; dyes
Saffron (Valencia) cs. 5 l.oou (France) cks. 20. To Southampton.—Casein (Cherbourg) 100; essen-
Saltpetre (C'cutta) bgs. 4,993
Lime-juice (Deinerara) lids. 43 tial oils (Cherbourg) cs. 14. To Bristol.—Caraway-seed (R'dam)
Sandalwood (Cochin, etc.) bdls. Linseed (B'oay) bgs. l.bai, (it.

117 Plate) o,9^v

Sandalwood oil (A'dria) cs. 3 Lithopone ( N.Y.) brls. 175,

Sarsaparilla (N.Y.) bis. 40 (R'dam) Lo 10; glucose (N.Y.) 2,600.

.Seedlac (C'cutta) bgs. 75 Magnesite, calcined (Linini) bgs. Continental Drug and Chemical Markets.

.Shellac (C'cutta) cs. 1.350, lo.bau raw, tons 3,oU0, (Amst.)
;
(Sabang) bis. 47, cs. 602: 1U0 The following- notes chiefly refer to the Hamburg and
button (C'cutta) 125 garnet Berlin markets under dates of December 1 and 4 :
Milk-powder (N.Y.) cs. 728
; Mineral waters (li bay) cs. 520, Albumen remains firm, and meets with a ready sale at
from m.14 to m.14.50 per kilo. Liquid egg-yolk has been
50 (Kouen) OOU

Soda ash (N.Y.) brls. 125 Mineral white (B'deaux) bgs. sold at m.225 per 100 kilos.
Soda, caustic (Philadel.) dms.
—Alth.ea-eoOT. The crop in Germany appears to be
160 is,loJ

Soda hypo. (Philadel.) kgs. 700, Olibanum (B'bay) cs. 80

(N.Y.) kgs. 235, (Skien) 2.500 Olive oil (Charente) cs. 30, satisfactory.

Soda nitrate (Chile) bgs. 35,150 (M'seilles) cks. olO, (L'horn) —Cascara Sagrada. The demand has suddenly increased
pkgs. 306
Soy (H.-Kong) cks. 150 considerably, and prices have advanced to m.200.
Soya-bean oil (Japan) cs. 4,000 Orehella-weed (Lisbon) 280
Orris (L'horn) 14 Cevadilla remains in active demand, and is not obtain-
Spices (Grenada) pkgs. 392 Palm-kernels (W.C. Africa) bgs.
able under m.225.
Sticklao (C'cutta) 223 44,454
—Citric Acid. The demand has increased, and makers
Sulphur (Catania) pkgs. 14.595 Palm oil (W.C. Africa) cks. 728
Tamarinds (C'cutta) cks. 110 Pepper (Penang) 68, (Java) 250 have advanced their prices to m.14.50 per kilo. In Ham-
Pertumery (Havre) cs. 190
Tartar, crude (M'seilles) bgs. Quebracho ext. (Malta) 885 burg m.13.75 has already been paid, and a further advance

I, 364, cks. 118, (Seville) 122, appears unavoidable.

(Spain) brls. 59 —Gums and Resins. Towards the end of the year business

Tartaric acid (B'denux) cs. 20, Rape-seed oil (S'ghai) cks. 326 is usually quiet, but the standstill began earlier this year.
Rhatany-root (Colon) bis. 5
(M'seilles) cks. 29, cs. 30, Saltpetre (B'bay) bgs. 922 Almost all qualities of Benzoin are still to be had at normal
Soda caustic (N.T.) urns. 818
(L'horn) cks. 140 Soda nitrate (Chile) bgs. 91,875, prices, especially Siam. but the cheaper sorts of Sumatra
are quite cleared. Palembang is obtainable in ordinary
Terpin hydrate (N.Y.) cs. 10 tons 2,340 and finest qualities, but medium fails. The demand for
Turmeric bulbs (B'bay) 95
Soda phosphate (N.Y.) 180
Turpentine (B'deaux) cks. 500, Soy (H -Kong) cks. 200
Soya-bean oil (S'ghai) dms. 400
(Seville) 139 Sulphur (Cat?,nia) brls. 33, bgs. hard sorts of Copal has been rather active, especially for

Valonia (Patras) bgs. 3.794 848, pkgs. 3,027 Congo, which is to be had in large quantities, but ordinary
Tartaric acid (M'seilles) cks. 20, copal is becoming scarce. Other African sorts, such as
Vanilla (B'deaux) cs. 15,
(Naples) brls. 10
(R'dam) cs. 10 Benguela, Zanzibar, Angola, etc., have also been sold in
Wax, bees' (R'dam) pkgs. 34, Wax, bees' (M'seilles) pkgs. 592, small quantities, and there is a large demand for cheapest
Benguela; the demand for Manila copal, soluble in spirit,
(Catania) bgs. 140, (Gibraltar) (Chile) 82, (Rio) 12, (Talca-
bgs. 18, (Sabang) pkgs. 48, huano) 130, (R'dam) 77, has increased, and rather large quantities have been sold.
(Rangoon) 8, (Morocco) cs. 31,
bgs. 19, (M'seilles) pkgs. 220, (S'ghai) cs. 51, (W.C. Africa) Trade with Holland has come to a standstill, as the prices
asked are too high to permit of business : now and then
(Calcutta) cs. 64 bgs. 117, (Algiers) 8, (Genoa)
endeavours are being made to purchase copal for delivery
Wood oil (S'ghai) cks. 59 13 after the war. Damar has been in active demand, espe-
cially the cheaper Padang and Singapore sorts, which are
7.inc oxide (R'dam) cks. 839

To Lircrpool. Whale oil (St. John's, N.F.)

Acetic acid (N.Y.) brls. 30, brls. 950, (So. Georgia) 8,239 rather cheaper. The better Batavia sorts were less active,
Zinc oxide (N.Y.) brls. 870,
(Philadel.) brls. 168 and first and selected Padang have also been sold in small
(R'dam) 225 quantities only. The demand for Gamboge has diminished,
Albumen (S'ghai) cs. 115
Alcohol (N.Y.) dms. 1,000 To Manchester. —but prices are unchanged. Sandarac. The cheaper grades

Aniline dyes (B'bay) cs. 450 Acetic acid (N.Y.) brls. 140, are in active demand, and large quantities have been sold.

Aniline-paste (M'seilles) cks. (Boston) brls. 84 brls. 280, Business is quiet in Shellac, and prices are even a little

324 Alum (Philadel.) lower. On December 4 the prices were : TN from m.260 to

Anise (M'seilles) bgs. 47 (Boston) 1,334 m. 265. first Orange from m.300 to m.310, "lemony" from
Antimony ore (Chile) bgs.
Aniline dyes (N.Y.) pkgs. 6 m. 325 to m.340; AC Garnet from m.290 to m.295 ; German
II, 665, (B. Ayres) 667
Antimony reg. (H.-Kong) cs. 106 Arachide oil (R'dam) cks. 60 Garnet lacs are obtainable at from m.250 to m.260. The
Arachis oil (S'ghai) cks. 1,200, Calcium carbide (Christiania)
demand for Stearins pitch has fallen off, owing to the use
dms. 150 dms. 100, (M'treal) dms. 900,
(Namsos) 1.000 —of substitutes.
Arsenic (N.Y.) kgs. 224 Oils (Essential). Star-anise is to be had at m.14.50.
Balsams (Manaos, etc.) cs. 17 Caraway-seed (R'dam) 100
Barytes (N.Y.) brls. 70 Carbon black (Philadel., etc.) Cassia, is unchanged. Clare is still quoted at m.20.
Bcric acid (L'horn) 34
Calamus-root (R'dam) brls. 14 cs. 430, brls. 250 Globulus Eucalyptus is very active at m.5.50. Ceylon
C'alcium acetate (M'treal) bgs.
Chamomiles (Rouen) bis. 3 Lemonf/rass is still quoted at m. 6.50. Menthol remains in
1.176 very active demand at m.55. Japanese Mint oil is no
Colza oil (Philadel.) 130 longer to be had under from m.24 to m.25; American
Calcium borate (Chile) 4,336
Casein (Nantes) 50 Farina (R'dam) pkgs. 6,562 fails. Siberian Pine-needle oil has advanced to m.4.50,
Chemical prod. (N.Y.) cs. 40, Formaldehyde (N.Y.) brls. 137
Formic acid (R'dam) cks. 8, —owing to increased demand.
(Bordeaux) cks. 17, (Paris) cs. Oils (Fixed) and Fats. According to a decree of the
31 cbys. 85 German Diet of November 8 all existing stocks of fixed

Cliillies (B'bay) bgs. 20 Glucose (N.Y.) brls. 40 oils of vegetable or animal origin exceeding 10 cwt. have
Citric acid (Palermo) brls. 76 Lead acetate (R'dam) cks. 21,
Cochineal (L. Palmas) 372 been commandeered by the Government. Of the stocks of
Cccoa-butter (Baltimore) cs. 200, (N.Y.) 117
fixed oils which have been taken over by the War Com-
(R'dam) 50 Lithopone (N.Y.) 200
Coconut oil (M'seilles) cks. 153,
Magnesite (R'dam) 100 mittee for the supply of fats and oils according to this
(Colombo) pps. 342, (Java) cs. Perfumery (N.Y.) 4

1,000 Phosphorus (M'treal) cs. 170 decree, only the smaller stocks of technical olive oil for
Potash (M'treal) brls. 4
Cod-liver oil (Stavanger) brls. cosmetic purposes, castor oil, and refined rape oil can bo
10, (Oporto) cks. 29 Soda acetate (N.Y.) brls. 114 traded in without official sanction. The scarcity of all
Soda bisulphite (Boston) brls. 80 other fixed oils and fats has therefore become alarming, as
Cod oil (St. John's, N.F.) brls. Soda caustic (Philadel.) dms.
the decree includes all large stocks of sesame, earthnut,.
451 275

Colours (R'dam) bgs. 100 Soda chlorate (M'treal) dms. crude rape, olive oil for food-purposes, olein, coconut,
Copra (Java) 213 tallow, stearine, woolfat, and all sorts of whale oil. Con-
Cottonseed oil (S'ghai) dms. 282 125. (Go'burg) kgs. 80, (Tre-
Cream of tartar (Oporto) cks. 10 port) cks. 50 sequently the prices of the small quantities that are still
Cyanamide (Stavanger) bgs.
Soda perborate (N.Y.) brls. 40 available for free trade have advanced considerably. Im-
3,750 Tartar emetic (N.Y.) cks. 12 mediately after the decree had been issued the following
prices had to be paid:. Castor oil, first pressing, from
Dill-seed (B'bay) bgs. 300 To Hull. m.440 to m.460; second pressing, from m.420 to m.440. Cod-

Barytes (Leghorn) brls. 23 liver oil (D.A.B.V.), from m.410 to m.415 yellow non-
Caraway-seed (Holland) bgs. 95 ;

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62 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

congealing Cod-liver oil, from m.370 to m.375. Eartltnut

oil, from in. 360 to m.400. Linseed oil, from m.365 to m.375.

Olive oil, from m.350 to m.475. according to quality. Poppy-

seed oil. from m.380 to m.400. Refined Rapeseed oil. from

m.320 t<> in.340 Sesame oil. from m.400 to m.450, and for

ordinary Whale oil from m.250 to m.300 per 100 kilos.

—QriLLAlA. Quiet whole is offered at m.135 and cut at Letters for this section should be written on one side of the
;
paper only. The writer may adopt an assumed name for
—m.140.
Soda Salts. Caustic has been advanced by makers by purposes of publication, but he must in all cases furnish his

m.l per 100 kilos. Prices arc m.23 for 60-per-cent., m.24 real name and address to the Editor.

for 70-per-cent.. m.26 for 80-per-cent., m. 27.50 for 90-pcr-

cent., and m.29.50 for 100-per cent. Bicarbonate has also

been advanced by m.l per 100 kilos., but is only obtainable Advertised Proprietary-prices in the Colonies.

in very limited quantities; prices are m. 22 for depurated —Sir. At the last meeting of the Central Committee of

and m.34 far c.p. Carbonate has been advanced by m.0.25 tin' Metropolitan Chemists' Association of Victoria I was

per 100 kilos, at from m.7.75 to m.8.25 per 100 kilos. Cal- requested to write to you in regard to the following matter :

cined soda has been advanced by m.l at from in. 13 to ni.14, The proprietors and manufacturers of British proprietary-

according- to quantity. medicines almost invariably advertise the British retail

Spermaceti has become very scarce, and is dearer at —selling-price of their goods when advertising these in

from m.360 to m.365 per 100 kilos. Australasian papers. Very often and, in fact, in most

TARTARIC Aero is very firm; crystals are m.7 and powdered —cases the wholesale price here is as much and more than

m.7.25 per kilo. the advertised retail price of the article. This has been a

Thymol remains at m.80 per kilo. sourco of continual annoyance for many years to both
—Vanillin. Second-hands are almost cleared prices are
; chemists and customers, and we trust that something can,

— Astill from m.96 to in. 98 per kil<>. —be done in the matter. Yours faithfully,

Waxes. large quantity of Chilian has lx-cn sold for A. L. J. Peters.

(manufacturing-purposes. Carnauba is quiet, and only Melbourne, November 5. Hon. General Secretary.

small quantities were sold in November. Fatty grey and [What have the manufacturers to say about this? It
seems a genuine grievance. Editor C. tfc 2>.]
yellow are still to be had in sufficient quantities, but current

grey is unobtainable. Japanese is firmer and higher; for Apothecaries' Assistants.

prompt, m. 290 has lieen paid. Montan remains neglected, —Sir, Please allow me to correct a word in my letter

although offered at lower prices. which appears in the C. <t- D. this week. Where " neither
we " appears, " neither I " should be read. Referring to
Japanese Tariff.
your interesting note, may I be allowed to say that I ask
According to statements which have appeared in the
Japanese Press the Government, propose to modify the simply to have the prescription dispensed as written? If
import tariff on the following drugs and chemicals (the
figures in parentheses represent the present rates): Sandal- Section 4 (b) requires that qualification necessarily accom-
wood oil, y.100 per 100 kin (free); sandalwood. Santalum
album, free (y.3.85) ; other sandalwood, v. 3. 85 (p. 3.85) : panies registration, I shall have little or no objection if

citric acid, y.27.60 (y. 18.40) ; borax, free (v.1.00) ; quinine the Court awards what the law allows. If the Pharma-
sulphate, y. 60.00 (y.i35.00) ; tincture of opium, y.0.73 per
litre (y.29.00 per 100 kin); pepsin, 60 per cent, ad vol. ceutical Society seeks, by new legislation, powers to form &
(20 per cent, ad val.) ; lactic acid, hydrogen peroxide, coca- register of apothecaries' assistants, some little objection may
leaves, 30 per cent, ad val. (not specified).
be raised and the serious injustice further prolonged.

