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familiar name of "Sal volatile," but, should he want
efficient Spirit of Nitrous Ether, he must discard the old
"Sweet nitre," or put up with whatever the dealer chooses
to sell him. It is worth noting, however, that this article
was not bought in the shop of a properly licensed chemist
and the moral is evidently that the public should go for
drugs to qualified Pharmacists. The other case is the
first instance in which we have ever caught a chemist
committing a mistake at his dispensing counter, and
there is every reason to hope that the matter was
accidental, because all our experience of the last 18
years goes to show that, in our district, the qualified
Pharmacists are in the habit of performing their duties
in a most satisfactory manner.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN MUTER, Ph.D.; F.R.S. (Edin.); F.I.C.,
Public Analyst.