Illustrated & descriptive report of select exhibits at the Medical and Sanitary Exhibition at South Kensington, July 16th to August 15th, 1881.

  • International Medical and Sanitary Exhibition (1881 : London)
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1881
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Credit: Illustrated & descriptive report of select exhibits at the Medical and Sanitary Exhibition at South Kensington, July 16th to August 15th, 1881. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing. Their pure Extract of Malt is also shown. Besides the above, there is a large assortment of various P&tes de Jujube, including a beautiful series of medicated ones, which are intended to supersede the ordinary hard, rough, and angular lozenges. These were first made at the sug- gestion of Dr. Prosser James. Chrisma, which has re- cently come into notice as a valuable parasiticide, as well as an inoxidizable basis for ointments, is also shown. A large jar of the Fluid Extract of Tonga, and a few samples of ordinary pharmaceutical preparations, such as Fluid Extract of Ergot, Tincture of Plenbane, etc., of very ex- cellent qualuy, complete Messrs. Allen and Ilanburys’ own exhibits. We must not pass over a new remedy for whooping-cough, from the United States, for which Messrs. A. and li. are agents, and which they exhibit, viz. : Page’s Vaporiser and Cresoline. It is said to be a most valuable specific for the disease, and is already in extensive use throughout America. For further par- ticulars of the above, we would refer our readers to the handbills, which can be obtained at Messrs. A. and H.’s stand. Mkssrs. Young and Postans, 35, Baker Street, London, W. Their exhibits include the following col- lection of ‘ Medicated Effervescent Granules’, and other Pharmaceutical preparations: Granular Effervescent Bis- muth and Pepsine; Granular Effervescent Bismuth, Pep- sine, and Steel; Granular Effervescent Bismuth, Pepsine, and Quinine; Granular Effervescent Bismuth, Pepsine, and Strychnine, (introduced at the suggestion of the late Dr. T. H. Tanner); Granular Effervescent Bismuth and Iron; Granular Effervescent Bismuth, Iron, and Strych- nine ; Granular Effervescent Bismuth, Iron, and Quinine; Granular Effervescent lodate of Iron; Granular Effer- vescent lodate of Quinine. (Introduced at the suggestion of Dr. C. Cameron.)—Granular Effervescent Plypophos- phites of Lime, Iron, and Soda. Young and Postans’ ‘ Phosphorised Cod-Liver Oil’ — Phosphorus Capsules, Phosphorus Pearls, Phosphorus Emulsion, prepared as suggested by Professor Redwood.—Resorcin; a fine specimen made by Merck of Darmstadt. Eugenol; pure natural Salicylic Acid; Goa Powder, and resublimed Chrys'iphanic Acid; Wood Oil, or Gurjun Balsam, for Leprosy; also. Liquid Extract of Ergot and Digestive Soludon of Pepsine, from Messrs. Hamilton, Long, and Co,, the State Apothecaries, Dublin. Maw’s New Precipi- tate Collector, Hollow Suppositories with Stoppers, Pes- saries, and Bougies, Enema-Apparatus, Invalid’s Requi- sites, and a Stand containing a Complete Set of Apparatus and Reagents for Testing Urine; and a Portfolio, etc., containing a Collection of Clinical Temperature Charts, as used at various hospitals in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Messrs. Mackey, Mackey and Co., Bouverie Street, E.C , send a collection of chemicals used in medicine, manufactured by Mackey, Mackey and Co., preparations of Phosphorus, Bismuth, Iron, Cerium, Iodine, Bromine, Potassium, Zinc, Lead, Mercury, Sodium, Morphia, Strychnia, Quinine, Acids, Liquid Extracts, Decoctions, Infusions, Tinctures, Syrups, Wines, and Liquors; also special preparations of Qiiinquinine, Bismuth, Cerium, Cod-Liver Oil, Salicylic Acid, Saxceres Bark, and Iron, Beet and Iron, Epulixon, Chlorodyne, Santa], Copaiba,Chian Turpentine, Cantharides, Effervescing Saline, Collodion, Chloral-Hydrate, Croton-Chloral-Hydrate, Euonymin, Iridin, Pepsin, Salein, Podophyllin, Barks, Roots, Gums, Leaves, Pills (pearl-coated and capsuled). Suppositories, and Disinfectants. Messrs. F. Newbery and Sons, i. King Edward Street, Newgate Street, London, as agents for W. R. Warner and Co., Philadelphia, U.S.A., have a handsome case containing the Sugar-Coated Pills manufactured by that firm, which have attained great popularity. It is claimed that sugar is the only proper material with which to coat a pill :—i. Because it is more soluble than gelatine, glue, chBk, or talc, of which gelatine and glue are the same in substance and properties. ‘ Sugar-coated pills are more soluble than gelatine-coated or compressed pills.’