For the Medical and Pharmaceutical 
Professions Only 1 
Reprint of a Paper Published in the December, '93, 
Number of the Druggists' Circular- 
Entitled 
A Filtering and Distilling Cabinet 
By W. H. Hostelley V 
W. H. Hostelley & Co. 
MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS 
PHILADELPHIA •SY K. AC ID MY D KIO DIG 
-HOSTELLEY'S 
•THE- EIHE5T- FREFARATIOHOFHYDKIopiC ACIDoHTAEMAKKEY' 
Prepared by a new process and preserved in glycerin. It 
is generally recognized as the highest expression of pharma- 
ceutical skill in the manufacture of this delicate product. 
THE IDEAL FORM OF IODINE. 
Being superior to the alkaline iodides, inasmuch as it is 
more readily absorbed and better borne by the stomach, pro- 
ducing none of the evil effects of potassium, ammonia or 
sodium iodides. 
AS AN ALTERATIVE. 
In conditions suited to its use, 
the Syrup will be found a prompt and 
eIIl efficient alterative, so agreeable to 
the taste that it is readily accepted by 
the most fastidious, while its slight 
'■>< ' | * W acid reaction rather promotes diges- 
* g j tion than retards it, as do the alkaline 
iodides. In fact, it seldom fails to 
sharpen the appetite and promote 
assimilation, displaying this property 
to a marked degree, even in cases 
where other treatment fails to pro- 
fatwswep". duce the desired results. 
INDICATIONS. 
Strumous Conditions, Asthma, 
' - AN D Chronic Bronchitis, Psoriasis, Ca- 
tarrhal Conditions, Sciatica, Lead 
Poisoning, Hayfever, Spinal Sclero- 
sis, Glandular Enlargements, Syph- 
ilis, Rheumatism, Adenitis, and all 
conditions wherein Iodine is used 
with advantage. 
DOSE..-The usual dose of the Syrup is from two and a 
half to four cubic centimetres (four minims to a teaspoonful). 
After tolerance is established a larger dose may be given- 
about eight C.c. Always dilute with water. 
Supplied by all Principal Druggists. 
W. H. Hostelley & Co., 
Hostelley's Manufacturing Chemists, 
Hypophosphites. Philadelphia. A Filtering 
^Distilling Cabinet. 
W. H. HOSTELLEY. 
" Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, 
But gold that's put to use, more gold begets." 
THUS wrote the immortal bard of Avon, and if it is true of treas- 
ure in gold, it must apply with equal force to wealth of 
another nature. 
The writer has devised an apparatus for use in the laboratory, 
which has in his hands proved such a veritable treasure, that, in the 
belief that it would be of equal value to thousands of co-workers in 
the fields of pharmacy and chemistry, he offers the invention. It is 
felt, if the pharmacist puts to use the information herein contained, 
it will, if not more gold beget, at least enhance greatly his wealth of 
laboratory helps. We all recognize the wisdom in the old adage, 
" A place for everything, and everything in its place," but do we 
practice it? Sometimes. Who should practice it more than the 
druggist ? Yet, take a look about the pharmacy, and how do you 
see the filtering conducted ? Is not the outfit likely to be a funnel 
stuck in the neck of a bottle, a paper over the funnel, and the whole 
standing in a perilous position, near or on the prescription section, 
where, in the rush of business, it is likely to be knocked over ? It 
may be placed under the section, where, being entirely out of sight, 
it is almost, or quite, forgotten. Where is the process of percolation 
carried on ? True, some pharmacists-there should be more-have 
a place where percolation is conducted, but, ordinarily, is it not 
anywhere about the store, wherever the fancy of the operator sug- 
gests ? There is a section in every store for herbs, one or more for 
tinctures ; fluid extracts have their place ; pills are provided for ; 
ointments, too ; and the proprietaries are frequently honored with 
an exclusive resting-place ; though too often the most important 
operations in pharmacy, those that most of all gauge the real prac- 
tical ability of the pharmacist, are treated like wandering outcasts ; 
a home here or there, but seldom a fixed abiding place. Surely, 
1 every complete pharmacy-and every pharmacy ought to be com- 
plete-should be provided with a place exclusively for at least the 
heavier operations of filtering, and all the operations of percolation. 
