The following are transcriptions of the facsimiles given on the nine preceding pages:

Prescription A. This is one of the prescriptions of the late Dr. P. M. Kelty, Blackpool, and the following is the correct rendering:

Cpt coch duo ampli 4tis horus. P. M. K.

The first ingredient was the subject of considerable diversity of opinion when the prescription was printed in The Chemist and Druggist, the following solutions being sent in:

Infusi Cinchonae Infusi Gent. Infusi Gent. Co. Infusi Buchu.

Infusi Aurant. Infusi Quassiae Infusi Quebracho Magnes. Sulph.

The last ingredient was also a bone of contention, but the greatest number of competitors plumped for aqua pulegii; other renderings were:

Aqua Quassiae Aqua Destillat. Aqua Purificat. Aqua Purifici Aqua M. Piper. Aqua Purse Aqua Reliqua.

Aqua Picis Liquida Aqua Qu. Ligni Aqua Quilaya Aqua Disty Aqua Chloroformi Aqua Sulph. Ac. Aqua Rubinat.

Prescription B.

M. fiat pulv. nctis.

Here the only difficulty is in the third ingredient, which may be rendered pulv. cinnam. co., pulv. sennae co., pulv. licoric. co., pulv. doveris co., or pulv. linum co.; but any careful dispenser would on reflection see that pulv. scammon. co. is the only reasonable constituent for such a powder. Hydrargyri chloridum mitius is the old name for calomel.

Prescription C.

Ung. Lassarii ..... Dress night and morning.

H. C. B.

This is a New Zealand prescription, and well illustrates the necessity for the greatest care in reading before dispensing. The following are some of the erroneous renderings which were given of the 'scrip'by dispensers:

Ung. saponis ceratis Ung. saponis Ung. capsici Ung. scoparina Ung. lapis divin. Ung. ac. boric. Ung. simp, cerii Ung. hyd. ammon. Ung. supraren. Ung. lap. calam. Ung. sulphuris.

Ung. resorcin.

Ung. simplicis.

Ung. sabin.

Inf. scoparii.

Ung. saturni.

Ung. Kaposi (β-naphthol).

Ung. papain.

Gly. papain.

Ung. lap. ceruss.

Ung. lapis.

There is much too wide a choice here for the serenity of the patient.

Prescription D.

It will be observed that succus tarax. occurs twice but only once with the quantity.

Prescription E. Mr. Marks.

Lin. crotn tig.,

Lin opii . . . . . aa.

Ft. hn. as directed.

Ft. m.

Two tablespoonfuls three times a day.

'Liq. opii sed.'and 'Liq. opii Bat'are the most likely renderings of the first ingredient in the mixture.

Prescription F. A bent brush.

01. pin. pu.

01. eucalypt.....aa 3j.

M. Sig. Drops for Inhaler. Use from 5 to 10 with hot water.

Gly. acid, carbol. et boracis et tan. Sig. Apply to throat with brush.

t.d.s. at intervals of 4 hours. W. T. G.

A peculiarity in this prescription is the placing of the 3iss. signs above the lines. The directions are a very real difficulty.

Prescription H.

This is a cypher except to Blairgowrie chemists. It reads:

Rept. Mgt Scott's Mixture.

Rattray Parish Council.

Prescription I. Master J. Allen. Ungt. Ic[h]tholi ....

Sig. M.D. Utd.

Prescription K is another of the late Dr. P. M. Kelty's efforts, and Mr. H. P. Withers, chemist, Blackpool, gives the following as the exact rendering :

Prescriptions L and M are facsimiles from the 1855 prescription-book of Messrs. Allen & Hanburys, Plough Court, London, E.C. These were copied into the book by Mr. Daniel Hanbury as already explained.

Facsimile prescriptions are given in The Chemist and Druggist periodically.

This is one side of a prescription, the reverse being quite as shamefully stamped by chemists who have dispensed it.

Transcription Lin. Aconiti ,, Belladon.

„ Chlor. . aa 3iv.

Ft. Liniment.

To be applied with a brush over the seat of pain.