December 27. Noblesse Oblige. (78/25.)

Newfoundland Cod-liver Oil. —Sir, The claims made for registration by unqualified

Restrictions by th© Newfoundland Government on the persons have been very fully discussed in your columns,
export of cod-liver oil were announced on December 17. and it does not appear that any further good reasons have
Because information had been received that a large quan-
tity of oil had found its way to Germany, the Government been put forward to show why these persons should be

cancelled all the licences under which traders formerly given pharmaceutical registration without doing the neees^
sary work to that end. Your correspondent " Noblesse
exported the product. Hereafter oil may be sent to the
Oblige " advises correspondents to read Section 4 (b). I
United States only if consigned to the British Consul-
leave him to the gentle admonition administered by the
Generals at New York or Boston, or to a few firms which
editorial pen. With reference to the remarks on " wire-
have been endorsed by the Consulates. Arrangements have
been made for the supervision by the Consuls of any re- mepulling." it is sufficient for to state that this Associa-
shipments made from the United States toother countries.
The normal export of cod-liver oil from Newfoundland is tion possesses abundant proof that th© "rendering sterile"
about 87,500 gals, per annum, valued at $300,000.
process has not deceived many public authorities.

Yours faithfully,

Geo. W. Gibson.

Hon. Secretary, Public Pharmacists' and

Dispensers' Association.

Japanese Caustic Soda. —Sir, The Future of Insurance Dispensing.

H.M. Vice-Consul at Osaka reports, in the "Board of Most trades have received a war bonus we have
Trade Journal," that a company has been formed in Osaka, ;
with u capital of 350.000 yen (about 35,700?. at par), for the
electrolytic manufacture of caustic soda, and intends to clamoured for ours, and are getting it in the New Year,
erect a factory in Kyushiu. The salt used will be Kwantung
monopoly salt, the price of which for industrial purposes is Webut it is the Irishman's rise. are a weak-kneed lot if

63 sen per 100 kin (about Is. 1^7. per ewt,), but it is under- we stand it, and to improve matters there is a paragraph

stood that a much cheaper rate has been arranged. The going the round of the newspapers saying that for the
machinery is to be Japanese. As a by-product bleaching-
powder will be obtained, and one criticism of the scheme future chemists' accounts will be paid in full, and giving
is that more of this will be produced than can be profitably
sold. [There is a great European scarcity. Editor.] An the idea, that we shall be doing better than ever out of it.
output of 300,000 lb. of caustic soda per month is spoken
of, but the plans, howr ever, have not so far progressed I am pleased to see that some of the decent chemists are
beyond the discussion stage. At present there are two com-
panies manufacturing caustic soda by the Leblanc process coming off the panel ; they are helping their poorer
in Japan—one at Yamaguchi, and the other (which is mainly
engaged in making fertilisers) at Tokio. According to a brethren by the stand they are making. Why should we
newspaper report, these companies produce about 6.O00.000
and 700.000 kin respectively (about 3,500 and 40 tons per not all come off? The bogeys that have been dangled

annum), but little reliance is to be placed on these figures. before us to frighten us are only in our imagination;

It is said that the main difficulties in the way of manufac- neither Messrs. Boots nor the doctors would dare to take
turing soda products in Japan are (1) the price of salt, and
on the dispensing if we said that it was impossible to
(2) the absence of allied industries, which would cheapen
give good service at the prices. I get prescriptions for 1 lb.
costs by providing a. market both for the purchase of mate-
cotton-wool ; I suppose I shall have to supply this for
rial and the sale of by-products.
0.8 of a penny. Also such as 1 cloz. 2^-in. bandages, again
—Chinese Camphor. The exports from Foochow during
for the same princely remuneration, and the same for
1914 amounted to 50 piculs, valued at 3,548 Hk. taels,
12 yards 3-in. elastic web. Again. I may have ordered
against 207 piculs, valued at 14,700 Ilk. taels, in 1913. 16 oz. emu Is. petrol, o. hypoph., and may have to get my

boy to wash a dirty bottle and to supply corks, labels,

wrapping -p.aper, and smiles for 1.8cZ. In business where

I am on three Insurance panels they all have stock

mixtures, and I shall have to keep all these and supply

any of them along with bottle-washing, etc., for 1.8d. I

may have a doctor near me who in his spare time reads

the B.P.C. and orders insufflat. menthol, co. or nebula?

benzoin, co., and I shall have to supply these for 1.8d. ; or

it may be pil. codeines gr. i, send 48, for which I shall

again get 1.8(7. I have always sold the best quality of

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Januaey 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST

malt and c.l.o. I could possibly get ; now I shall have to and pricing proposal and the Q.8d. establishment-charge.

Mystock a special quality and get 1.8cZ. for doing it. What is the Pharmaceutical Society doing to admit such a
old master always taught me that I should use the very
proposition? One hears much about it being jiersona grata

best ingredients in the dispensing of medicines for the with the Insurance Commission. I wonder if it is a party

sick ; now the State tells me I must no longer use to the expensive " price-checking " bureau which the Society
Howards' sodii bicarb., ammon. carb., etc. Our stately
proposes to set up in order to check the work of these

Pharmaceutical Society advise us to accept these terms, girls? The whole thing would be amusing if it were not

and to do this class of dispensing, and we have the serious. Yours faithfully.

spectacle of the members of the Lancashire Pharmaceutical Country Chemist. (78/13.)

Executive going down to Lancaster to persuade the chemists Subscribers' Symposium.
there (whom many poor Lancashire chemists are proud
&For interchange of opinion among " C. D." readers, and brief
of) not to come off the panel. Into what a high calling
notes on business and practical topics, especially new ideas.
Wehave our leaders come ! are told that with patience

and perseverance we may get another O.ld. added to the

establishment fee, although in the same sentence they say

it is impossible, and it ought to be nearer 0.4rf. than 0.8e?. Ai>prceiations.

What a mountain of effort is being put forth to bring " I remember the first copy of the C. & D., and also the
such a small result ! In the meantime I am finding my
ready-money customers coming into my shop and. seeing a —lists before it was in print. As years have rolled on the

few Insurance customers in, going out and spending their trade has had its 'leading beacon' in the C. & D."

money with my next-door competitor rather than wait J. S. S. (73/29).

their turn. It has been said that this is a fair Tariff as " Received with thanks your praiseworthy Diary for 1916.

between chemist and chemist. What about the chemist Wishing you, your staff, and all connected with the C. D.<£•

whose prescriptions average about 8d. for ingredients and a Prosperous New Year. The G. D.<£• is one of my

one whose prescriptions average 1-gd. ? He gets no more. esteemed book friends." L. Mieldleton.

Also have our friends in the wholesale considered whither " ' Felon,' or ' Fellon,'

this new Tariff is tending ? It must be lowest possible according to the Whitby Glossary, and in my own experi-
prices and co-operative buying. What we ought to try for
ence, is the name given in Yorkshire to a disease in cows
is not O.ld. on the establishment-charge, but 10 per cent, caused by cold and checked perspiration. Its first symptoms

on cost of drugs and higher dispensing-fees. are tightness and soreness of the skin, especially about the
loins and back. The cow flinches when handled. The udder
Yours respectfullv,

Disgusted. (72/38.) is often enlarged and thickened, and I have seen, but not

—Sir, Writing a year ago in these columns, I pointed out (as far as I remember) heard, the disease called yuer-
fellon when this happens ; if lameness ensues the name
that one-third was not a living profit to the chemist; that
given to it is cripple-fellon. Fellon-drinks were in great
the yield of the Tariff was more than that figure, and if it
demand in the neighbourhood in which most of my

"were not so the chemist could not continue service as dis- veterinary experience was obtained they wero of a very
;

penser to the nation. The prognostication lias proved various composition, but (for simple fellon) all of the

•wrong ; an establishment-charge of 0.8cZ. means one-third —same general character warming and stimulating. The

profit only where the average cost of prescriptions to the udder of the cow is there popularly known as the ' elder,'

•chemist is 2%d. where the average cost is more than 2^d. and, partly on this account perhaps, elder ointment is in
;

the percentage profit decreases pro rata, to increased cost, favour as a local application, but I believe ung. althsese,

and vice versa. In how many places will the average pre- or what the wholesale houses supply as such, answers better,

scription-cost be 2i<7. or less? And when this happens what and neatsfoot oil better still." Xrayser II.
will bo the total amount accruing from dispensing-fee and
Plaster-of-Paris Medallions.
the 0.8(7.? Will the latter yield a living wage? There
Mr. G. Frohlich, Bulak, Egypt, sends us details of the
can be little doubt that in the majority of areas 2$d. will manufacture of plaster-of-Paris medallions from picture
postcards, which we give as they differ somewhat from those
be exceeded, but resignations from the panel have not supplied by Mr. V. Renneboog (C. <& D., December 18,

occurred in large numbers. What has induced the continued p. 63): "The coloured or monotone picture postcards are

service ? I consider that it is the palpable anxietv of the placed in water in order to separate the topmost layer of
paner from the cardboard. The picture is then cut out by
Pharmaceutical Society to make chemists accept willy nilly.
following the outlines closely, and again placed in water.
Councillors were sent to address demurring local Associa-
A clean plate or dish (round or oval) is wetted with water,
tions, and their success in overcoming the opposition is
preferably soapy water, and the picture placed in the dish,
not likely to impress the lay mind favourably, so far as face downwards, and firmly pressed down with a cloth. The

chemists are concerned. In ordinary business income is plaster of Paris is now stirred into water to a thin paste
secured by percentage profit on turnover : if the quantity <ind poured over the picture in the plate. After from one
to three hours carefully loosen the edge of the plaster and
or value of the article b© great it may happen that the
shake the medallion out of the mould. If this does not
percentage profit is lower, but the net amount of profit succeed, the plate should bo placed under water, when the

will be greater than on a smaller quantity or value. The medallion becomes loose after about five minutes. It is left
to dry, a hole is bored through at the top, and a coloured
lay mind is being impressed with the idea that in the ribbon drawn through, when it is ready to be hung on the

•drug-trade this principle is unsound; it may have existed wall. A fastener for hanging up can, if preferred, be
from time immemorial, but in fact it costs no more to run pressed in when the plaster is poured into the mould."

an establishment turning over 1,000/. (say) than one doing

"half the amount. Put this argument in the most favour-

able light. From the layman's point of view 5 gr. of

cocaine or other expensive drug is as easilv handled as

5 gr. of zinc sulphate or other low-priced item, or a The Late Sir Henry E. Boseoe, F.R.S.

pound of cotton-wool as an ounce; therefore the establish- " I had the pleasure of meeting Sir Henry Roscoe in

ment-charge should be the same in each case. The result of Rome in 1906. He was there as a British representative at

this will probably be that chemists -dispensing prescriptions the Sixth International Congress of Applied Chemistry.

of consistently high valuo will be disgusted with the re- He looked the good old English gentleman to the life
hale, hearty, robust in body and speech. He confided to
muneration, and where the value is low the sum total
receipts, although the percentage profit may sound well, will me the information that the Congress was_ but an excuse

l>e disappointing. This penalising of the dispenser of high- —for repeating the honeymoon feat climbing of Mount
—Etna which, however, was fated not to be, as Lady
value prescriptions may lead to a better understanding
Roscoe fell in the hotel and broke her leg. The
between doctor and chemist, both of whose interests now Congress was held in the new Palace of Justice,

are to keep 'the drug-bill down. The most striking illustra- an imposing edifice on the Trastevere or St. Peter side

tion of the views of the lay mind as to the professional of the Tiber. Modern Romans still take the Colosseum as

side of the chemist is shown in the proposal for pricing the architectural standard, forgetful of the gulf between
ancient Rome, which held the world in fee, and the modern
prescriptions at centra} bureaus. It is suggested that quite already overtaxed city. The Palace was specially opened

young girls can be trained to do this m'icing. Usually an to contain the Concress. and was found to be unsuited. as

apprenticeship of four or five years is required to fit a —in no chamber could an add"3SS be heard. The acoustics

person as a junior assistant, but with these young girls a had never been considered; all rooms had to be wired not
before, however, the ' Travaso ' (Rome's ' Punch ') re-
—day or two must suffice ; the training must be complete and
marked on the fact that Justice, usually represented as
the pricing completed within the month "not a. day less blind, was now proved to be also deaf and dumb and

or a day more,'' arc the words used in the circular. Per- possessed only of touch. This hit at the corrupt contractors
haps the suggestion has the same origin as the " stock-
mixture " clause, which met with opposition from practical

people, but which, nevertheless, is enforced. The same

influential opinion is represented in the prescription reading

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64 THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST January 1, 1916

convulsed Rome. Professor Moissan, the French chemist —WeA. M. L. (78/2). think you should continue the use

and a great friend of Sir Henry Roscoe, created a great stir of the laxative, but it might be varied e.g., by the addi-

with his address on ' The Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen.' tion of g gr. of phenolphthalein to half the dose that you

Tho Congress was frequently entertained by the Municipio have been accustomed to take. You yourself are the best

sometimes indoors, as in the Capitol: sometimes outdoors, judge of how much and when the dose should be taken,

—as on tho Palatine that hill covered with the ruins of the but it is not advisable to stop it altogether, especially as

many Caesars' palaces over against the Capitol; but, alas! benefit and no harm results from it.

the weather was rarely propitious for the outside functions. A. W. P. (78/18).— Hot water with a. dash of alkali in it
is what is universally used by wholesale druggists to clean
The ladies turned out in their gayest attire, to be treated returned empty bottles, and this suffices for most of them.

to a sudden and unexpected shower so frequently was this A few recalcitrants, however, must be treated according to
;
the nature of the matter that soils them e.g., see note in
the case that Sir Henry Roscoe, in the midst of a sheltering
C. & D., December 11, p. 46.
group, remarked to Moissan, ' Dear Professor, that address
—It. K. (78/8). Bookkeeping. The following answer your
of yours on fixation of atmospheric nitrogen was fine ; but,
inquiries as to points in bookkeeping upon which you are
dear Professor, to oblige the ladies, couldn't you find some
way of fixing the atmospheric moisture also? ' " J. T. I). uncertain : (1) If closing books at end of December, it
should be seen that any liability for goods had up to that
(E 19/26). date is included ; therefore statements received showing an
amount due for goods to, say, December 31 must be
Legal Queries.
included in such balance-sheet. (2) Accounts received {i.e.,
Th; majority of difficulties in regard to trade law are explained cash) after December 31 should not be included as receipts
in the legal section of " The Chemist and Druggist Diary," for December, as they have not been received in December.
1916, beginning on rage 34J- The cash-book should be closed on December 31, and the
balance, whatever it is, brought down.
—/. II. B. (77/67). Medical prescriptions are the property
—Optimus (80/50). If hydrokinone is used instead of
of the persons who receive them from medical practitioners,
resorcin in hair-lotions, one result will be a change in the
unless there is a specific agreement to the contrary, as in
colour of the hair, which you are likely to regret, as it may
the ease of Insurance Act prescriptions. The whole position be of chameleon hue, and the customer may want damages.
is stated in " The Art of Dispensing," pp. 3 and 4.
Retrospect of Fifty Years Ago.
—Back Door- (68/14). A owned two adjoining houses. In
Reprinted from " The Chemist and Druggist." Jan. 15, 1866.
the wall separating the two yards there is a door, and for
upwards of twenty years the occupier of the right-hand Ourselves and our Supporters.

