Orders pot of soft spermaceti ointment.
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Orders pot of soft spermaceti ointment.
Requests some carbonate of ammonia.
Orders distilled water, 2 oz of camphorated spirits, and perfume.
Sends enclosed order for two bottles [of unspecified chemical].
Orders large pot of spermaceti ointment.
Asks for a bottle to be filled with spirits of wine.
Requests a mixture of verdigris, sal ammoniac, and lamp-black.
Requests a quart of distilled water for photography to be sent in a clean bottle via the postman on the following day.
The returned gloves are similar to some he has already, and he would prefer a pair with stiffer bristles.
Orders one pint of tincture of henbane.
Discusses deduction from bill for medicine.
Prescribes "Sod. exsic." with the podophyllin for CD.
Orders nitrate of ammonia for experiment on plants.
Are measuring glasses accurate?
Asks WWB to send 8 grains of acetate of strychnine by post.
Thanks for loan of measure.
Requests a prescribed physic [not specified].
Orders a very small pot of "purest & best Extract of Hyosciamus for experimental purposes".
Orders some salts for plant experiments.
Orders sulphuric ether, nitric ether, chloroform, and prussic acid [for Drosera experiments? See Insectivorous plants, pp. 209, 219].
Orders enema.