No pharmacy, in my mind, can be called complete without such a 
department. 
It gives the writer pleasure to offer, and describe in detail, a 
piece of furniture which he believes will meet the requirements, and 
fill a vacancy which more pharmacists than himself have felt. 
The apparatus to be described is a cabinet, conveniently ar- 
ranged for facilitating the important manipulations referred to- 
filtering and percolating. It may also be used in the process of 
distillation, though it will be found most useful in the two former 
operations. The manner of constructing the cabinet will first be 
Fig. i. 
described, and then its several important features referred to. It 
will also be shown how the cabinet is calculated to aid the phar- 
macist in his routine of laboratory work ; no, not calculated to aid, 
but how it will aid if put to use. This is no experiment; the writer 
has been using two of these cabinets for over a year, and would 
rather dispense with any other laboratory apparatus than with these 
useful pieces of furniture. Here is a description of the cabinet: 
A case is made, 3 feet high, 2 feet 4 inches long, and 15 inches 
wide; these are outside measurements. 
The front of the case is composed of two doors, in which glass 
has been set, so that the inside of the case or cabinet can be readily 
2 seen without opening the doors. These doors are, of course, hinged 
on either side and fastened together with a catch in the center. Now 
we have the plain case, which in the following descriptions will be 
referred to as a cabinet (Fig. 1). The back view, which will be 
further referred to, is shown in figure 2. 
Fig. 2. 
The top of this case is fitted with lids, two in number, each the 
same size as the other, and each hinged from the back. Through 
the center of each lid a hole is made, inches in diameter, and 
crowning each orifice is a disc of wood 4^ inches in diameter, 
through the center of which is a hole 
the same size as the one in the lid 
This is fastened on, so that, as said 
before, it forms a crown for the perfor- 
ation in the lid. This opening is in- 
tended to receive the neck of an inverted 
bottle, and the crown supports the same. 
The latter may be reamed around the 
edge of the perforation to better fit the 
shoulder of a bottle (Fig. 3). 
pro. 3> 
3 The funnel supports are made of a strip 
of hard wood, just the length of the cabinet 
(inside measurement) and i inches thick 
by 2 inches wide. A groove is run along 
one edge of this strip, from one end to the 
other, ^4 of an inch wide and ^4 of an inch 
deep (Fig. 4). 
Two such strips are required, one for 
either side of the cabinet, and are fastened inside 1% inches from the 
top, with the grooved side toward the top of the cabinet. These will, 
if placed as described, support two ordinary gallon funnels. Slight 
depressions may be made in the edges of the strips so that the fun- 
nel will rest easily and solidly in place. 
The next step is to place in position those parts which will 
make it possible to support any size of funnel or percolator, and for 
this purpose we must use some device which is at once simple and 
easily adjusted to any shape, as well as any size, of percolator or 
funnel which the varying operations of pharmacy call upon us to 
use. Here is a description of the simple little scheme : A block of 
hard wood, 4 inches long, ^4 of an inch thick, and one inch wide, is 
notched on one side transversely. Sixteen such 
notches are made, each of an inch deep, and 
pointed toward one end of the block like the teeth 
of a saw. On the side of the block opposite these 
transverse notches there are 24 notches cut along the 
edge of the block. The teeth of these notches are 
to point in the reverse direction of those previously 
described (Fig. 5). 
Bight such blocks are necessary ; four with teeth pointing in 
one direction, and four with teeth pointing in the opposite direction. 
These are placed in the grooves (see A, Fig. 4) in such a manner 
that, when there are two funnels in the cabinet, the transverse 
notches on four of the blocks will point toward one of the funnels, 
and the notches in the other four will point toward the remaining 
funnels. 
The next step is to describe the cross- 
pieces or ' ' rests ' ' upon which a funnel or 
percolator reposes during operation. These 
are made from a piece of hard wood, 1 inch 
square, and just long enough to fit across from 
block to block. A tongue is made on each end 
so that it fits easily into the notches on the 
blocks above described (Fig. 6). There are 
four such cross-pieces, two to support each 
Fig. 4. 