house has been in the habit of going through the door to Tho last-born son of Time, this promising One Thousand

the side passage of the left-hand house. A some years ago Eight Hundred and Sixty-six, finds us firmly established as

sold tho left hand house to his son. Subsequently, about the organ of the Chemists and Druggists of the United

three years ago. A sold the right-hand house to " Back Kingdom, and we hopefully commence a new volume with

Door," the conveyance stipulating that there should be no the assurance that the (opinions we have expressed on
right of way across the adjoining land, and requiring
" Back Door " to wall up the door between the yards within certain trade questions during the past year have been accept-

three months. Upon request, however, A gave verbal per- able to the majority of our supporters. Every post brings

mission to " Back Door " to leave the door, if his son did not letters which convince us that we must preserve our inde-
object. Since that time " Back Door " has used tho door,
pendence if we wish to retain our present subscribers. . . .
during one fortnight only, as a means of fetching water.
" Back Door " has now been order»d by the executrix of A, In conclusion, we will say a few words about our arrange-
who has died, and by A's son, to wall up the door. Can he
resist the demand either on the ground of the lapse of time ments for the present year. Owing to the space taken up

since he covenanted to do the work, or upon the ground by our correspondence, this number cannot be offered as a
that' he has' a right of way through the door to the side- fair specimen of what we intend to supply. Many distin-
passage of the adjoining premises? "Back Door" also
guished practical pharmacists have promised to write for
i
us, and we have every reason to suppose that their original
asks what is a party wall. [Upon the facts at our disposal,
we are of opinion that " Back Door " can be compelled to contributions will make our seventh volume, specially

brick up the doorway. We do not consider that he could interesting. Our list of writers mow includes the well-known

establish a right of way, and that the permission to leave names of T. B. Groves, F.C.S., Harry N. Draper, F.C.S.,
the door, having been verbal and for " Back Door's
W. W. Stoddart, F.G.S., Henry Matthews, F.C.S., and
benefit, has not removed his liability under the conveyance AJ. C. Braithwaite.
brief but suggestive note from one
to do the work. In the ordinary way a party wall is one
of these gentlemen appears in the present number. In
in which the owners of adjoining properties each have ar

interest, so that neither can make alterations to the wal

without the permission of the other.]

our next Mr. Brough will commence a short series of articles

Miscellaneous Inquiries. on the application of the modern chemical nomenclature to

When samples are sent particulars should be supplied to us as to the compounds of the Pharmacopoeia.

their origin, what they are, what they are used for and how. Fifty Years After.

We do not undertake to analyse and report upon proprietary The foregoing quotation would form an excellent text

articles nor to publish supposed formulas for them. for reminiscence were such appropriate in this place; but,

We do not as a rule repeat information which has been given in this while, avoiding the temptation, we cannot resist noting

section daring the past twelve months, but give the reference the remarkable coincidence that fifty years ago British

to the issues in which the information may be found. If Pharmacy recognised that the independence of The
querists cannot refer to these, they may obtain the numbers
Chemist and Druggist is a trade asset of distinct value.
&from the " C. D." Office at the published price, usually 6d.
As in 1865, so in 1915 the trade entered upon a critical

period : then it was statutory control of the qualifications

of pharmaceutical traders which agitated pharmacists

—<}. W. (60/23). Tallow-bleaching. It is sodium peroxido now it is Ministerial and official control of the remunera-

that is employed as a source of nascent oxygen in the tion for their professional services and even of buying and
We believe the
process to which you refer. selling that forms the fateful issue.

G. It. (72/37).—The objection to the use of trichb-- majority of the trade now, as then, desire independent,

report and comment. These it is our business to provide.

ethylene and tetrachlorethylene for killing lice in huts is the It is fitting also that in this, the first issue of a new year
and a new era for the C. <t- D., we should place on record
same as that, which has been experienced in aeroplane-

factories, where several persons who have breathed the our gratification that subscribers, old and new, have given

vapour have died from a peculiar affection of the liver. the be?t> possible testimony to the esteem in which they

Considering that you cannot ensure that the huts will be hold The Chemist and Druggist by prompt and willing

well ventilated after use of the trichlorethylene in them, payment of the increased subseriotion-rate necessitated by

it would be inadvisable to sell it for the purpose of killing incidence of the Post Office and Telegraph Act, 1915. The

lice. We have printed during the past year many sug- result, is that we begin the new year with a paid sub-

gestions for combating lice, and apparently the trichlor- scription-list, that is numerically better than before, which

ethylene idea has come from the Germans (see C. <k D., is remarkable in view of the publishing experience that

WeNovember 27, p. 42). consider the simplest and safest increased subscription usually means decreased circula-

way to treat the huts is to burn sulphur in them, and tion. We thank our supporters for making the C. & D. a

after that the walls might be brushed with paraffin oil. proof to the contrary.

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Silversides, R. B. G.
Evans Sons Leseher &
Webb (Lim.) Southall Bros. &• Barclay.

Ferris & Co. Sumner, R , & Co.
Gale & Co.
Taylor, James.
Glasgow Apothecaries' Co. Thompson, John (Lim.)

Glasgow New Apothe- Willows, Francis. Butler

caries' Co. & Thompson (Lim.)
Woolley, Jas., Sons & Co.
Goodall, Backhouse & Co.
Barker, Stagg & Morgan (Lim.)

(Lim.) Wright, Layman & Um-

Harkness, Beaumont & ney (Lim.)

Co. Wyleys (Lim.)

Hatrick, W. & R., & Co.

Barry, E. J., New York. McKesson & Bobbins, New

Carter, Carter ic Kilham, York.

Boston. Muth Brothers & Co.,

Finlay & Branswig New Baltimore.
:
Orleans. Roller & Shoemaker.

Langley & Michaels, San Philadelphia.

Francisco. Schieffelin, W. H., & Co.,
New York.
Lehn & Fink, New
Shoemaker, R., & Co..
York.
Philadeluhia.

FOR PROMPT AND FORWARD PURE, WELL-SIFTED, RUSSIAN

DELIVERY— LYCOPODIUM

ACETANILIDB is sold by
ACETIC ACID 80 % & Glacial
ACID SALICYLIC &The White Sea Baltic Co.
BROMIDES
&P. I. Danischewsky (Russia) Ltd.
HEXAMINE
METHYL SALICYLATE BILLITER SQUARE BUILDINGS,
PHENAZONE
SALOL LONDON - E.C.
SODA SALICYLATE
BROMIDES
SEND YOUR INQUIRIES TO-
AMMONIUM SODIUM
THE FABRA COMPANY
POTASSIUM
LTD.
SILVER PROTEINATE
24 MINORIES, LONDON, E.
Inquiries invited for prompt delivery
46 Vicar Lane. 64 Fountain Street, 54 Cordon St.
DUB,A. 56 City Rd., LONDON, EX.
BRADFORD. MANCHESTER. GLASGOW.

And at NEW YORK.

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST VII

lUPPIiEHElfT

SANTONINE

Pure CRYSTALS

— =Exclusive Exporter from Russia to the whole world :

GOLDBERGI. L. (Petrograd, Wilna, Odessa).

=H London Representative:

TOLKOWSKY, MS. 84FordwychRoad, Brondesbury, N.W.

Telephone No. : 7572 Hampatead.

STOCKS IN LONDON, PETROGRAD AND VLADIVOSTOK. M

iJIIIIIIinillllllll Manufacturers of

1 BECKER, SHILLAN & CO., I VANILLIN

40 EASTCHEAP, EX.

I:

I IMPORT & EXPORT MERCHANTS.

CHEMICALS, Terpinhydrate

I| ALL KINDS.
PHARMACEUTICAL
AND TECHNICAL Thymol, B.P.

I DRUGS, OILS. ! Heliotropine
Terpineol
SALICYLATES BROMIDES Iso-Eugenol
TARTARIC ACID CITRIC ACID
ORRIS ROOT Oil Pimento, B.P.
CREAM OF TARTAR OLIVE OIL Oil Oxidised Turpentine
ADEPS LANAE Terpinolene, &c.
HONEY
MAG. SULPH.

Tele.: Aven. 5333. Telegrams: VERONA CHEMICAL CO.

,, 5334. "Beckdietz." NORTH NEWARK, N.J„ U.S.A.

And at 15 STANLEY STREET, LIVERPOOL. |§ Cable Address : " Key shir Newark.'' Code : ABC, Sth Edition.

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viii THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST January 1, 1916

Nl l'I'l K TI K \

FIRST HANDS

BOTANICIN DRUGS,
CRUDE, MILLED, PRESSED.
SPECIALTIES:

ROOTS : Senega, Serpentaria, Mandrake, Leptandna, Angelica, Gelsemium, Sanguinaria, Blue Flag,

Gossypium, Hydrastis.

BARKS : Wild Cherry, Sassafras, Bayberry, Viburnum, Cascara, Elm, Wahoo.
HERBS & LEAVES Deer Tongue, Grindelia, Lobelia, Bonset, Catnip, etc.

S. B. PENICK & COMPANY,
IMPORTERS and EXPORTERS - • MARION, N.C, U.S.A. The Initial Source of Supply.
NEW YORK : 45 Barclay Street.
Cable Address: "INITIAL MARION."

BANDOENG QUININE FACTORIES

BANDOENG, JAVA. AMSTERDAM.
|

QUININE AND QUININE SALTS SUGAR-COATED TABLETS.
QUALITY AND COLOUR UNSURPASSED.

FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES APPLY TO BANDOENG QUININE FACTORIES.

Telegrams : " Kininefabriek Bandoeng." BANDOENG, I AMSTERDAM,
" Semadmy, Amsterdam."
JAVA. Keizersgracht 173.

|

ROQUES,- IMS - Ferdinand PARIS. Factory: St. OUEN.

Manufacturer of PURE PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMICALS.

GOLD MEDALS I PARIS. 18SS, WOO. GRAND PRIX I TURIN, »Tl

COCAIN, PILOCARPIN, SPARTEIN. "ROQUES."

OTHER SPECIALITIES: Refined Camphor, Iodides, Iodoform. Iodothymol,

Bromide., Bromoform, Bismuth Salts, CACODYLATES, METHYLARSENATES.

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE U.K. (Whole.Je o-ly): Td(>Uai „ AYflTOB 4SM,

W. CHARITY & SONS, 14 Harp Lane, London, EX. BT^WLfflHK

Ampoule Files HENRI PELLIOT & CIE,

I

2P rue des Francs Bourgeois, Paris.

j

THE GREATEST PRODUCTION 1 CREAM OF TARTAR 98/99%
IN THE WORLD.
CITRIC ACID
THE BEST. THE CHEAPEST.
TARTARIC ACID
—Prices and Samples sent on application to
SIM LTD., Morges, Switzerland. ALL ALKALOIDS & CHEMICALS.

Major CyuiTj Savkf.y. late Royal Artillery. General Manager. 1 Telegrams: " CHARPELLIO, PARIS."

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST IX
SUPPIEMEST

Antimeningitis Serum Mulford

For the Treatment of Cerebrospinal Meningitis

The use of Antimeningitis Serum has been placed on a secure basis by the scientific work of Flexner and others
at the Rockefeller Institute, and confirmed by extensive clinical observations. The mortality of the disease is
reduced from the usual rate, between 70 and 9o per cent., to about 25 per cent. As with other curative serums, it is
essential that Antimeningitis Serum be used early and in sufficiently large dosage. The serum must be introduced

directly into the spinal canal, as absorption of fluids from the general circulation into the spinal canal is extremely
slow, and it is essential that the serum in high concentration be brought in direct contact with the diplococcus if
the best results are to be obtained.

Meningo-Bacterin Mulford

(Meningococcus Vaccine) Mulford

and

Meningo - Serobacterin

(Sensitised Meningococcus Vaccine)

For Immunisation Against Cerebrospinal Meningitis

In J anuary, 1913, 68 cases of cerebrospinal meningitis with 44 deaths occurred in Dyer County, Tennessee. During
the epidemic there was a total of 145 cases with 80 deaths.

—Results of Immunisation with Meningo-Bacterin. Over 10,000 persons were immunised with Meningo-

Bacterin. No cases of cerebrospinal meningitis were reported among those receiving the full immunising

treatment.

H. K. MULFORD COMPANY, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

Manufacturing and Biologictl Chemists,

LONDON: 119 HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.

Distributing Agents • THOMAS CHRISTY & CO., Old Swan Lane, London. E.C.

We make a specialty of the (famptoris

manufacture of Sp ecialities

GLYCEROPHOS- JoHMCpampton ® G> Lxd

PHATE OF SODIUM Telephone 357-9 Deansgate, Te^^amf
MANCHESTER4964 Central
IN FORM OF PURE CRYSTALS. Manchester ' . Manchester.
ALSO ANHYDROUS POWDER.
B
WE J1LSO MANUFACTURE

GLYCEROPHOSPHATE
OF CALCIUM, PURE

(Free from added acid or other impurities)

GLYCEROPHOSPHATE
OF POTASSIUM 75%
GLYCEROPHOSPHATE

OF SODIUM 75%

Monsanto Chemical Works,

ST. LOUIS, Mo., U.S.A.

Manufacturer* alto of Phenacetirt, Phenolp
thaltin. Vanillin, Coumarin and Saccharin

THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

*l IM'T.E .TI K \T

CTI M CEIWI HYDROCHLORIDE

LIVI E» 1 I ll HYDROBROMIDE

WHIFFEN & SONS, Ltd., BATTERSEA, S.W.

EPSOM SALTS, Druggist and Commercial Qualities.

ZINC SULPHATE, Druggist and Commercial Qualities.

Prompt and forward deliveries. Inquiries solicited.

William Blythe & Co., Ltd.,

CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS. CHURCH, LANCASHIRE.

SCHOLL'S " TOE - FLEX "

Cures bunions and straightens toes permanently ; made of pure Para Gum Rubber, it is constructed

to k' v< ' &n even outward pressure to the great toe a decided improvement over the old style toe-
;

spreading devices with the two posts. Soft, sanitary, and convenient. No larger boot required.

Retail price 1/6 each.

Write for our free booklet, " Scientific Correction for Ailments of the Feet," also "Trade-Helps."

jLHOLL Mrb. &_..p n «j

IHt.
T H/UTi"1 f*f\ I iJ Larjcst Makers of Foot Specialities in the World,

LU., Ltd., l, 2. 3, 4 Giltspur Street, LONDON, E C.

MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL WORKS

OF CANADA, LIMITED.

The products of our manufacture are of the purest and highest standard,

We are in a position to offer to the Mother Country and Sister Colonies a full

tine of Pharmaceutical and Photographic Chemicals, and solicit your inquiries for

Acid Pyrogallic Hydroquinone

Crystals and Resublimed Rhodol (Metol)

Acid Gallic Acid Tannic

Trional (Methyl Sulphonal) Sulphonal
Hexamethylenetetramine
Cocaine 81 Morphine Salts

CABLE ADDRES8 - " MALLCHEM MONTREAL."

WANDTHE MANUFACTURING CO.

LEICESTER.Tel. Address: "wand." 2 1 Wellington Street,

Nat. Tel. 1145.

SPECIALISTS IN

pills, tablets, capsules.
PACKED OR IN BULK.
PRIVATE FORMULAE faithfully COMPOUNDED.

ALL GOODS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.

BEST DRUGS. Special Quotes to Large Buyers.

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST

Nl'PPLEMEXT

ACETIC ACID . . . January Deliveries.

CITRIC &TARTARIC ACIDS Bismuth Subnitrate

Bismuth Carbonate

CREAM OF TARTAR Glacial Acetic Acid, 98/100%
Sodium Salicylate
t
Litmus
Beta-Naphthol
\ VANILLIN
Tartaric Acid Crysts.

Citric Acid Crysts.

FLAVOURING ESSENCES Xylol (Commercial)

V PERFUME INGREDIENTS . . &Box 79/31, "The Chemist Druggist,'

\ LIQUORICE JUICE 42 Cannon Street, LONDON, E.C.
GLYCERINE
ZORAYA
TELEPHONE \CASTOR OIL
No. 4350 L.W. OLIVE&NUT Ointment & Soap

TELEGRAMS V OILS A genuine preparation of great curative

"FUERST, GRACE. value for all Skin Complaints and kindred
LONDON.
Aailments, cuts, wounds, burns, &c.
FUERST BROTHERSS^
unique remedy for Piles.
17 PHILPOT LANE, LONDON, E.c/^^
33 J % Profit.

CHARLESTON & CO., 8 & 9 Talbot Court, E.C.

Showcards and Window Display on Application.

J.D. PRODUCTS ARE "M&cJTrade Mark.

GOOD TRADE MAKERSo

FORMALIN THROAT TABLETS.
Mint, Rose, Lemon or Menthol Flavour.

In amber bottles, eacii 50 tabiels, 5/6 lier doz. In bulk

2/6 uer lb.

'QUININE & CINNAMON OIL PERLES.

Each containing : ijuinine Sulph. gr. i. and 01. Cinna- TWO NEW LINES

mon, K.P. rnj. In fancy decorated tins, each '24 Perles, AT PROTECTED PRICES.
7/6 per doz. Minimum retail, 1/- per box.

"AMMONIATED QUININE CAPSULES.

Twenty-four capBUles, each containing the equivalent

of 60 m. Tr. Amnion Quin. 15. P. packed in neat
decorated ti ns for the pocket. 7/- per doz. Minimum

retail. 1/- per box. 11 CONOREX " The U P t°-date remedy for Gonor-
rhtra in all stages of the complaint
ANTISEPTIC CINNAMON & FORMALIN LOZENGES.
It neither nauseates no-- causes diges-
A very effeotive combination with great antiseptic pro- tive derangement. An ideal counter

perties. In screw-cap bottles, each 50 lozenges, 6/- per line.

doz. In bulk, 2/6 per lb. Trade price, 27/- dcz net Min, Retail, 3/-.
;
ANTISEPTIC THROAT PASTILLES.
Thyme, Eucalyptol, Menthol, Gaulthcria,
Licorice, Terebene and Pine Oil.

In bulk. 1/6 per lb. free tins. In glass show jars, each

ti lb., lO/- inclusive. 1-oz. tins, 2/- doz. ; 2-oz. tins,

3/6 doz. • 4-oz. tins. 6/6 doz. "LIQUID IQDEX" Consisting of an " M. & J."
ATOMIZER OUTFIT Atomizer and Bottle of Liquid
"PLATYPUS BRAND OIL OF EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. lodex in Convenient Case,
Ideal for use in Catarrh, and
5 lb. tins, 2/3 lb. ; 10-lb. tins. 2/2 lb. ; '28-lb. tins. 2/- lb.
other naso-phai yngeal con-
3d. bottles, l/IO doz. ; 6d. bottles in cartons, 4/- doz.
ditions
1/- bottles in cartons, 8/- doz.

"PINE TREE LOZENGES. &J. D. CO. Trade price, 48/- doz. net Min. Retail, 5/-
;
The Original Pinc-Tree Lozenge.
2-oz. tins, 3/9 doz Minimum retail, 7id. per box.

* On Your name on

the P.A.T.A. Labels if desired.

Competition for Quality. MENLEY & JAMES, LTD.,

&JULES DENOUAL CO., Manufacturers, Manufacturing C hemists,

CARLTON WORKS, Asylum Road, LONDON, S.E. "MENLEY HOUSE," FARR1NCD0N ROAD, LONDON, E.C.

.

xii THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST January 1, 1916

SUPPLGMEKT

Telephone-Trunk 788. Telegrams: Maltose, Blacburp

Now is the time to place contracts for

MALT & OIL
ready for the requirements of the coming season
Buy well in advance of the demand and from the

ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS

Our Malt Extract keeps indefinitelv. It is

guaranteed Pure. Pleases the public palate.
Is of proved diastasic power.

WE A.RE, SUPPLYING THE COLONIES & PROTECTORATES

Supplied in Bulh, Bottles, Jars. Tins. Large selection of high-class lithographic labels

B LAWHOLESALE &, RETAIL
CKLBTJRJSF

PEROXIDE
OF

HYDROGEN

OF ALL STRENGTHS

AND

FOR ALL PURPOSES.

B. LAPORTE, Limited,

LUTON,

also at London and Bradford.

Telephone: Luton 521. Telegrams: "Laporte Luton."*

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST SUl
H IPPLEMEXT

N.B.—Prices quoted herewith are for preparations according- to the New Pharmacopoeia, 1914.

Original Packages can generally be supplied at the Current Prices quoted in the Trade Report of this Paper on Terms as below.

—WeIM.B. would draw attention to the fact that all prices quoted herein are

subject to alteration without notice, and that where stocks are limited preference
is always given to our regular customers.

j^tetanlllde, B.P., 1 lb. 7/6 lb. ; powder. Id. @Argent. Nit., 6's to oz., 25 oz. 2/1 i oz. ; 1 oz. @Creta c. Camph., 7 lbs. 9d. lb.
@ 2/4.oz. ®I, Gall. Pulv., In sacks, 10 cwt.
lb. extra. 7/9 cwt.

AmL ®Ipecac, B.P„ 6 lbs. 2/3 lb. @Argent. Nit., Cryst., 25 oz. 2'- oz. ; 8 oz- @ &1 cwt. 9/3 cwt; 14 lbs. lid. lb.
®Praparata, 7 lbs. In box
®„ Scula, P.B., 6 lbs. ® 2/1 ox. 1/- each.
8,
5d. lb. %Cubeba, English Ground, 28 lbs.
@ @Arsenic, Alb. Pulv., 2 cwt. 39/- cwt. ; 7 lbs. 2/3 lb. ;
@7 lbs.
@ @•Acetone, 6 lbs. 2/3 lb. ; 1 lb. 2/8 lb. 5d. lb. 2/4 lb.

&•Add. Acet Glacial., 99%, 6 lbs. 2/3 lb. @Atropinae Sulph., P.B., 1 oz. 135/- uz.

@„ Acetylo-Salicyl. 1 lb. 53/6 lb. @Auri Chlor., 6 doz. 15 gr. tubes "Qec. Aloes Co. ConcJ 1-2, 6 lbs. _ 2/1 lb.
21/3 doz.; OSinecroco, 6 lbs.
@n Benz, B.P., 7 lbs.® 14/-lb., 1 lb. 14/6 lb. @1 doz. 15 gr. tubes 21/6 doz. 1/3 lb.
O• „ Cinchona (Rubra) Cone, 1-7, 6 lbs. 2/-
@ @„ Boric Pulv., 3 cwt. 49/9 cwt. : 1 cwt. ®• „ Senega Cone, 6 lbs. 2/8 lb.
[lb

50/3 tiri. ; levt(d. 3/- cwt. of id. lb. «stn.

@h CziboL Xtls., 39/40 ; 56 lb. drums 2/1 gab. Copaiba, pure, *4 lbs. 1/1 lib.; 9 lb*. ®Emp. Spread, 12 yards x 16 Ins. adhesive, 4/-;
@2/3 lb.; f lb.
@lb. ; 12 1-lb. Bots. 2/4 lb. ; Single Bots. 2/6. Bellad. B.P.C., Green 19/3; Cerat.

6 @2/6 lb. ; Detached Cryst. 1 lb. 2/8 @„ Peruv., P.B., 1 lb. 24/- lb. @ @Saponls 8/3 ; Plnmbl
8/3 ; Picla Co.
@lb. ; Crude Black, 45 gall, casks 1/- gal. @„ Sulphur, 7 lbs. @ @ ®6/8 ; Retinae 4/11 ; Roboiail
@ ®5 gall, drums 9d. lb. 7/9 ;
1/6 gall. : 1 call, tins
@„ Tolut. B.P.,50 lbs. 2<3 lb.; 1 lb.® 3/1 lb- QSaponls, B.P., 6/8. £
1/11 each.
@Bismuth, P.B., Cash., 3 lbs. @Emp, Picls, P.B., 7 lbs.
®i. Citric, cryst., B.P.'85, 7 lbs. Id bags 3/- 17/- lb. ; 1 lb. lOd. lb.
@„ Plumbi, P.B., 7 lbs.
Ib. ; powder id. lb. extra. @ 17/6 lb. ; lubnlt. same price. lid. lb.

@„ Dletbylbarblturic, 1 oz. @Boraclc Mixture, 1 cwt. 56/- cwt. @„ Reslnae, P.B., 7 lbs. 1 Od. lb.
4/3 oz. @Roborans, 7 lbs.
@Borax, 1 cwt. 28/6 ; powder 1/- extra. lOd. lb.
®Butyl-Chloral Hydras., P.B., 1 lb. 45/- lb. ;,
@ @o Gallic, put., P.B., 7 lbs.
4/3 lb. ; 1 lb. ®Bmulslo OL Morrhua, 5 lbs. 1/4 Ib.

4/6 lb. Eserine Sulph., in 15-grain tubes, 7/- each.

• ,, Hydrocblor. Coml., cases of 4 2-gal. jar?, @Caffeine, P.B., I lb. 32/- lb. @Ess. Bergam. (Oil), 12 lbs. 13/- lb. ; 1 Ib.
@26/6 each ; 20 case lots
25/6 each. @Cafieina) Cit., B.P., 1 lb. ® 14/- lb. ; not guaranteed absolutely

® ®„ Hydrocyan; P.B., 6 lbs. 21/- lb.
1/7 lb.; 1 lb. pure.
@1/1 1 lb. ; 36 1-d. Vials 6 '6 doz. Calamina, powder, fine pink, 5 cwt.® 11/6 cwt.
@ @1 cwt. @ %Est. Limonls (oil) original coppers, 12 lbs.
® @u Oxalic Cryst, 1 cwt. 12/6 cwt. ; 7 lbs. 2d. lb. 4/3 lb. ; 6 1-lb. bots. 4/9 Ib. ;
l/3i lb. ; 14 lbs.
@Calamine. B.P., 1885, 7 lbs. 1/2 lb. not guaranteed absolutely pure.
1/5 lb. Q•Ess. Moschi (not artificial), 5 lbs.
@Calcli Carb. Praecip., 5 cwt. 16/- cwt. ; 1 cwt.
@„ Phosph. DU., B.P., 6 lbs. 5d. lb. @ @20/- cwt. ; 28 lbs. 24/- cwt. 12/6 Ib.

@„ Sallcyl. pulv. 1 lb. 22/- lb. @1 lb. 13/3 lb.
Q•Ess. Pear (artificial), Jargonelle, 5 Ibi,
@„ Sulphur, Coml., cases, 4 2-gal. jars ® ®„ Hydras., P.B., 1 cwt. 25'- cwt. ; 7 lbs.
30/- 2/6 lb. ; Bergamot, 3/- lb.
5d. lb.
@each ; 20 cases 29/6 each. @•Ess. Pineapple, 5 lbs. 4/- lb.
®„ Hypophosph. Pur., P.B., 1 lb. 2/8 lb. ®• Raspberry, 5 lbs. Q1 Ib. 3/-
®„ Sulph. Aromat. B.P., 5 lbs. 4/- lb. 2/8 lb. ;
®„ Iodid., 1 lb.
@„ Tannic, B.P., 1 lb. 25/- lb. lb.

5/1 lb. Camphor, English Flowers, " not artificial," O 9•„ Vanilla Beans, 5 lbt.
4/6 lb. ; 1 lb.
„ Tart, cryst. oi pulv. B.P., 1885, 7 lbs.
@ ®5 lbs. 4/9 lb.
0 2/8 lb. ; parv. Jd. lb. extra. 2/5 lb. ; 4 oz. or i oz. 7 lbs, 2/4 O•Ext. Belladonna Llq., B.P., 5 lbt 13/9 lb.;

® ®Adeps Benz., B.P., 28 lbs. lb.; good white, about 95% as Imported, @ @1 lb.
®140 lbs. <<i 1/94 lb. ; 28 lbs.
9Jd. lb. ; 7 lbs. 1/I0J lb. 14/3 lb. ; solid, 7 lbs. 7/10 lb.
@Ext. Cannab. Ind., Ale, B.P., 1 lb. 54/- lb.
10id. lb. @Cantharides, Russian, 7 lbs. 14/- lb. ; powder ®Ext. Cascala Sag. Llq., B.P., 1 cwt.

@JBmgo Mils Pulv., 14 lbs. 1/3 lb. 6 J. lb. extra. 1/6 Ib. ;

®Aloes Barb., English ground, 28 lbs. 12Q'-cwt; @Capsicine, soluble, 1, lb. 9/6 lb. @10 lbt. 1/84 lb.
©71bi. 1/3 lb. @ 0•Ext. Ergot Llq. P.B., 5 lot. 4/9 lb. ; 1 Ib.
Carbo Animalis or Ligni, powder or lump, 1 cwt. ®5/3 lb.; Solid, P.B., 4 lbs.
® @Aloes, Socot. 7 lbs. 25/- lb.;
@ @25/- cwt. ; 28 lbs. 34d. lb.
1/5 lb. ; powder, 7 lbs. @Cardamoms, 28 lbs,:® 3/10 lb. ; 7 lbs. 4/- lb ®1 lb. 26/6 lb.

