The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-05
THE EXHIBITION
or Drugs, Chemicals, Surgical Instru
ments. &c.
Highly.Creditable Display at No. 1907 Main
Street-Who the Exhibitors Are, and What
They are showing Many Fine Business.
Houses Repres nted.


They are showing Many Fine Business.
Houses Represented.
The exhibition Of drugs, chemicals. sur.
gical instruments, me edicinal preparations
electric and galvaBic batteries, paper pill
and powder-bOyes, ETC.. etc., Is well dis
played in the first floor Of the large store
room No. 1907 Main street. Many OF the
oldest and best houses III the country have
sent large and attractive samples and speci-
mems OF their various medicinal prepara-
tons and appliances, which are neatly dis
played on fine walnut stands, glass cases,
and counters. This exhibition has received
much attention from the members Of the
Medical Association, and Is fully up to the
average for such occasions. Representa-
tiyes from the various houses are in attend
ance, who rival each other in their kind at
tentioDs 10 the doctors, and never grow
tired OF explaining the many virtues and
great advantages OF their particular article
or preparation.
W. II. ScHIEFFELIN Il Co., New York,
nave on exhibition the following soluble
pills and granules, comprising all remedies
IN pill form, coated with Il soluble trans.
parent coating, which enables the pills TO
be swallowed without taste. These pills
received the highest prize at Paris, 1878 /;
sydney, 1879; and Melbourne, 1891. They
exhibit also great variety OF materia me-
dica, nuid extracts, eIiXirs, syrups. and
many cufiosiies in drug.wares also. Gard
ners hydriOdic acid and chemically pure
hypopbo>phite preparations.
PAgKE DAVIS & Co., Detroit, Mich. ex.
hlbit TWO handsome cases Of capsules con-
tanning cod'lIyer oil and oil OF turpentine.
They are much admired.
DR.. JEROME KIDDER. Of New York city,
has m elegant clSe Of eleclro-m medical APP
paratuS.
MessrS. PURCELL, LADD Il Co., the largest
wholesale drug house OF our city. with COM
mendable Zeal and enterprise. have on ex.
hibitlon the mineral waters OF Virginia.
These waters are becoming more generally
known and appreciated every year. We
notice the celebrated waters OF the filo
Lithia, Healing, Allegheny, RockbrIdge
Alum. White Sulphur, and Red sulphur
springs, aud also the WOlf-Trlp lithIa wa
ter. all Of which they are agents for. This
exhibition will do much to increase the
popularity Of our mineral waters. all OF
which have received the most flittering teS-
timonials from the leading physicians Of the
country. Messrs. Purcell. Ladd Il Co. also
exhibit their celebrated Ayres truss. The
simplicity Of construction, and ease and
comfort given 10 the wearer, commend il
TO the attention Of the medical profession.
They also exhibit full and interesting line
OF rubber medical appliances. which attract
deserved attention from the physicians.
I. Il. StELEY, l347 Chestnut street. Phil,
adeIphil, PA case 0f SeeIPy's bard-rub.
bcr tru,ses, supporters. &c., are exhibited
By I. Roberts Baker. who is agent in thi.
city for the manufacturer. This exhibit /,
in charge OF q. VI. Streeter, OF Philadel-
phIg, who has taken great pains To explain
the merits OF these goods, which, it j.
claimed, possess superior advantages, and
are endorsed by the leading professional
men. The springs are OF fine steel, COW
cred with hard rubber, and can be changed
in shape as desired. They are made in
every desirable pattern, can be perfectly
fitted to form Of body, being light, cool, and
cIeanly. and are free from all sour, rusty
chatng or strapping uuplcasantnesS, with
pads 20 anatomicllly constructed as to meet
successfully the various and most difficult
forms Of hernia, atfOrdiDg relief, comfort,
and safety.
JoHN WYETH q BROTHER, Philadelphia,
show large number of their welI.knOwn
fund extracts, eliXirS, Syrups, diaysed
iron, compressed pills, Lawton's absorbent
cotton, Bishops granular otiervescing salts,
and compressed tablets for hypcrdermiC
use. Their chlorate Of potass, peptOnic,
and soda mint tablets are well and fay0ra'
bly, known. These ale beautifully display.
ed on a ack-waInut stand and pyramid.
/ pI A. IL a
Richmond, exhibit over four hundred sam
pies Of druggists pill powder, and fam
cy. boxes. This house are large manufac'
turers OF every klud Of piper.boX for the
drug trade, from the cheapest 10 the most
expensive, in many new and attractive
STYLES. Among other novelties, their patent
perforated pill-bOX and impefyious box,
which is new patented paper box for
Ointments, received considerable attention
from the profession. IL is much TO the
credit OF this firm and TO our local
enterprise that they should have succeed
ed in introducing their boxes 50 generally
all over the country, ana TO some extent in
Europe, in The face OF the sharp c0mpeti-
ton OF older houses. But their good, have
stood the .rill-test OF trst-class workman
ship. at the lowest prices, and are now well
trade. And they are probably better known
IN New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and
the West than in this State. This house
took the first premium at the recent eXhlbl-
ton in Melbourne, Australia, for the high
quality and artistic design Of their paper
boxes. They also manufacture full line Of
fancy pun boxes, in new and attractive de-
signs, and a large variety Of ornamental
4 -. "A ,I,or al
WILLIAM WOOD Il Co., Of New York,
publishers of medical books, have large
collec.ion-amOng them books on Anatomy,
Cyclop@iia OF Practice OF Medicine in
twenty volumes, Woods Library, and two
elegant cases containing books upon various
subjects Of interest to the medical profes-
sion. Also, a fine Collection Of artotypes
for office purposes.
POND's SPHYGMOGRAPH COMPANY have on
exhibition "the perfected sphygm0graph,
the invention OF l.. A. Pond, VI. d., Rut-
land. VI. This instrument shows the exact
CONDITION OF the arteries and heart By gly-
ing on slip OF paper or mca-smoked-
the record OF every pulsation, showing to
the eve the exact character and condition Of
the circulation. II Is invaluable to every
physician in his daily practice.
+. +. HOUGHTON x Co., Of Pbiladelphil,
exhibit a large quantity OF cJsmoline.
ID. G. BRINTON Il Co.. OF Philadelphia,
display a large variety OF medical works.
They publish the Medical and Surgical Re-
porter.
WEST, JOHNSTON Il Co., OF Richmond, ex-
hiblt medical works OF the following
houses: j. B. Lippncott i Co., OF Phila-
delphia, publishers Of Agnew's Surgery,
TncycloI adia Of Chemistry, Medical Times,
Decosta Medical Diagnosis, and others; q.
T.. Putnam Sons, publishers OF Archives OF
Medicines, Archives OF Laryngology, and
Archives OF Ophthalmology, and full liae
OF their medical works; Henry Z. Leas