. American journal of pharmacy . ey will admit containsno belladonna extract. They do sell a higher priced plaster which pro-fessedly contains the officinal proportion—but does not this policy tendto sow distrust in the minds of buyers ? How can a conscientiouspharmacist dispense them as standard goods when he knows that plas-ters stamped with a lie are sold, and that he has no means of knowingthe true from the false without an investigation, which would notoccur to every one to institute, and then the facts in the case are usu-ally reluctantly It is owing to the lack of medicinal e
. American journal of pharmacy . ey will admit containsno belladonna extract. They do sell a higher priced plaster which pro-fessedly contains the officinal proportion—but does not this policy tendto sow distrust in the minds of buyers ? How can a conscientiouspharmacist dispense them as standard goods when he knows that plas-ters stamped with a lie are sold, and that he has no means of knowingthe true from the false without an investigation, which would notoccur to every one to institute, and then the facts in the case are usu-ally reluctantly It is owing to the lack of medicinal effect in manufactured plastersthat physicians in many sections prefer to undergo the inconvenience,of the hand-made plaster, and prescribe it because they feel sure ofgetting what they want, and the writer has endeavored to supply onedeficiency in the hand-made plaster by the following device, wherebyany apothecary may porous the plaster which he has spread, irrespectiveof its size or shape or material upon which it is This device or tool consists of a brass cylindrical wheel, fin. wide, f-in. in diameter, with two circular depressions turned out of each end, Jin. deep, leaving a hub on each end of wheel, through which a steelaxle passes into the prongs of steel handle, which is driven into anordinary tool handle 9 inches long. The cylindrical wheel is studded with 16 punches, arranged on eitherside \ in. apart alternately ; these punches are of steel, tapered and are\ in. long, and \ in. bore^at the end making a \ in. perforation. Am. Jour. Pharm. )April, 1878. J Various Notes. l73 To operate the tool all that is necessary is to dip it first in water,then having secured the plaster firmly by tacking it to several layers ofold newspapers on a rather low counter, grasp the tool tightly with bothhands and drive the punches with some force through the plaster, push-ing it along, from the operator, the wheel revolving as it is pushedforward, the little disks of plaster c
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