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VESTRY OF ST. GILES, CAMBERWELL.
Quarterly Reports received from Dr. Bernays as Public Analyst,
under the "adulteration of foods act," for the year ending
Lady-day, 1880.
Chemical Laboratory,
St. Thomas's Hospital Medical and Surgical College.
Midsummer, 1879.
To the Vestry of St. Giles, Camberwell.
Gentlemen,
At the commencement of the present Quarter,
the subject of Violet Powder was before the Lambeth
Police Court. In spite of an able defence, we lost
the case.
But to shew that there was justification for my
contention that Violet Powder is a drug, I may
mention that Pereira states that starch is used as a
dusting-powder, to absorb acrid secretions and to
prevent excoriations. Mr. Squire, also, in his