1/6 lb. ®Carmine, Finest. 1 ib. ®Ext. Gent., P.B., solid, 1 cwt. 1/3 lb. ; 7 lbt.

OAloln, B.P., 1 lb. 5/6 lb. 25/- lb. ; No. 2. 1 lb. @ 1/4 lb.

@ ®Ammon. Benz., 7 lbs. 14'6 lb. @ 20/- lb. ®•Ext. Glycyrth. Llq., B.P., 6 lbt. 2/6 lb.
14/- lb.; 1 lb.
@Cera Alba, B.P., White Moons, 28 lbs. 2/2 Ib. ®•Ext. HamameUt Llq., P.B., 5 lbt. 3/9 Ib.
@Amnion. Bfom. P.B., 1 lb. 24/- lb. ; @Ext. Hyoscyam., Solid, B P., 3 lbs.
@4 lbs.
@Ammon. Cub. lamp, 3 cwt 5|d. lb. ; 28 lbs 2/4 lb.; Flav. 1 lb. Blocks, 28 lbs. 8/6 lb. 5
@ @1/91 lb- ; 4 lbs.
® @7d. Sb. ; 7 lbs. l/10i lb.; 1 oz., i oz. @1 lb 9/6 lb.
7Jd. lb. ; powder, id. @tabs., 7 lbs. @•Ext. Ipecac. Llq., P.B., 5 lbt. 30/6 lb. ; 1 Ib.
l/10ilb.

lb. extra. @Cerii Oxalas, 7ilbs. 5/6 lb. @^ 31/- lb.

®Ammon. Chlor., 99% pulv., 1 cwt. 50/- cwt. QCetaceum, No. 1, fine white, 64 lbs. lid. lb. @eExt Maltl OL Jecorlt, 10 lbt. 8id. lb.
O7 lbs. ; ®•Ext. Nucis Vom. Liq., P.B., 5 lbs. 4/3 lb. ;

6id. lb. ; Batteries, 4/- cwt. extra. @7 lbs. 1/1 lb. ; powder, 7 lbs. «* 1/6 Ib.
;
® ®Amyll Pulv., 10 cwt. 16/- cwt.; 24 cwt. ®Chloral Hydras Cryst., B.P., 7 lbs. ®1 lb. 4 '6 lb. ; solid, 5 lbs.® 4/6 lb. ; 1 lb.
15/6 lb.
®16/8 cwt. : 1 cwt. 18/6 cwt. @1 lb. ; 5/- lb.

16/- lb. @ @Ext. Opii Solid, P.B., 1 lb.

@Aniseed, English ground, 1 cwt. 54/- cwt. @Chlorodyne, 5 lbs. 2/3 lb. 72/- lb.

®7 lbs. 6Jd. lb. @•Chloroform, pure, B.P., 12 8-lbs. 2/10 lb. @ Q•Ext. Opii Liq., B P., 5 lbs. 5/6 lb.; 1 lb.

&Antlm. Nig. Pulv., 1 cwt. 102/6 cwt. ; 14 lbs. @8 lbs. 2/1 1 lb. ; 6 1-lb. bots.J® 3/3 Ib. 6/- lb.
® 0Bxt, Quassia. Solid, 7 lbt.
0 107/- cwt. ®Cocaine Hydrochlor., B.P., 25 ozs. 14/4 oz. 7/6 lb. ; 1 Ib.

®Antlm. Hart. pulv. 7 lbs. 4/- lb. ® @4 oz. ® 0el- ib.
15/3; 1 oz. 16/-;oz.
Ext. Sarsa Co. Solid, 7 lbs.
mApiol, 1 lb. 29/- lb. ® QCodeina, 1 oz. 6/- lb. ; 1 Ib.
2S/6 oz. ; Phosph., 1 oz.

@Aqua Anethl Cone. 1-40, 1 lb. 3/2 lb. ®21/- oz. ; Hydrochlor. or Sulph., 1 oz. 6'6 lb.

®„ Anlil Cone. 1-40, 1 lb. 3/4 lb. 22/- oz.

®„ Aurant. Cone. 1-40, 1 lb. 6/4 lb. ®Colocynth, Apple, English ground, 1 cwt. 1/4 OFerrl Ammon. Clt, P.B., 23 lbs. 3/10 Ib.
@„ Aurant. Trip., 6 lbs. 8d. lb. ; 53 lbs. @ @lb. ; 28 lbs.
1/5 lb. ; 7 lbs. 1/7 lb. ®7 lbt. 4/- lb.

for 23/- ®Composition Powder (Coffin's), 1 cwt. 62'- ®Ferrl Carb., 14 lbs. 5d, Ibi

@„ Clnnam. Cone. 1-40, 1 lb. 3/7 lb. @cwt ; 7 lbs. 8d. lb. ®Ferrl et Qulnlna Clt.P.B., 100 on. 1 1 id. at. }
®„ Laurocerasl, 6 lbs. @ ®Conf. Senna?, P.B., 14 lbs. 1 lid. lb.; 7 lbs.
8d. lb. ®25 ozs. 1/- as.

„ Heath. Pip. Cone, 1-40, 1 lb. ft 3/3 lb. 1/04 lb. OFerri Sulph., pure cryst, 1 cwt.
®., Rota Cone. 1-40, 1 lb. 17/6 ; 7 lbt.
7/3 lb. ®Cort. Aurant. Bxot. Shreds, 7 lbs. 2/4 lb.
@„ Clnchon. Rub. (Quill), 7 lbs. 1/1 lb. @ 4d. lb.
®„ Rosa Trip., 53 lbs. for 25/- ; 6 lbs. ®„ Dlml Fulva, Pulv., 1 cwt. lid. lb. ; 7 lbs. OFerrum Redact, 80%, 28 lbs. 3/H Ib. 7 lbt.
'
8d. lb. ® 1/1 lb.
@Cream of Tartar, 98% powder, 1 cwt. 195/-
®„ Samb. Cone, 1-40, 1 lb. 6/4 lb. @ 4/3 lb.
®„ Samb. Trip., 6 lbs. cwt.; 7 lbs.® 1/11 lb. ®Flor. Anth. Exotj 7 lbs;
8d. lb. 1/4 lb.
®Creasote, Beechwood, P.B., 7 lbs. 9/- lb.
® ®Afaroba, fine powder, 7 lbs. 8/- lb. ; 1 lb. ®Fol. Buchu, oval, 7 lbs. 2/8 lb.
QFoL Senna) Alex, parv., 28 lbs.
8/6 lb. lOd. lb.

•Minimum quantity at these prices ; Home Trade, 3 Winchester Quarts assorted ; Export, 12 Winchester Quarts assorted,
NOTE.—Only terms Net Cash with order without discount, or orders accepted through London Merchants or Banker*.

Goods carriage forward; all packages free; Export cases extra.

ALLIANCE DRUG & CHEMICAL CO., LONDON.

Offices : 34 LEADENHALL STREET.

KINDLY DETACH THIS SHEET AND PLACE IT IN YOUR BUYING BOOK.

: THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST January 1, 1916

xiv HIONS

AIR

BRITISH

MAKE.

Fig. 1194.

Fig. 1194.—The " EMPIRE," red India-rubber Air Cushion-

Diameter 14 15 16 17

Each ... 56 60 66 70 1

—Fig. 1354. Air Cushion, sateen covered, reeded Sizes 14x10

Each 36
—Special Line. Khaki-covered Pillow, 17X12 in., in khaki case with clasp ...

nii j. super quality

5% discount allowed for prompt cash off above prices. Carriage paid
on orders of £2 and upwards to any town in the United Kingdom.

We arc the right House -for BRITISH -MADE GOODS— Bandages, Belts, Catheters, Clinical Thermometers,
Combs, Enemas, Elastic Hosiery, Hot Water Bottles, Trusses, Splints, Water and Air Beds, Water and Air

Cushions, Waterproof Sheeting, and every description of Rubber and Vulcanite Goods.

ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST POST FREE. OUR GOODS ARE RIGHT. MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED.

BURGE, WARREN & RIDGLEY, LTD.,
91 & 92 GREAT SAFFRON HILL, LONDON, E.C.

ROBT. BAILEY & SON, LOOFAH SOCKS

Clegg Hall Mill,
=SMITHY BRIDGE,
Telephone EACH PAIR IN A BAG AND EVERY
111 LiITTLEBOROUGH.
LANCS Eng. DOZ. IN AN OUTER— LESS 5 °/c
Telegrams : Cash 7 days
Baileys, Smithy Bridge. 07L PER GROSS Net
' Monthly.

MANUFACTURERS OF SALE - GETTING SHOWCARDS

SURGICAL DRESSINGS SUPPLIED

ABSORBENT GAUZE TISSUE, MADE IN BRITAIN
COTTON WOOL, BANDAGES,
BY BRITISH LABOUR
LINT, TOW, &c.

PATENT FOUR-PLY GAUZE.

BRITISH MADE INSIST ON HAVING THE BRITISH-
MADE ARTICLE, AS
AND HSIOTHCEKRSTOSO90LD%
OF THE LOOFAH
BRITISH OWNED. HAVE BEEN MADE 9N GERMANY

WHOLESALE ONLY. Write for Samples and Pricti. J. MORGAN DAVIS & SONS,

estab. 1838. 278 Bishopsgate, London, E.C.

LONDON REPRESENTATIVES «

OGILVY COi,&. Telephone: Oebbaid 1874. LOOFAH SOCKS

18 Bloomsbury Sq., W.C. MICROTOMB.WE8T0MT, LOWDOX.

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST XV

ROWE'S

PATENT STOPPERS

double the selling value of Hot-

Water Bottles,

YET

a bottle fitted with Rowe's Patent

Stopper costs exactly the same as
one fitted with the old-fashioned

leaky stopper.

To Show it is to Sell it

BECAUSE

"It needs no argument to convince
a user that a Bottle fitted with this
Stopper is what people want."

The "Chemist and Druggist" 27/2:1915.

SUPPLIED TO THE WAR OFFICE. Obtainable everywhere

" SANOID "

HOT WATER BOTTLE COVER.

(GERRARD'S PATENT).

WOOL - LINED COMFORTABLE in USE

QUILTED GIVE SATISFACTION

RETAIN THE HEAT WEAR WELL

IN THREE COLOURS, PINK, RED AND BLUE.

8x6 10x6 10x8 12x6 12x8 12x10 14x8 14x10 14x12

5/- 5/- 6/- 6/- 6/- 7/6 7/6 9/- 9/- doz.

CUXSON, GERRARD & CO., LTD., OLDBURY

—

XVI THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

HAVE YOU RECEIVED OUR

NEW CATALOGUE
Of BOTTLING, TUBE- &

TIN-FILLING MACHINES,

MIXERS, EMULSIFIERS,

ETC.

Up-to-date Plant mt Lou Price*.

Something to meet every need.

WRITE

ROBERTS' PATENT FILLING MACHINE |0.,
33 ROUNDCROFT STREET. BOLTON. ENGLAND.

GARDNER'S PATENT

"RAPID "SIFTERS & MIXERS

OVER 4,000 working In c

almost every Trade where

POWDERS are Sifted and
Mixed and Lumps Re-

duced, all being done at

one operation and without

loss by dust.

FOR HAND OR POWER. Metal Clips for

From 55/- to £90.

CATALOGUES FREE

WM. GARDNER & SONS, Engineers, GLOUCESTER ? Collapsible Tubes.

imn—i wnn i iiaaiiiwiinww
i > w nwiiw i iiiihim nTwiimTiii i

THE WAR OFFICE HAS AUTHORISED These Metal Clips are made in

the use of sizes for applying to the folded

VERMIJELLI 99 ends of collapsible tubes of the

following dimensions : if in.,

1| in., 1 in., i in., f in., f in.,

by the Troops, after very exhaustive investigation by the t in., in., and 4 in. Special
R.A.M.C., on the relative values of Vermicidal substances.
sizes are also made to order.
NON-POISONOUS. NON-INFLAMMABLE. MIXES WITH WATER.
The application of these clips
The efficacious preventative and remedy for Lice, Fleas and
to your tubes not only insures
other vermin. a perfect and absolutely tight
seal, but also adds a finish which
Wholesale from Sole Manufacturers:— is exceptionally pleasing to the

S BRUOWLEY & OUn,flLC <*nN Wellington Works, eye.
• I 4X Battersea Bridge, London, S.W.

Prices:l lb. Tins ... 1/- each l/4each) Post

7 lb „ ... 6/9 7/9 „ \ paid
II- „ I in U.K.
Collapsible Tubes 9d

COLLAPSIBLE TUBE FILLERS

AND CLOSERS.

Thousands in use at the front.

Somerville's TABLET MACHINES.

Asiatie Body Cords DELIVERY FROM STOCK.

exterminate aft body vermin and prevent them lodging on Sole Agents for Cohort's
the person or underclothing. Pharmaceutical Machinery :

Retail 1/- each. 8/6 per doz. carriage paid. JOHN J. GRIFFIN & SONS, Ltd.

Special Terms to Whohsale Trade. KEMBLE STREET, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C.

SOMERVILLE,G. Clerk Street,
EDINBURGH

January 1, 1916 THE CHE»MuImST,EAHNIDE»' DRUGGIST xvii

Capsicum Tissue.

Made from our well-known Gamgee etc., than ordinary absorbent Cotton-wool, as
it lends itself more readily for application to
Tissue, charged with the active essence of the parts affected.
Capsicum and Methyl Salicylate.

The distinctive feature of our Manufacture Supplied in bulk in 1-lb. rolls, or cut to
is the combination of Methyl Salicylate with
the Capsicum. Weany size required. can supply you with

The Gamgee Tissue is found to be a much cartons and labels, or pack it for you in

more convenient vehicle for the Capsicum, cartons ready for sale.

Write for Samples and Prices.

&Robinson Sons, Ltd., Chesterfield.

London Address: 168 Old Street, E.C.

The Original and only Genuine A Novelty in Foot Warmers

1i High - Class
If
^s°2g PLASTERS

A REMEDY OF 60 YEARS' STANDING.

Allcock's Plasters ™° Made of Has no

^ eo finest corners,
therefore
Allcock's Corn and I Reliables. While Ivory
China, more
Bunion Plasters comfortable
j
for patient.
Brandreth's Pills
Looks
and superior smart in a
Chemist's
finis i
s ock.
1 to those
-

ON P.A.T.A. usually sold

LIST. by Iron-
mongers, &c.

Prices and Terms
on

application to

ALLCOCK , TRICES: PRICES:

MANUFACTURING 2-pinl. 4 pint.
27/- doz. 33/- doz.

COMPANY

11 Hamilton 8q., Terms, carriage forward, packages containing 1 dozen
Birkenhead.
assorted sizes. 2/6 each (NED, not returnable

A^Thomas Swales, 2ti u lu r & Leeds.

