Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-01
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| To the Union and American:
We noticed Communication in you
issue of the 2Gth purporting to be a reply
to ours Of the day previous. Our first I'M
preston was not to notice it, for two rea
rs, first, it did not prove our statement il
our previous article, that the EtberiG
Tmcture VdleriGr, 1odS kn0tCn an on
american books, TO be incorrect; bat rather
the contrary; as he admits in his second
article to have found it-just where We told
him it WAS. Secondly, his quotations from
the GERMAN PHARCoPO EA were so grOSSt5
incorrect, we knew that all educated
Pharmacists, would st once give his article
the position it deserved.
We further thought, that somebody might
loan him a copy of the German PsarnldcO-
p9d, and seeing bis mistakes, he might be
able to indicate himself, and a. the same
time "beneft our Nashville druggists, " as be
seemed al xious TODD, with correct for
nluld, for etherisl tincture valerian. We
have waited patiently few days, that these
things might be accomplished. But as the
reputation of sour Nashville druggists, y
is at stake, we concluded that further delay
would be unnecessary and dangerous.
His formulas ere:
"R. ETHEREAL alcohol, S OF.
Valerisn root, groand, l OF.
Macerate eight days and filter"
''R. For making ETHEREAL alcohol: Take
2 o., By measure, of sulphuric ether TO o
OF. Of 9S per cent. alcohol, aud mix"
The italics are ours.
Now, in the German PhGYnldcOpOBG, on
page 35S, we find, eve translate from the
original latin):
s'ETHERIAL TINCTURE VALERIAN.
Z. ValeriaD root, one part.
Spirit Of ether, five parts.
Mscsrate and lnase tincture."
and on page 300 we find:
SPIRITS OF ETHER.
(Etherial A cohol)
"R.-Ether, one part.
Spirits-( alc0hol) three parts.
mix"
10 the GERMAN PHARMACoPGA, there
is no liquid measure, ali the formulas being
given in parts by loeiqht.
We give the above formulas, that sour
Nashville Druggists" may be able to COM
pare them, and see the mistakes in the for
mula given for "their benefit" it is not ne
cessary to poiut them out, as they will be
seen "a glance.
He further states, Everybody who read
my article of the oath knows that no men
ton was made of NdshUiIe physicians or
druggists" Whereas, ne refers 10 bis art
icle to Withholding 'from suffering and
stricken community" and says, ''GS some Of
OUR DOCTORS are prescribing etterid tine
tlre cdleridR" be kindly furnishes the for
mula from the GERMAN PHARAfACoPGA,
'FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NASHVILLE
DRUGGISTS" OF course he does not men
ton any Nashville druggist or physician by
name, unless he considers himself one. But
il appears to us, that his fret article was got
up and publ he'd to thu NGShUitte druggists
aud physicians, as UGLuGJle Information
from the GERMAN PHARMACoPGA, for
the benefit Of them, and "sgteri1g and
stricken community" ~
The writer "screens himself behind a
nom de plume" out of respect for the Nash
vile physicians aud druggists, many of
whom are no doubt better able to reply to
the articles, than he is. And still thinks it
a "rnedn trick" TO withhold formula
(by publishing an incorrect one) 'from
suffering and stricken community,
at such time as this" and would advise,
in addition to the american books" men
toned in our previous article, that an ex-
animation of the GERMAN PHARAiACoPGA,
would not be out OF place, in order that be
might be ga little better posted before he
appears in public print again."
49,. AMERICAN DRUGGIST.