— Professor Remington’s paper read before the American Pharmaceutical Association, Boston, 1875. 2, That ac- cording to their process, no sub-coating of insoluble shellac or gum mastic, or ‘oily’ surface polishing is necessary. 3, That the direct application of heat is entirely avoided, and the masses can be coated when so soft as not to admit of being dipped in a hot solution of gelatine. 4, Sugar as a coating is not incompatible, as is the case with gelatine, etc., when brought into contact with certain kinds of food, astringent fruits, or wine containing tannin, by which the gelatine is converted into a condition of the basis of leather. 5, The preservative properties of sugar, and the tendency to attract rather than yield moisture, prevent the subsequent drying and hardening of the pills. 6, A round substance is more easily swallowed than one which is elongated, flat- tened, or pointed, there being no art in deglutition that would enable it to pass endwise. 7, The colour and shape of some varieties of oviform gelatinised pills, are so inele- gant, by comparison with the spherical white sugared pill, as to be repulsive to sensitive patients. 8, Actual experi- ments which are enabled to be performed as to solubility, and the administration of a dose of cathartic pills, the effect of which is soon apparent, will practically demonstrate the truth of the claims put forth by Warner and Co. Mr. J. N. Davidson, Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Chemist, Dundee, has an interesting collection of prepara- tions, one of the most important being a Compound Cod- liver Oil Emulsion, which is also shown in another form, in which quinine is added ; and in a third formulae, called Compound Phosphorised Cod-liver Oil Emulsion ; and in a fourth, in which quinine is present as well as phosphorus, the quantities being, in addition to the oil, one-fifteenth of free phosphorus in each ounce, and one grain sulphate of quinine per ounce. In each case the emulsion is perfect and permanent and does not separate. It may, perhaps, be considered singular that q Dundee chemist should have been left to discover a means of treating cod-liver oil by which its nauseating scent and taste have been entirely re- ‘moved ; and which some persons consider has reduced the famous preparation of Dr. de Jongh into insignifi- cance. Certain it is that Mr. Davidson has so succeeded in medicating this popular oil as to make it tasteless and scentless ; and he makes no secret of his process. He turns the oil into paste by mixing 75 per cent, of it to 25 per cent, of pepsine, hypophosphite of lime, and lacto- phosphate of lime. The result is a paste that may be eaten like butter, and of most unobjectionable character. A host of the profession in North Britain speak in the highest terms of Mr. Davidson’s formula, and it is, no doubt, calculated to displace a variety of the prepa- rations of the oil now in the pharmacopceia. Mr. Davidson has also succeeded in preparing a concentrated sweet ren- net, which makes delicious curds and whey in ten minutes, which will be found an excellent addition to the many preparations that find their way into our households. Amongst the disinfectants, the exhibits of the Sanitas Company, Limited, Bethnal Green, London, hold an im- portant position. Whether viewed as a disinfectant, a sEoisTE«£r, dcodoriscr, or an antiseptic, it is equally valuable, and it is peculiar as being the only known preparation that can claim to be both antiseptic and disinfectant in its properties; and unlike most other agents, it is not only non-poisonous, but is healthful, and leaves no stain on linen or furniture. It is unnecessary for us to enter into any history relating to the invention of ‘ Sanitas’ through the experiments of Mr. Kingzett and Mr. Maximilian Zingler. That is well known to the sanitary world, and to the »RAor medical profession generally, and the pages of the Sanitary Record have borne testimony to its value on several occasions. We have here merely to note the fact that it is being exhibited, and to draw the attention of the general public to the various preparations for domestic uses ' made by the Company, all of which contain, in a greater or less degree, the disinfecting properties of ‘ Sanitas.’ The simple fluid called Sanitas is the strongest antiseptic known, but we must refer the reader to the pamphlet published by the Company for an account of the many uses to which it has