" Sold all round the World." s

Telephones—Central 3702, Leeds ; Head.ngley 406. Leeds.

XV1U THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST Januabt 1, 1916

FRENCHThe NATURAL MINERAL g=

— WATER. —

WlCHY-CELESTINS

DISORDERS ofth« LIVER, GOUT, j

Diabetes, Rheumatism, Gravel, &c. 1

VICHY-ETAT PASTILLES.

|=Two or three Pastilles after each meal facilitate Digestion.

—CAUTION. Each Bottlss from the STATE SPRINGS hears a neck labej

with the words "VICHY-ETAT" and the name of the SOLE AGENTS:
INGRAM & ROYLE, Ltd., Bangor Wharf, 45 Belvedere Road, LONDON, S.E.

PROPERTY OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. E5

Prompt Sales —You stock " Wincarnis "

Quick Turnover our advertising sells it for

Increasing Demand you. There is an enormous
and ever-increasinog demand
Protected Price for " Wincarnis," because it
is a good article backed up

by a powerful advertising

campaign. Don't risk

losing sales through being
out of stock. Glance at
your stock now.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO CHEMISTS WITHOUT LICENSES.— It has been established by
law that Registered Chemists may sell " Wincarnis with Quinine" without a license.

COLEMAN & CO, Ltd., Wincarnis Works, NORWICH. .

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST X"vl
iUPPIKMEST

A GOOD LINE FOR CHEMISTS.

SHOWCARDS FREE.

FRAME FOOD CO., Standen Road, Southfields, London

PRICES PROTECTED. ABDINEALL CHEMISTS

Dr, Alison's Food Preparations. SHOULD STOCK

Food for Babies, Prepared Barley, Brunak, Power, N.-F. Cocoa, THE GOLD MEDAL FRUIT DRINK.

Biscuits, Soup, Wholemeal, &c. Quick Seller. Big Profits. Quarter of a Century's Reputation.
' ABDINE " is the most popular Health Drink. Superior to all Mineral
NOTICE TO THE TRADE
We issue a list of WHOLESALE HOUSES who keep Waters. Sold in Id. Packets, and Boxes of 13 Packets at II-
Order through your Wholesale Drug House.
above in stock ; if for any reason you have difficulty in
obtaining supplies, please send postcard direct to us, and 0. M'CLASHAN, M.P.S., 12 West End Place, EDINBURCH.
a list will be sent to you by return. See trade n:ark on
all our goods :"T. R. Allinson." None Genuine Without. INDEX and BUYERS' GUIDE

NATURAL FOOD COMPANY, LIMITED, See pages 5 to 7.
Cambridge Rd., Bethn.il Green, LONDON, E. i

Handbills, Booklets, Showcards, &c. Free.

—N.B. Our goods are to be sold only at prices stated upon

the Price List we'issue to the trade, and we are pleased to
exchange any article which may be out of condition.

Mouse & Saltmer, Ltd. Profit - 33i% PROFIT

Wholesale mny Export Drug Merchants, Pleasure ON COST
Manufacturing Chemists
CHELTENHAM NATURAL
HULL
APERIENT WATER.

Satisfied customers, who
always want more.

Invite the Trade to take up the following valuable Patriotism It is patriotic, and it is
P.A.T.A. Protected Lines, bearing a very large Pro- good business to supplant
tected Retail Profit, which sell freely and are well Apenta, Hunyadi and Carls-
known and valued by the Public in many parts ot bad Waters by Cheltenham

the country. Natural Aperient Water.

Protected Dozen THE NATURAL
Retail Price.
Net. BRITISH PRODUCT.
•LOSALL'S SALT (well advertised), tins 6tli
38

V- 7/-
10/S
,0 „ „ bottles in \1 It.
cartons / '/ " Packed in Cases of 24 Bottles,
9/- per dozen.
* Losall's Salt sells so well, surely It
Retail price (protected) at 1/- Bottle.
I must pay Pharmacists to stock such
a big profit-bearing protected lint. Order through Messrs. INGRAM &
Royle , May, Roberts & Co. , Ltd. ,
LOSALL'S COMPOUND SULPHUR SOAP. 8/.
A valuable emollient medicated skin 11/ or direct from

soap, especially suitable for use in Eczema I '/" THE CHELTENHAM

Chemists requiring effective advertising matter tos NATURAL WATER CO.

Losall's Bait, Ac, will, on application direct to Priory Court, Cheltenham Spa.

Lofthouse & Baltmer, receive a liberal supply of
Dummies, Bhowcards, Window Slips, Price Tickets^

*<s, Carriage Paid, whether or no they have ?,p
a

account open with the Firm.

THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST January 1, 1916

SBPPLKWKIWT

Toogood's Packed Toilet Preparations

in Collapsible Tubes.

2607 250S 2509

No. 2629. Toilet Lanoline 3 sizes 2/9, 3/9 and 5/6 per doz.
Boracic Ointment 3/3 and 4/9
,, 2667. 2„ 3/9 and 5/6
,, 2508. Cold Cream 2 ,, 3/6
,, 2509. Vanishing Cream
,. 2452. 6/-
Solid Brilliantine

Customer's name free on 3 dozen of any one kind, and showcard supplied.

WILLIAM TOOGOOD, Ltd., 77 Southwark St., London, S.E.

n

A powerful antiseptic and deodorant.

PETAL DUST99
REGD,

The greatest of all floral air-purifiers.

A concentrated combination of the choicest flowers, aromatic

herbs and roots, with the rare spices and gums of Arabia.
"Petal Dust" has been the favourite perfume of all classes
for over half a century and still commands the largest sale

of any dried perfume in the world.

Retails in 3d. and 6d. packets

Attractive Showcards, Counter Bills, etc., with customer's name
and address on each packet, for orders of 5 gross and upwards.

SOLE PROPRIETORS-

THE ROSMARINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.

CITY DEPOT : H. C. QUELCH & CO.. LUDGATE SQUARE. LONDON. E.C.

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST XXI

«l'PPLK«EIT

OVER 100% PROFIT]

ENSURED & PROTECTED (P.A.T.A.)

for sellers of

Laurence's Hair Dyes Price's

One solution, nine shades. New

A first-class article with an excellent Toilets

demand, created entirely on its own Boracic Oatmeal

merits, and carrying a first-class profit.

Size. Minimum retail. Minimum wholesale.
7/6
II- 1/-
1/6
2/6 1/6
2/3
3/6 3/3

SPECIAL BONUS.

Buyers of 3 doz. bottles receive 3 bottles

gratis (may be assorted and any size).

Do. 6 doz, do. 8 bottles gratis.
Do. 12 doz. do. 18 bottles gratis.

Equivalent in the case of the size In most
general demand, viz. 1/6 size to 4/6,15/- and

27/- respectively.

—Sole Proprietors

C. R. BARKER, STAGG & MORGAN,

LTD.

DEVON WHARF,

Emmott Street, Mile End, London, E.

iTTERtQNS Violet Oatmeal

CELEBRATED Substantial tablets

HAIR packed twelve in
a box, wrapped or
^M^mmm unwrapped.

GOOD Shows the Pharmacist
a handsome profit.
PROFITS
Can be supplied
are made by telling under own die and

//X TITTERTONS printing.

CELEBRATED Prices and Samples

BRUSHES on application.

(Hair, Tooth, Null & StiavinM Price's Patent Candle Company

Brushes). Limited, Battersea, London, S.W.,

They have a world-wide reputation and at Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow.
for excellence of quality, and perfec-
tion of workmanship. Should be
stocked by all Chemists desiring to give
the public the best value for money.

Illustrated Catalogue on application.

TITTERTON & HOWARD,

Brush Manufacturers,

8 & 10 Great Titchfield St., London, W.

"

XXII THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 191G

RECOMMEND the PROTECTED DRAND
AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT YOU. IT PAYS YOU TO PUSH THIS INK IN PREFERENCE
TO NON-PROTECTED MAKES. IT IS NOT ONLY THE BEST, BUT SHOWS YOU THE MOST PROFIT.

JOHN BOND'S FIXED
SELLING
" CRYSTAL PALACE

MARKING INK. PRICES

With or without heating-, whichever kind is preferred.
Please specify when ordering.

As supplied to the Royal Households, and awarded forty-five Gold Medals, etc.

"THE ANTI-CUTTING RECORD " says :—"We are strongly of opinion that John Bond's 'Crystal Palace'

Marking Ink should not only be kept in stock, but, in common fairness to the Proprietor, distributors may

justly give this well-known line, all the display, recommendation and push in their power."

N.B.—This is not a cut 6d. Marking Ink, sold at the Stores for 3^d.

A. MILLAR & CO., Ltd, DUBLIN

PURE ORANGE WINE

(HSU A'GB&HXII. B.F. Prepared In strict accordance with the Formula of the British Pharmacopoeia. (Wholesale sal*.

Undon Ac«nt : JAMES 8TIRTON. 49 GREAT TOWER STREET. EoC.

FIELD'S

SIANARA Toilet Soap

With the Enchanting Perfume of OLD JAPAN.

AN ENTIRELY NEW LINE IN

ROUND BATH

&To sell at 5d\, 4Ad., 3d., 2d. per tablet.

Let us Quote you for your Proprietary Soaps.

C &J. J. FIELD, Ltd., s ap LONDON, S.E.

Lt:,s :

Telegrams: "OZOKERIT, LAMB. LONDON." ESTABLISHED 1642. Telephone : HOP J905.

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST XX11J

gVPPIEMEUrT

r Pure METHYLATED

Rectified SPIRIT

Re-distilled Makers of Industrial
Spirit
and Mineralised Spirit
FINEST QUALITY
QUOTATIONS & SAMPLES
S.V R. ON APPLICATION
TO
Quotations and Samples
RIDDELL& SMITH,
on application to
Telegraphic Address Methylators,
Bo'ness, N.B.
DO"Distillers Bo'ness."
James Odder & Co. Ltd.

Distillers, BO'NESS, N.B.

Telephone No. I
12 Bo'ness.

The Produce Brokers Co. Ld. TO ALL BUYERS OF

EXCHANGE CHAMBERS SPECIALITY

24-28 St. Mary Axe HIGH GRADE WAX

Ijclcgrami :LONDON - E.C. APPL Y TO

aSyntax, Led. London."GENUINE The Asiatic Petroleum C?L™

PARAFFIN UM LIQUIDUMB.P. ST. HELEN'S COURT,
GREAT ST. HELEN'S
of the finest quality, refined
from Russian Oils. — —(G.P.O. Box 602)

Specific Gravity 875/890. LONDON E C.
High Viscosity.

REFINED IN LONDON
LARGE STOCKS HELD

SAMPLES and PRICES

ON APPLICATION

"Celcphonc Not.

Avenue 3410 \ , ",."
London Xrunk '
102 )

XXIV THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST January 1, 1916

Eau dc Cologne "RHEIMS" Brand

-/6 Bottles 4/6.... .... per doz.

1/- „ „ 9/-
2/- „ „
15/-

5%Subject to usual discount.

A good lasting perfume selling freely as a patriotic line wherever it is shown.

&proprietors-. FRANCIS NEWBERY SONS, Ltd.,

27 Charterhouse Square, London, E.C.

KOLENE Anti Gun -Deafness Device.

FOR THE HAIR. Approved by the Admiralty.

is sold in all parts of the THE MALLOCK-ARMSTRONG
United Kingdom. EAR DEFENDER.

Sales run into millions (Mr. A. Mallock, F R.S. Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth, Ltd.)
Patented.
annually .
SMALL SOUNDS HEARD CLEARLY FROM USUAL DISTANCES.
Sold Employed in every branch of the three Services,
and in the Royal Aircraft and other Factories.
Id. Line. 1» do*, cards &/- gi s. Retail Price */-.

2d. Line, 1 doz. cards 16/- .. TRADE TERMS and particulars from

3d. Jars ... 21- doz. THE MALLOCK -ARMSTRONG EAR DEFENDER CO.

4id. Jars ... 3/- 86 York Street, Westminster, S.W.

M. .In l s 4 Showroom & Factory : 5 Carteret St. (St. James's Park Station).
Telephone No.: Victoria 2944.
KOLENE

nas a rapidly increasing SALE.

Ash for out of our traxMert to call, or order direct from

The KOLENE CO., 20ti Stewart's Rd., 1 ondon, S.W.

KAY BROTHERS, Ltd. Selling Splendidly!

STOCKPORT, em

^Canufacturing Chemists. THE

GUMSBIRDLIMES aa<* FLY for all climates. WHITE CROSS

FLYPAPERS,]. .1 Bi Bat ., & Falcon Brands. CARBOLIC

Non-Poisonous. ; TOOTH POWDER.

FLYCATCHERS, Spiral Wire, "Vampire."

TAPES & BANDS Cavity Tape, "Flysac."

j , ,, ,, "Scorpion."

1 ,, "Dragon." CONFINED TO PHARMACISTS!

Roll Band, "Viper."

(2 in. and 4 in. wide.) Two Sizes: 21/- and 33/- gross.

"COAGULINE" Transparent Id. Sample Tin, 7/6 gross.

CEMENTS. Cement for broken articles, 6d. bots. The Institute of Hygiene have granted their
"TENASITINE." A Liquid Cement
in Tubes, Id., 2d., 3d. & 6d. Certificate of Merit for this article also for the
" KLINX." Hydraulic Cement (heat- ;

proof), 6d. tins. WHITE CROSS BABY POWDER

*'CUB CEMENT," 6d. & 1/-. In Decorated Sprinkler Tins :

SANITARY FLUID. For disinfecting and 41 doz ; 3 doz. 3/9 ; 6 doz. 3/7 ; 12 doz. 3/3.

deodorising. In Tins or Casks. On the P.A.T.A. at 6d.

" PULVICIDE " (Patented). A Dustlaying Com- Showcards issued for both articles, being a
reproduction of the Certificate of Merit.
pound. Agents wanted for its introduction to
Write for Samples and judge for yourself,
Municipalities.
SHIRLEY BROTHERS, LTD.
M UNSEED COMPOUND." (p.a .t .a.)
Whitecross Works, London, S.E.
A Cough Mixture of over 4G years' proven excel

lenca.

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST XXV

sv i* i» t.vn f v x

By Royal Warrant

To H.M. To H.M.

King George V. Queen Alexandra.

SOLDERS OF ROYAL WARRANTS DURING
THREE SUCCESSIVE REIGNS.

JEYES' DISINFECTANTS.

Jeyes' Fluid. n (Jeyes' Special Fluid),
Jcycs' Sheep Dip. n (Medical),

Jeyes' Powder. n Inhalant.

Jeyes' Soaps. n Capsules (Palatinoids.

Jeyes' Horticultural Washes. n Syrup.
Cyllinettes (Sanitary Towels). n Pastilles.

Senalia Toilet Soap. n Dusting Powder.