Fig. 5. 
Fig. 6. 
4 funnel or percolator used. Depressions may be made on one side 
of these ' ' rests ' ' so that the funnel or percolator will fit snugly 
between them. 
To complete the arrangement of this portion of the cabinet, 8 
little button catches are fastened, one above each notched block 
(Fig. 5), so that, when pressed down into the notch on the edge of 
the block, the whole moving portion is fastened in any position 
desired. One of these little buttons holding the block as described 
is shown at A, figure 7. The object of having- 
small notches on the back of this movable 
block, controlled by the button described, is to 
facilitate finer adjustings when a long, slender 
percolator is used, a percolator like the Oldberg, for example. 
Fig. 7. 
Fig. 8. Now this portion of the cabinet is completed, and while it takes 
a rather lengthy description to make it clear, which I hope has been 
done, it is really very simple, and at the same time fills every neces- 
sary requirement. The arrangement of the supports is shown in 
figure 8. 
As the cabinet is self-feeding, a fact previously hinted at, and as 
a gallon or two-gallon bottle filled with menstruum and inverted is 
somewhat top-heavy, there must be some contrivance that will hold 
the bottle upright and remove all anxiety as to it falling over or 
being knocked off by any sudden movement. The first thing aimed 
at is, of course, simplicity ; not only simplicity of construction, but 
especially simplicity of operation ; something that can be adjusted in 
a few seconds and yet hold the bottle rigid. Here is a description 
of the device employed : 
An iron rod about inch in diameter and 3 feet 4 
inches long is bent at one end so that if placed against 
the back of the cabinet, with the bent part over the top 
and pointing toward the opening in the lid, the bent end 
of the rod will come directly over the center of this open- 
ing. On the bent end of the rod described, a wooden 
hemisphere is securely fastened. This should be 2 inches 
in diameter and placed on the rod as shown in figure 9. 
To fasten the rod on back of the cabinet so that it is easily 
adjusted to any height, four pieces of hard wood are used, each 1 
inch wide, % inch thick and 6 inches long. A groove is made in 
one side of these pieces, so that the rod above described will just fit 
nicely into it. These grooved pieces are fastened on the back of the 
cabinet, well up toward the top, and on a direct line with the perfor- 
ation in the lid. A space % of an inch wide is left between each 
two strips, and in the center of this space a hole is bored through the 
back of the cabinet. In the opening thus made-which should be 
about of an inch in diameter-is placed, from the back, a screw- 
eye, the loop of which will admit of the passage of the iron rod, and 
the thread of which will protrude y? inch on the inner side of the 
cabinet. On this thread is screwed a button of very hard wood- 
hickory will do, or gum is good on account of its cross grain. The 
rod is now run down these grooves and through the screw-eye, and 
the arrangement is complete. A separate drawing of this is not 
deemed necessary, as a faithful idea can be gathered from the follow- 
ing cuts. When a bottle is inverted in the lid, bring down the rod 
until the disc rests on the top of the bottle, press the top of the rod 
a little and turn the button inside the cabinet. The container is thus 
held solidly in place. This is not complicated, as can be seen ; the 
fastening of the bottle can be done in less time than it takes to 
Fig. 9. 
6 explain its operation. The arrangement is shown in figure 2. There 
is left now but one feature of the cabinet to be arranged, and the 
whole piece will be finished and ready for use. 
Two sliding platforms are to be adjusted, one on either side of 
the cabinet-inside-and so arranged that they can be instantly 
elevated or lowered at the will of the operator, and remain solidly at 
any elevation desired. This is accomplished by fastening securely 
on the side of the cabinet-we are now speaking of the inside-a 
strip of hard wood, of an inch wide, ^6 of an inch thick, and two 
feet long. This is fastened in the center of the side, in a perpendic- 
ular position, one end resting on the bottom of the cabinet. Another 
piece of hard wood, inches wide, % inch thick, and the same 
length as the former, is fastened on top of the first strip, letting it 
project over evenly on each side. Now another strip, 
identical with the first in size, is fastened on top of this 
just described. This last strip is to be transversely 
notched with nicks about 3-16 of an inch deep and % of 
an inch apart. These notches, like those previously 
described, are to be made like the teeth of a saw, and the 
strip is fastened on so that the notched side is toward the 
center of the cabinet, and the notches pointing upward. 
