, 1874-07-12
buy It. The same may be said Of ipecao, which
Iii powerful emetic when perfectly pure.

buy It, The same may be said Of ipecao, Wnlol
III powerful emetic when perfectly pure
! sE1DI11z POWDERS.
Eeporter-People complain good deal OF th'
valuescssness OF Seiditz powders. Tdey HI
often found to be OF no use at all.
Or. Aayner-There is very small proht OF
seidi4tz powders and they aro often sold at llgh
weight, not half dose being placcc
awavs some of hG a o"sI Iemss2es nGpse
putting, tpi half-ounce Of powder into each
| dose. In that way tho powders, il Of proper
quality. cannot fail to be OF service. THIS thlne
OF improperly compoundlng is very frequent
yicc. Take. for example. oil OF sandal-wood.
which wcakous its effect. It should be
| drawn pure from the wood. This oil has
become very valuable, owing to it's high
medicinal Qualities. and is so much sought AFTER
| ny doctors that the price is quite figure.
CITRATE OF MAuSEsIA
10 very frequently substituted by something
else. It Is combination Of ma5nesia with
cltrlc acid. Some druggists use common Epson
salta and Nochelle salts, especially the latter.
which ia afterward sweetoued mud mixed With
tue requisite acid. This is how the ELECTS OF
citrate Ut nlagnasa are often the reverse Ut
those intended,
CREAM OF TARTAR.
Perhaps it may Astoniah most people. who use
cream OF tartar, to know that it il not uufre-
quently compounded Of plaster Of paris aud tar
tartic acid. Imagine your stomach tiled with
cement. Yet. nothing is more common than tins.
A. to solid extracts. / haye to sny
that hcubane, belladonna, and common
daudelion, Of the American typo, are
next to yalueless. The Euglisi brands are, on
the other hand, absolutely perfect, and when
doctor writes his prescription. he knows exactly
what going into it, aud wlat its effect Will be.
1Ienbaue. beadonna, etc., arc used as anodyncs
to prevent griping whero strong purgatives have
to be used. They are deadly polsons, oysry-
body knows, WIon taken in almost any quantity
alone.
IN THE MATTER OF CHEMICALS,
all should have the brand Of Bu1ne reliable firm.
It il in the power OF overy druggist to prove his
stock in detail, mud he should do it. The differ
cnce In price is not a sufficient object to Induce
druggists to buy an inferior quality. 1t il more
through carelcssnoss or ignorance than anything
else that they use bad stun.
In the Wholesale manufacture OF sugaz-coated
pills, especially those containing qninine, there
IL chance TO mako large profits without detec-
tlon. Each quinine pill is supposed to contain
two grains Of that expensive drug. How can
anybody tell how much the male-np wholesale"
pill, coated with sugar, contains? The only way
to secure the public asainst being c4eate1 is to
have every frst-class drug store make up its
own pills, and then people will know what they
are takius. Calomcl, carelessly made, becomes
klnd OF corrosive subiuate, and
bo more carefully handled than this.
Spirits of n1trc very useful medicine, il often
badly adu1terated. 1t should be very carefully
distilled. which. BY the way IL frequently not the
case. Nitrous ether is generally mixture Of
nitric acid sulphurlc ether, etc. III various prop
nrties. It il safe to assert that any exoeusyo
chemical is, rs rule, Liable to reduction.