Jeyes' Household Ammonia. n Surgical Soap.
n Bar Soap.
Jeyes' Toilet Paper (sanitised n Liquid Soap.
with Jeyes' Fluid).

Branalcane. Jeyes' Parasitic Soap.

Lano-Cyllin. E Identical in composition with original German LYSOL,
and equally efficient.
JEYSOL. (4ftjft )

Jeyes' Sanitary Compounds Co., Ltd., 64 Cannon Street, London, E.C.

BRITISH

MADE and

OWNED.

Messrs. CHAS. ZIMMERMANN & Co. (CHEm.». Ltd.

beg to announce that all orders for
this product and Toilet Specialities

will in future be executed direct

from the Manufacturing Company

B! LLYSOL, LTD., n
Stratford,

TELEPHONE: EAST 892.

—!

%-g.vi THE CHEMIST AND DKUGGIST January 1, 1916

»r I* 1*1. KM 1ST

LONDON COLLEGE OF PHARMACY m

Principal— HENRY WOOTTON, B Sc. iLond ) PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS
depend on the purity of their
MINOR. ingredients.
Next complete Course January 5.
NITRATE SILVER
MAJOR.
Complete Course begins January 5. is the most important of these, and
it happens also to be very sensitive
APOTHECARIES' HALL Course begins
January 31. to contamination.

Separate Class Rooms and Museum A wide margin of safety has there-
fore always been our principle in
for Lady Students. manufacturings. Firstly, throughout

OCTOBER EXAMINATIONS. the whole of our processes we use
exclusively vessels made of Gold and
18 London College Students passed.
Platinum. Secondly, all our first
The number of students who have passed the Pharmaceutical crystals are twice redissolved and
Examinations from the London College, since its establishment, recrystallised. Thirdly, every batch
exceeds that from any other school. of final crystals is tested before
Far Prospectus. &c.. apply to The Secretary, LONDON COLLEGE OV CHfcMISTKY passing into our st ock.

AND PHARMACY, .161 ClaphamUoad. London S.W Our guarantee of highest purity is
thus assured.
THE SCHOOL FOR SUCCESS
! Compel/live Quotations on request.

186 CUPHAM ROAD, LONDON, S.W. Mark indents "Johnson, Matthey's."
—Principal H. LUCAS, Ph.C, F.C.S. None genuine if not labelled ivith

Assistant Master— H. E. ARCHER, Ph.C. Caobulresn—am"eMaantdthTeryadeLoMnardko.n"

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEW YEAR. (all Codes used).
Telephone—9740 City (6 lines).
A New Course of instruction for the Minor and Apothecaries'
Hall commences on January 3, 1916. Fee £9 .9.0. JOHiNSON
Benches may now be booked.
MATTHEY IS
Cvenine: Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday, 6.30—9. Fees from 1 guinea. MELTERS S/ASSftYERS TO

THE BANK OF ENGLAND

74 81 HAT TON GARDEN
• LONDON E C

Analytical Tests and Tables, by H. Locas, 21- net. 11

—For all particulars apply The Principal.

WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
THE OLDEST-ESTABLISHED PRIVATE SCHOOL OP PHARMACY IN ENGLAND. Telephone: BRIXTON 1728.

Next Minor Term commences on JANUARYPrincipals: CEORCE S. V. WILLS, Ph.C. (Pounder).
PERCIVAL H. W00DN0TH, M.P.S.

5, 1916.

NEXT COMPLETE COURSE FOR THE APOTHECARIES' HALL EXAMINATION WILL COMMENCE ON FEBRUARY 5.

The Largest and Most Successful Private School of Pharmacy iu England for Minor or Apothecaries' Hall Examinations.

DURING THE PAST YEAR 102 STUDENTS QUALIFIED FROM THIS COLLEGE.
N.B.— All fees paid for Postal Instruction and Evening Classes are allowed when the student enters College.

Fop Prospectus giving full particulars (post free), apply to the SECRETARY, 402 CLAPHAM ROAD, LONDON, S.W.

Borough Polytechnic Institute PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULAS. (9th Ed.) 10/-, by Post 10/6.
ART OF DISPENSING. (9th Ed.) 596 pages. 6/-, by Post 6/4
BOROUGH ROAD, LONDON. S.E. DISEASES AND REMEDIES. (4th Ed.) 3/-, by Post 3/3.
CHEMISTS* DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMS. 2/6, by Post a/8.
CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, 42 CANNON ST., E.C.
(Under the direction of C. Doree. M.A , D.Sc )

A further Course of LECTURES and PRACTICAL WORK on

" The Chemistry and Technology of the Essential Oils "

will be given by C. T. Bennett. B.Sc, F.I.C. (Pharmaceutical
Chemist), on Wednesday evenings at 7.30, commencing Jan. iz, 1916.

Syllabus and Full Particulars on application to the Principal,

We are now in a position to supply large quantities.

Your inquiries will receive our immediate attention.

THE CENTRAL EXPORT BUREAU, r
one^charVng crossP'{jSndon.

ALL BRITISH^ Wholesale Only. ! The 'TOINOCO" Brand of

+ +CREPE BANDAGES. PAPER HANDS?

Itn various widths and qualities. Send for Samples, with Pricei, I Are British & not Advanced On P.A.T.A, at Full Price. Retfularly Advertised.
and compare with any foreign production, to Order through your Sundries House or from the Sole Proprietors
The Norwich Crepe Co. (1856), Ltd., St. August ines, Norwich, THE TOINOCO HANDKERCHIEF CO.. Ltd., 83 Clerkenwell Rd., London. E C.

who are acknowledged to be the only manufacturer! in Great

I. ^ Britain.

January 1, 191 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST SSV11
SUPPLEMKST

THE STANDARD OF PURITY"

Petroleum Jelly PAR. MOL. AGITAT.
ALB. & FLAV.
B.P. 1915.

WHITE, YELLOW, ORANGE, LEMON.

Liquid Paraffin

U) PAR. LIQ. B.P. 1914.

ODOURLESS. TASTELESS. COLOURLESS.

S.G. -860—'S90

WHOLESALE ONLY:— White OilsHalf-white
and
STERN SONNEBORN
Coloured
OIL CO., LTD.,
YELLOW. GREEN, RED, ETC.
Royal London House, For BRILLIANTINES.
Finsbury Square, London, E.C.
—Works ' Burdett Oil Wharf, Stepney, London, E.

Cable Address 'CELAITCH, NEW YORK."
i

CHAS. L. HUISKING,
5 PLATT STREET, NEW YORK CITY,

Broker and Commission Merchant.

DRUGS, CHEMICALS, ETC.

Buying and Selling Agent for leading Houses in all parts of the World.

Weekly Market Reports Mailed on request of Wholesale Buyers only.

BRITISH MADE
GENUINE AMERICAN ANTISEPTIC &
CELTOL
PEPPERMINT OIL DISINFECTANT

"Columbia " Natural Contains commercially pure Cresol in the same proportion
"Diamond White " as does Lysol. Soluble in water, giving a clear solution,

Re-distilled. uniform throughout.

Finest qualities for Druggists, CELTYL, Disinfectant Fluid, 18-20 Co-eff.
Distillers and Confectioners. CELTIC CROSS, Ordinary Disinfectant Fluid,
CELTOLENE, Antiseptic Liquid Soap.
—Sole Consignees in United Kingdom
R. W. GREEFF & CO. Sheep Dip, Crude Carbolic Acid, Soap Powder, Domestic
Liquid Soap aud all other Coal Tar Products. All British
Thames House,
made by the
Queen St. Place, LONDON, E.C.
CELTIC CHEMICAL CO., Petershill Road, GLASGOW.

Agents: CELTOL SUPPLY AGENCY

AUGUST REICH WALD, LIMITED.

(Estab. 1872), Entirely British Owned and Controlled.

Finsbury Pavement House, London, E.C.

—— "

XXV1U THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

SCPPIEHIEST

FREDk. FINK & CO., PRECIPITATED CHALK.

10 & 11 MINCING LANE, LONDON, E.C. Lightest and Whitest, also Purest Dense.

SPECIALITIES. Cums Arabic and APPLY TO

Tragacanth as imported or finely powdered. AUG. LEVER MORE & CO. Ltd., s ^o". 0"

^tc

Telegrams : " LEVERMORE LONDON." Telephone : 461 3 Central.

CACHETS " FINOT 99 HERM. MADOERY, BASLE (Switzerland)

< White Coioure.l), CHEMICAL WORKS FOUNDED 1902.
With inscriptions in any desired
tint ; also Plain or Embossed.
SWISS FIRM.
" Beautifully male, and the inscriptions give them

a distinction all their own." C. <f D. Specialities, Pharmaceutical Products :

"Perfection of Cachets." Lancet. Silver Salts Quinine Salts

These Cachets arc especially adapted for Headache, Neuralnia and other powders. Vanillin 100%

COOPER, SON & CO., Ltd.. 80 Gloucester Road, SOUTH KENS NGTON. Sulphothyol
mIn Ton «i7.-«. U=n a .,nn>i<vi to fl> oxist.in • .rhinos.
Diethylbarbituric Acid Albuminate Tannic

HOT WATER BOTTLES. Dentistry
FOR CHEMISTS & DENTISTS -
BE bT ENGLISH MAKE.
SgSS AG.FENTMAN
Before placing your season's order for Hot 190, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E.C.
Water Bottles please write for quotation to
DISINFECTANTS
mm.Till GALEI CO., Ltd., Wilson St., New Cross, London, Si. OF ALL KINDS

Sheet Metal Work : Cheapest Makers of Co-efficient Acids and Fluids. !

in Brass, Copper, Zinc or Tinned Steel, HENRY ELLISON, Ltd., Cleckheaton, Yorks

for the Chemical Manufacturing Trades.

No matter what your requirements are,
If It's a Sheet Metal job communicate with

&A. GREEN CO., 56/60 Chapel St., Salford, Manchester.

JOHN E. RAWORTH CELLULOSE WADDING S8u

CHARTERED PATENT AGENT. WE HAVE STOCK AND INVITE INQUIRIES.

PATENTS, TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS. Hospitals and General Contracts Company, Ltd.

OLD MANSION HOUSE, and ^" ^ 19 & 21. 25-35 MORTIMER STREET - LONDON, W.
73 Cheapside, EX. VV.^
VV E S T M?N S T E R ,^ s! Phone : Museum 3140. Telegrams: "Contracting."

WILL VERNON & SONS Send for Trade Price List of

" Lister n Surgical Dressing Factory, MECHANICAL DENTISTRY

NORTH ROAD. PRESTON. TO

MANUFACTURERS OP TEMPLAR MALINS, LTD.,

Absorbent Lint, Cotton Wool, Bandages, Wood Wool, etc. 51 Queen Street, CARDIFF.

Telegrams : " Spindles P3bston."

TOBACCOS! CIGARS! CIGARETTES! We can give immediate deliveries of Tooth Powders in 1<U 24. and

Every known Brand at Manufacturer's own List 4W. aise*. Vaselines, Zinc and Boracio Ointments. Cold Oream.
Prices. Endless variety of Tobacconists' Fancy Oamphor lee, Coco-Nut Oil Pomades, in all sizes*
Goods & Shop Fittings. The Trade only supplied SPECIAL. NEW PREPARATIONS.
Opening orders a Speciality. Send for Price List. complexion wax OI1 *NJ T1 IU5F; lN* T1 ^J*

8INCLET0N & COLE, Ltd., Cannon Street, BIRMINGHAM, LILY ROSE TABLETS
AND BRANCHES. mU3d.

Id.

WBCIAX, TEBMS FOR WHOLESALE EXPORT and SHIPPING TRADES,
CVFOCand CASH WITH ORDER CUSTOMERS.
| Wholoale Maoufacturinf Chemists,
) 56 & 58 CHAPEL ST., MANCHESTER.

CACHETS PELTOT FORMALDEHYDE 40°/

all sues 2>vlj000 SALICYLATES, U.S.P.

, Wcstbourna Grove. London ,W. SPOT DELIVERY.

Harry Heymann, \&S$ Bradford.

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST
8TPPIEIEK1

|

HAD EINEALEXANDRE'S BUNGHER & HASELER,

S LTD.
FOR COLOURING GREY HAIR.
Branston St.,
This popular article is largely advertised
and stocked by all Wholesale Houses. BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

s,ze supplied on
-

k TRIAL DPHUTTILEECOI pretty showcards,

V tie1 doz.. ; 1/- size. 10/- doz. ; 8/6 Blze, 30/- doz.

58 WESTBOURNE GROVE, LONDON, W.

SURGICAL RUBBER & VULCANITE

RUBBER & VULCANITE Goods ol every description, Waterproof Sheetinf.
GOODS of every description. Waterproof Aprons, Syringes, Enemas, Whirling

dman 8t Sprays, Air Cushions, Rubber Gloves, etc.
cHE
sTW:&CAVE KEMP'S VULCANIZING CO., LTD.
HICCIN, rNLTD., M23
19 Hardman Street, Manchester. Also at Sheffield.

&Balnes' Dielectric Balnes' Dielectric Emulsion Van Horn and Sawtell
-LONDON AND NEW YORK- MAKERS OF
The newly discovered Dielectric Treatment for LOCAL
PYREXIA in its various forms, including Pneumonia. Appendi- K"Y LUBRICATING JELLY
IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES AND OF
oitis, Neuritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, etc. The greatest medicsl
Van /for/fSterile Sutures and Ligatures
discovery of a century. All danger to life removed within a singl* —IN GLASS TUBES
hour in Pneumonia, Appendicitis, <fec. This remedy is unequalled PRICES ON APPLICATION

for rapidity of action in all forms of Local Pyrexia Sold to the

Modical Profession and Drug Trade onlv !>y DEI0M8, LTD., 220 Tourer
rldffo Road, London. 'Phone : Hop 335. Telegrams ! " Deionisers,

Bonn, London.

We have now in Stock ^5. IK. cTmofierS CDeniifn'ce in particularly
appealing tins, made for tfiem and advertised to
DROP BOTTLES them. 'IRay we Send a Sample and tell you
about a wonderfully successful window y/iow ?
L. H. and T. K. Patterns. 10, 15, 20, 30, 60 and 100 gnn.
Advertised 6d. P.A.T.A. A\d. Cost 2/3 doz.
TELMA MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
CHRISTYS. OLD SWAN LANE, E.C.
Irima House, Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell Road, London, E.C

TOMMY'S Shop Heating Simplified.
COOKER.
—The "St. Andrew" Gas-Steam Radiator solves the heating pro-
A &Marvel of Simplicity Utility
blem doing away with elaborate, costly, and troublesome hot-water
Is the most welcome gift tosoldiers

himin the trenches . . . Give

one before he leaves for the front.
. . . For preparing food out of

doors it is perfection.

Used by the British, Belgian

and French Army in the Field,
and the Red Cross Society.