The whole piece is shown in figure 10. 
One of these notched devices is to be placed on either side of 
the cabinet. These are to support the platform, which will now be 
described : 
A piece of strong wire, a little heavier thar 
telegraph wire, is bent into the shape shown in figure 
11. The ring part is to be 5 inches in diameter, anc 
the distance from the ring to the end of the claws 
(D, Fig. 11) is 2^ inches. A piece of smaller wire 
is fastened around the narrow part, where the heav> 
wire meets to form the circle (C, Fig. 11). This 
holdsit firmly together. Next, a piece of wire, 12 
inches long, and the same thickness as the first, is 
bent into the shape of a wish bone, with ^4 of an inch at each end 
bent out at right angles. The latter wire now presents the appear- 
ance shown in figure 12. 
The idea is easily grasped ; when the bent portions 
A A, figure 12, are placed into the loops B B, figure 11, 
the ring with bracket support is complete. Two of 
these are required, one for either side of the cabinet, 
and are adjusted as shown in figure 13. 
As can be seen, the ring may be run up and down 
this notched scale and made to dwell at any point 
Fig. io. 
Fig. ii. 
Fig. 12. 
7 desired, or can be removed at will. This is 
necessary in some operations, where, if not re- 
movable, it would be an encumbrance. The 
ring above described will hold a funnel, flask or 
retort, but for supporting a receiving bottle or 
jar, for which purpose the bracket is chiefly 
intended, it is necessary to fit to this a remov- 
able platform, which is done in this way : 
Out of a piece of board 3^ of an inch thick 
is cut a disc 6 inches in diameter. From another board of an 
inch thick, is cut a second disc, 5 inches in diameter. This is 
fastened securely onto one side of the first disc so that % inch 
space is left on all sides, this disc being just 1 inch smaller than 
the first. On one side of the smaller disc is securely fastened a 
small wooden button in such a manner that it projects over the 
side of the disc % inch. On the other side of the 
same disc is placed a movable button, in such a way 
that, when both buttons are pointing in the same 
direction, the latter button will also extend over the 
side of the disc % inch. The platform will now 
present the appearance shown in figure 14. 
The manner of adjusting this platform hardly needs explana- 
tion. The stationary button is simply run under the wire of the 
ring, the movable button having been turned aside. The small disc 
fits easily into the ring ; the button is turned back, and the platform 
is thus made fast. These buttons are not absolutely essential, but it 
is well to have them to avoid danger of tipping. 
The cabinet itself is now complete, as shown in figure 15. 
While the manner of constructing the cabinet has been described, 
there yet remains one feature to be spoken of, and while it is not a 
part of the cabinet proper, the latter would be of less value without 
it. This is the device for the self-feeding of the funnel during the 
process of filtration, or of the menstruum during percolation. 
There are in books on the subject of pharmacy descriptions of tube- 
feeding devices, the most frequently shown consisting of a single 
tube run through a perforated cork, which is to be placed in the 
neck of a bottle and the same inverted. This method is sometimes 
practically used, though, as is well known, where this form of self- 
feeding is employed, it is necessary to have a large tube, and if 
rather long, it will not feed freely even then, on account of capillary 
attraction. With thick, heavy liquids, the process is usually unsat- 
isfactory. Aside from these objections, the difficulty of procuring a 
rubber cork-and rubber is much the best-having large perforation, 
with many forms a barrier to its use even where it would answer. 
Fig. 13. 
Fig. 14. 
8 The form of self-feeder designed to be used with this cabinet, 
and which I have found to be admirably adapted to all purposes, 
consists of two glass tubes, each of about ^-iiich bore, one long and 
the other short. The exact length of these rods will depend upon 
the depth of the feeding bottle, and the distance from the mouth of 
the same, when inverted on the cabinet, to the liquid in the funnel 
or percolator. For the cabinet described, when an ordinary gallon 
bottle is used, the lengths are: Fong tube, 15 inches; short tube, 
3 inches. They are placed in a perforated rubber cork-a cork 
having two perforations-the long tube reaching nearly to the bottom 
of the bottle, and the short one just showing through the cork on 
the inner side of the bottle. The short tube should extend % inch 
further outside of the bottle than the long one. The long tube is 
for admitting air to the bottle, without which the operation would 
not proceed, and the short tube is for supplying the liquid to the 
receptacle below. As the liquid in the funnel or percolator falls 
below the air tube, air is at once admitted to feeding bottle, which 
causes the necessary atmospheric pressure, and the process proceeds 
until all the liquid has been fed. The reader is heard asking if a 
Fig. 15. 
9 thick, heavy liquid will feed through such a small tube in the man- 
ner described. Yes, it will, and freely, too ; in fact, the cabinet and 
feeder were first devised expressly for filtering heavy syrup of hydri- 
odic acid, composed largely of glycerin. For the past twelve months 
four of these feeders have been kept running almost constantly on 
this product, and, to my knowledge, they have not clogged once. 
That is the best example of their satisfactory working that can be 
given. For the heaviest syrups I use a tube of only 3-16 inch bore. 
The entire mechanical construction of the cabinet and its 
attachments have now been explained, and, it is hoped, made clear. 
I will now proceed to review the various uses to which the cab- 
inet may be put, and endeavor to explain, by the use of drawings, 
the most convenient manner of conducting the different operations. 
First and foremost in pharmacy comes the process of filtering, 
for surely there is no performance in the round of laboratory work 
more frequently conducted. For this purpose the filter bed is made 
in a funnel, which has been properly arranged in the adjustable 
rack (see Fig. 15), the funnel is filled to the top of the bed, and the 
feeding bottle, which has been nearly filled with liquid to be filtered, 
is inverted over the funnel, the neck through the perforation in the 
lid support is tightened on top of the feeder, and the arrangement 
for filtering is complete. All the care required is to replace the re- 
ceiver below, when filled. The process is automatic and continuous 
until the product is finished. A 5-gallon bottle may be used for a 
feeding bottle as well as 1 gallon, and where large operations are in 
hand, this is advisable. 
Attention is here called to a form of filtration which is exceedingly 
useful in treating syrups intended for medicinal use. The pharma- 
cist has for some time noted with disfavor, not to say apprehension, 
the excessive amount of ultramarine which the refiners are using in 
their granulated sugar. This is certainly detrimental to a medicinal 
product into which it enters, and is especially objectionable in 
elixirs. Here is a scheme which will remove a goodly proportion 
of the blue : Arrange a gallon funnel on the supports of the cabinet, 
and into the neck of this funnel pack tightly a small sponge, which 
has been previously moistened. Remove the platform from the ring 
inside of the cabinet, and place in this ring another and smaller 
funnel, into which also pack, though not so tightly as the first, a 
small moistened sponge. Into the neck of the receiving bottle, 
which should stand upon the bottom of the cabinet, place another 
funnel, packed with sponge in a similar manner, though not so 
tightly as either of the others. Start the syrup filtering and conduct 
the process as shown in figure 16. At the end of the operation much 
of the ultramarine will be found on the three sponges. This idea of 
10 three funnels is applicable to other forms of 
filtering, the triple process being conducted in 
about the same time that it would take to 
manage a single operation. 
There is one other form of filtering which 
should be mentioned in this connection, and 
this is a form which is very useful in clarifying 
thick, heavy liquids which pass through the 
filter beds slowly, or where time is an object. 
I refer to forced or vacuum filtration. This 
is conducted in the following manner: In one 
side of the cabinet arrange the funnel and 
feeder as in ordinary filtration. In the end of 
the funnel fit a perforated cork, into the per- 
foration of which there has been placed a small 
glass tube, projecting down 2 inches from the 
neck of the funnel and flush with the top of the 
cork inside of the same. Arrange in a similar 
manner two glass tubes in the neck of a re- 
ceiving bottle, which is placed in an elevated 
position on the platform, immediately under- 
neath the funnel. Connect one of these latter 
glass tubes, by means of a closely-fitting rubber 
tube, with the glass rod in the funnel described. 