Price, 1/- Refills, 1/6
ADVANTAGES.— 1. Wind does

not blow it out. 2. Composition
unaffected by weather or climate.
3. Stand carries heavy pots or pans.

Tommy's Cooker Co. Ld.

Works: 31 Carburton St., London, W,

&Cpipes, ; no flues, pipes, or boilers. Simple gas connection only

required. Automatic regulation of gas supply, ensuring a uniform

temperature and no waste of gas. Odourless, non-corrosive, and

absolutely safe.

Write to-day for free ^Booklet,

"WARMTH AT WILL."

'S'AiidreaJ

CAS STEAM RADIATORS

John Wright 6- Co.,Essex Works.Birmin^ham.

.

XXX THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

Nl PPIKMEST

ftopal Ularrant to Bp Ropal Ularranr to

Irm. Ok King,

Onfy DAY&'SONS.*^ Onty
Crewe. n?(cREWE)
ONE ONE
HORSE .CATTLE ,SH EEP & DOG MEDICINE S
Address Address*
IN THE

pARM & STABLE.

DAYS' BLACK DRINK DAYS' RED DRINK

Curw Colic or Gripes in Horses or Cattle, Scour and Weak- OR COW DRENCH.
cms in all Young Stock, Blown Cattle and Sheep, Debility.
For Costiveness, Loss of Cud, Indigestion, Garget, Coldi,
Chills, and Low Condition in all Stock Fever, Hidebound, &c, in Cattle. Prepares Cows foi
Calving, Prevents Milk Fever, and cures Bad Cleansing.
Price 1/8 per bottle.
121 • P er doz. packets.
DAYS' HUSKOLEIN.
The Ewe Drench for Ewes, 3/6 per doz.

Almost infallible for Tape Worms in Lambs and other DAYS' OILS

Animals for Husk or Hoose in Calves, Lambs, &c. A (THE PURIFIED DRIFFIELD OILS)
; Heal all Wounds in Horses, Cattle, and Sheep, Sore Teats
and Swollen Udders in Cows and Ewes. For Anointing
speciality for Worms in Horses and Colts.
in. difficult Lambing or Calving.
6/6 per bottle.
2/6 and 6\- per bottle.
DAYS' "ZOMO-SAL
DAYS' WHITE OILS.
For Blood Disorders. Humours, General Weakness, Sur-
feits, Indigestion, Sterility, <fcc, in Horses and Beasts. A Safe Embrocation for Sprains, Swellings, WindgalU
Promotes Growth of Bone. Makes animals "fit " for Show e

or Sale. SprungSinews, Rheumatism, Sore Throat, Weak Joints, Ac.

In Canisters at 7j6, 20 -, and 401- 2/6 and 6\- per bottle.

DAY & SONS' "ORIGINAL" MEDICINE CHESTS

Price £1 4s., £2 4s., £5, and £10 10s. ; Carriage Paid.

Arrangecf for Horses, Cattle and Sheep ; Horses only ; or to suit any class of stock.

When Ordering Please State Requirements.

The Chest Illustrated is similar to that at £5 and £2 4s.

Great Specialities.

ONLY GENUINE FROM

DAY & SONS, CREWE, LTD.,

CREWE, ENGLAND.

LIBERAL TERMS FOR FOREIGN BUYERS.

January 1, 1916 THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST XZXI

SIPPIEJIEST

ASHTON & PARSONS'

HOMEOPATHIC SHOWCASE

18/-

THE "A. & P." SHOWCASE

PRICE - - 18/-

&ASHTON PARSONS supply their Showcases at actual cost price

No need to purchase a large quantity of unsaleable stock to obtain a

so-called " free " Showcase.

WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED LIST, POST FREE.

ASHTON & PARSONS, Ltd., Ludgate Hill, LONDON, E.C.

1

xxxn THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST January 1, 1916

guppLEnmri

Vanishing Creams

Creme de Cologne

&

Creme Violette

9

h•~/omy 7o//eM

1

jj^ a1
~jii!ii.iu l'jlffllW||3

Fig. 105

Both are put up in style shown.
Square opal pots, aluminium screw caps.
Labelled in gold and colours, finished
off with dainty broad ribbon and bow.

Creme de Cologne, Fig. 105, I/- size per doz. 7/6

Violette, Fig. 105, „ „ 10/-

{Crane Violette also supplied in collapsible tubes)

258 Euston Road,

LONDON, N.W.

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•

SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1916.

THIS SUPPLEMENT.

The Publisher desires to make it clear that advertisements of Businesses for Disposal and Wanted, Situations Open as(3'

MUST BE PREPAID prompt
REMITTANCES MUST ACCOMPANYWanted,
Exchange Column, Sc., (except in the case of serial advertisers';, and to ensure iiiscrt"-? ;f
;
INSTRUCTIONS.
*

Advertisements for the current issue cannot be received after 4 p.m. on Thursday in each week. If it is necessary fcr

MONEYtelephone or telegraph an urgent announcement this may be done is TELEGRAPHED
PROVIDED the '

at the same time and the fact made clear that the money order is to be delivered at 42 CANNON STREET, LONDON, i'y
Advertisers will assist greatlv in the preparation and quick despatch of the Supplement by making careful note of these ru! -v.
Telephone : No. 3617 Central (3 lines). Telegraphic Address : " Chemicus Cannon London." (Three words counted as two.)

The Drug Trade has atte

to the supreme value of this Supplement
as a means of ensuring

Prosperity in the New Year

BEST WISHES TO ALL IN THE

CHEMISTS' TRANSFERS

EGMessrs, ORRIDGE & CO., 56 Ludgate Hill,
Telephone Number : City 2283.

May be consulted at their Offices on matters of SALE, PURCHASE, and VALUATION.

1.-—LONDON, S.W. (Main Thoijoughfare) .—For immediate Dis- and fixtures; returns £2,500, at good prices; commodious resi-

posal, good-class Business in good position; returns about £1,800; dence, with good warehouse; handsomely fitted Pharmacy.

net profit between £350 and £400; the .business is known to us, —9. LANCS (Main Marketing Thoroughfare). Ready-mcney

— —and we can recommend it; valuation and £50 premium. Retail, with excellent Optical connection; returns i'1,370, yielding

2. LONDON, S.E. Beady-money Business; established many about £600 net profit ; terms, valuation of stock and fixtures and

years returns, present rate, £20 per week, with net profit £5 sum for goodwill to be arranged equitably.
;
—10. SURREY.—For value of stock and fixtures only, well-
double-fronted shop; good stock; small residence; rent £32; price

— —£400. established Business, returning £450 to £500, with net profit' one-

3. LONDON, N. Price £650, or valuation of stock and fixtures third ; net rent £15 ; held on lease well-appointed house, with
and sum for goodwill ; a good but neglected Business, returning ;

under management between £1,000 and £1,100; gross profit £437 garden, stabling, etc.
;
— —11. SUSSEX. First-class country connection in good district;
— —books audited by accountant and stock taken annually.
returns exceed £800, and net profit £300 ; comfortable residence,
4. LONDON, W. (Suburban). Retail and Dispensing Business;
with private entrance and small garden practically no opposition ;
all good middle-class trading; returns about £650 under manager; ;

profit5—net £200 scope for considerable extension price £475. rare opportunity price £750.
; ; ;
12—BRISTOL (Within Easy Distance of).—Unopposed Mixed
LONDON, N. (Main Market Thoroughfare) .—Ready-money

Business, chiefly small trading returns between £900 and £1,000 Retail Business present hands 17 years ; returns between £700
; ;

—perannum grois profit 50 per cent. price £350, or near offer. and £800; estimated net profit £200; rent £21 10s. ; 8-roomed
; ;

6. CHELSEA.— Middle-class Retail and Dispensing Business; house, garden full of fruit trees, also outbuilding ; well fitted and

returns over £1,300, at very profitable prices; large shop, nicely stocked no reasonable offer refused.

fitted and well stocked, with very good house attached ; offer —;
wanted.
13. TORKS (Manufacturing Town).— Good-class Retail and Dis-
— —7. LONDON, N.W. Modern Pharmacy, rapidly increasing;
pensing Business (N.H.I.) returns £1,050, at good prices rent
; ;

£19 10s. ; small residence ; price £650, about the value of sfcc'k

returns, present rate, £1,500 per annum; attractive shop and good and fixtures.

stock all open to inspection ; valuation and small premium only —14. HERTFORDSHIRE (Market Town).—Good middle-class
;

required. Retail and Dispensing Business, situate in residential district

—8. SEASIDE RESORT (South of England).—High-class Dispens- returns about £'1,000; very profitable and steadily increasing;

ing and Retail Business for immediate Sale for valuation of stock valuation terms entertained.

VALUATIONS FOR STOCKTAKING.

B£easn. O. & Co. desire to emphasize the necessity of a Periodical Statement of Account, by which means alone Profit, the w&Gwe?
•f (Business, &c-, can be determined. Involving as this does the labour of Stocktaking and Valuation.it is often omitted, mt'
eventually becomes the cause of confusion and loss.
Messrs. 0. 4 Co. are prepared to undertake these essential duties, and will make Special Terms for such services.
56 LUDGATE HILL, LONDON,OJE*«XISO*3 <8b CO,,
E.G.

;;

sxxiv THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST SUPPLEMENT January 1, 1916

BRETT & CO. PARSON C. BAKER
CHURCH END, FINCH LEY,
1 MOUNTFIELD ROAD, N.
BRITISH DRUG HOUSES, LTD.
Licensed Valuers, —Recommended by

MEGGESON & CO., LTD.
BARCLAY & SON, LTD.
73 LAUREL ROAD, LEICESTER. Tel. No. Finchley 812.

Telegrams, "Brett Leicester." Telephone 1934. All correspondence should be addressed as above.

And 'at 174 VICTORIA ST., S.W., Ph.C. Tel. No. Victoria 27.

F. J. BRETT, M.P.S., Valuer to Association of Manufacturing Chemists, has Businesses
BXVES PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL VALUATIONS. for Disposal on East, South, and West Coasts, besides numerous

NO CHARGE TO BUYERS. others in various parts of the country.
" AGENCY.—We have always a large number of Buyers on our
books, and we can frequently find a purchaser at once. We also Several Pharmacists are disposing of very desirable concerns

have a Private Register for vendors who are in no hurry to sell, that they may be able to join the Forces abroad. Purchasers ars
fend who do not wish their businesses to be advertised.
requested to send particulars of their requirements and the
amount of capital they are willing to invest. No charge what-

STOCKTAKING SPECIALISTS to the Entire DRUG TRADE. ever to purchasers.
P. C. B. makes a ^speciality of examinations and reports on
—£i,000 returns. LONDON, N.W.—High-class Family Retail and
businesses on behalf of purchasers and arranges the transfer
Dispensing, increasing; fine opening for Photo and Optical; well- on very moderate terms.

Valuations for Sale, Probate, or Account are promptly attended

to and personally conducted, whether in town or country. AH

communications are strictly confidential, and correspondence is

fitted, large shop and house; moderate rent; net profit £300; invited.

price £400. Purchasers are strongly advised not to purchase any business
which is not allowed to be investigated by an experienced expert.
— —£900 returns. LONDON, N. Good-class Family Retail; plenty

of scope for Optics and Dentistry; large corner shop; good house;

net profit £213 ; price £450. THOS. TOMLINSON & SON

—£1,400 returns.—NORTH MIDLANDS. Good market-town trade; CHEMISTS' VALUERS, TRANSFER AGENTS.
AND EXPERT STOCKTAKERS,
profit above the average price £800.
; 45a MARKET STREET, MANCHESTER.
Established over Half a Century.
— —£1.100 returns. MIDLANDS. Medium-sized market town; trade
Telegraphic Address : " Tomtom."
increasing; good house, yard, and garden; premises on lease;
We desire particularly to draw the attention of Colonial and
price £725, not much more than value of stock and fixtures. Foreign Subscribers to the fact that in cases where they

—LANCASHIRE. A much-neglected good-class Business, through require partners, agents or assistants, or wish to sell their
businesses, an advertisement in this Supplement, placed
continued ill-health; young, energetic man would find this an
In every copy of "The Chemist and Druggist," should ba
exceptional chance ; valuation of stock and fixtures, about £500 the readiest means of helping them to attain their object.
The tariff for such announcements is given under the appro-
botter-olass town. priate headings in the Supplement. Instructions and re-

We] have cash Buyers for businesses from mittances can be sent to us direct or through the adver-
£500 to £5,000. tisers' correspondents in this country.

Valuations conducted upon the shortest notice
•t moderate fees.

BERDOE & FISH BUSINESSES FOR DISPOSAL.

VALUERS & TRANSFER AGENTS, 3s. 6d. for 50 words or less; 6d. for every
10 words or less beyond, prepaid.
35 Jewry Street, Fenchurch Street, City
The Advertiser may, if preferred, have replies
Telephone : 1809 Cexteal.
addressed to this Office, and forwarded on payment of an
additional charge of 6d.

INCOME TAX, Prioe-lists, trade circulars, samples, and printed matter oan in

It is more essential than ever that you no case be forwarded, the Box numbers beinff intended exclusively
should ascertain your for specifio answers to particular advertisements. The Publisher
reserves the right to open and refuse to forward any communion
TRUE FINANCIAL POSITION.
tions received which he may consider contrary to this rule.

BOLTON —Drug-store to be Sold cheap good opening for
;

qualified man. Apply, H. B. Pare & Co., 26 Howell Croft,

Bolton.

To do this you must take stock, or have it —LANCASHIRE Negleeted Business in principal thoroughfare;
takings £12 to £15 (Christmas week over £24) ; few
done for you. For useful information on
Patents; well stocked; beautifully fitted, 24-ft. glass labelled
the subject see
Drawers, Parnell Dispensing Screen, £35 Cash Register, etc.
Page 135 in the New Diary. rent £36; price required about £350. Particulars, " Euony-

Read it now. min " (147/13), Office of this Paper.

We will take your stock for you, or if you LONDON, S.W.—Lock-up Branch for immediate Disposal takings
;
take it yourself, we will price it out for you.
under' neglect £6 per week ; could be greatly increased a
;

large Panel business could be done (at present it is refused) ;
elderly man a good
willing to accept less than valuation ; suit ;

opening for Dentistryi and Photography; every convenience.

Address cash offer, 147/25, Office of this Paper.

Dates for stocktakings booked any distance LONDON, W. and S.W.—Advertiser, wishing to join the Colours,

has two Businesses for immediate Disposal : No. 1, West
than
End, rent 30s. weekly, no rates and taxes price £100 (less
;

ahead send for our special pamphlet valuation); No. 2. suburban, on main road; old-established, with
;
several valuable Proprietaries long lease price £450 ; valuation
; ;

and special terms. of stock and fixtures .£7,00. Apply, " Pyke " (81/30), Office of

this Paper.