Now fill a large bottle with water, adjust the 
self-feeding tubes previously referred to, put a 
small plug in the end of the short tube-the 
end outside of the bottle-and invert the same in position on top of the 
cabinet. Place a receiving bottle directly underneath, and on the bot- 
tom of the cabinet. Next connect the air tube of the tank bottle with 
the remaining tube in the receiving bottle under the funnel. Having 
done this, place on the platform of the cabinet-the one directly under 
tank bottle-a hydrometer jar. To complete the arrangement, 
secure a long rubber tube, one end of which is to run into the neck 
of the receiving bottle under the jar, and the tube wound around the 
latter until it reaches the short stoppered rod in the tank bottle. 
Remove the plug from this rod and slip the rubber tube over the 
same. This process is pictured in its entirety in figure 17. The 
cabinet is not shown in this drawing, but the arrangement of the 
apparatus in the same can readily be traced by the figures exhibited. 
As the water leaves the tank bottle A by way of tube B, falling 
into the receiver C, a partial vacuum is produced in D, and as the 
atmospheric pressure is thus removed, the liquid to be filtered more 
freely runs through tube E. It may appear to some that the rubber 
Fig. 16. 
11 tube B is superfluous ; in reality it is one of the most important con- 
nected with the operation, as it is this tube which, by its length, 
gives the suction power necessary to exhaust the air from the 
receiver D. The longer the tube, the greater is its suction power, 
though it should never be run further into the bottle indicated by C 
than is shown in the drawing. 
Fig. 17. 
I cannot refrain from making a parting remark about this form 
of conducting forced filtration. I am familiar with many methods 
and have used most of them in the laboratory, but the arrangement 
above explained is, in my thinking, the simplest, and at the same 
time the most effectual, that I have ever used or seen used. The 
apparatus for its construction is found in every pharmacy, and 
the process is especially adapted to the requirements of the retail 
12 druggist. Let this remark be emphasized, however : See that all tube 
connections are tight. 
While the subject of filtration, as applied to the cabinet, has 
not been exhausted, its most important features have been reviewed, 
and now a word in reference to the subject of percolation. 
While probably not so frequently conducted as filtration, the 
importance justly attached to this process is shared by few other 
operations in pharmacy. It is not thought necessary in this connection 
to refer at any length to plain or ' ' straight ' ' percolation, as this is so 
simply carried on in the cabinet that the manner of operating will at 
once suggest itself. It is well, however, to call attention to official 
percolation, as the cabinet is especially well adapted to this use, as 
will be seen by explanation, the movable platform being the 
particular feature of elegance in this connection. In fact, I feel that 
somewhat of a treat is in store for those admiring and using official 
percolation-all should use it, but do we all ? 
By referring to figure 18, it will be seen at a glance how official 
percolation may be conducted conveniently and simply by the inter- 
vention of this new device. To entirely stop the flow of the percolate 
raise the platform so that the end of tube A is above the level of the 
liquid in percolator B. To start the flow, lower the platform ; by 
raising or lowering the latter, the flow may be instantly regulated to 
conform to the ten to thirty-drop requirement of the Pharmacopoeia. 
Figure 18 shows the percolator in the right side of the cabinet, 
while the left hand platform is being used to hold the receiver. If 
two such operations are to be conducted at once, or if the left side of 
the cabinet is required at the same time for another purpose, it may 
be well to have one of the notched supports (C, Fig. 18) placed on 
the back of the cabinet, directly in the center. This, then, can be 
used for receiver A in official manipulations, and the platform on 
the left side of the cabinet will be clear for other use. Attention 
is now called to what the writer considers an important improvement 
in the manner of conducting official percolation. This improvement 
is made possible and practical by the intervention of the movable 
platform. As is well known, there are three objections to the usual 
mode of carrying on percolation according to the Pharmacopoeia. 
These are : The length of rubber tube required-considering that 
the same tubing should not be used for many operations, and never 
the second time for the finer products, unless thoroughly washed and 
carefully labeled, to be used again on the same class of work-makes 
this a rather expensive process. Then again, as the receiving bottle 
must be raised and lowered, a series of blocks are required, which 
are seldom at hand when needed. The third, and possibly most 
serious, objection to official percolation, is found in the fact that the 
13 rubber tube, where it makes the bend under the percolator, and also 
over the neck of the receiving bottle (see F and G, Fig. 19*), is apt 
to bend at an acute angle and shut off the flow of percolate (see H 
and I, Fig. 20). If this occurs, when unobserved, as sometimes 
happens, much valuable time may be lost in making the product. If, 
however, a modification of the usual process is brought into use, as 
shown in figure 18, all the objections are removed, and it is the writer's 
humble belief, founded on comparative tests of different methods of 
percolation, that this is the method par excellence. As will be seen 
Figs. 18, 19 and 20. 
by referring to figure 18, the length of rubber tube is much reduced 
by this method. The hooked glass tube at the end of the rubber tube 
can be readily hung on the mouth of the receiver, no bend in the rub- 
ber being required. As the receiving vessel is lowered during the 
* This drawing represents the arrangement of tubing, etc., as prescribed by 
the U.S. P., and as shown in text-books on pharmacy as conforming to the 
Pharmacopoeial requirement. 
14 latter part of the operation, the glass rods E and D may be run fur- 
ther into the tubing H, and in this manner take up the slack. 
Tubing should be selected which will not fit too tightly over the 
glass tubes. 
It is hoped the reader will give this method a practical trial. It 
will be found that, while the arrangement described fills all the re- 
quirements of the Pharmacopoeia, and is, in fact, official percolation, 
it presents advantages over the usual operation, and as the new 
Pharmacopoeia expressly directs percolation to be pursued in this 
manner, i. e., with rubber tubing, etc., the method'of manipulating 
above explained and pictured will be found of much practical 
value. 
There is another use to which the cabinet can be put, and for 
small operations I have found it simple and effective. I refer to 
distillation and the use of the Eiebig's condenser. This is shown in 
figure 21, and needs but little explanation. A is, of course, the 
feeding bottle, into which the liquid to be distilled is placed ; B is 
the feeding tube, and C the air tube ; D is a tube conducting vapor- 
ized liquid to the condenser. These three tubes are run through 
perforated corks, as shown in the drawing. The condensed vapor 
or distillate is collected as it drops from tube E. The tank bottle F 
is filled with water-iced is best-and this is fed through the tube G 
Fig. 21. 
15 as slow or fast as needed, the flow being regulated by a screw pinch- 
cock. The course of the liquids may readily be traced by following 
the arrows. Direct heat is shown in the drawing, but, of course, 
sand or water bath may be as readily used, if desired. The orifice 
H, for admitting a gas tube, is here shown in the side of the cabinet, 
but, if preferred, it may be made in the back, where it will not dis- 
figure the fixture. 
The usefulness of the cabinet has now been, at least partially, 
reviewed from a laboratory standpoint, but there is one other feature 
of this invention which attention is here called to ; that is its exhibi- 
tion or trade-getting feature. As most of us are inclined to the 
mercenary, are apt to look on the commercial side of things, it may 
not be altogether unpardonable, in a scientific paper, to refer to the 
money-getting feature of a laboratory appliance. Aside from the 
good impressions which improvements in the laboratory or pre- 
scription department make upon the physician, the displaying of the 
cabinet in the window, in active operation, would be a most novel and 
interest-drawing display to the laity, and for the druggist himself, a 
pleasant relief from the old stock exhibition of chamois, sponges, bird- 
seed, soap, et al. There are many ways in which the cabinet could be 
made to do display service to the pleasure and profit of the pharma- 
cist, which, for want of space, will not be referred to. They will 
suggest themselves to the bright druggist. If tastefully constructed, 
the cabinet presents an attractive appearance, and if " a thing of beauty 
is a joy forever, ' ' this should certainly be a joy " forever and a day, ' ' 
as it combines with the beautiful that which is useful, and in the 
useful is found something that is ornamental; it establishes a 
home for the most necessary and important functions in pharmacy, 
and greatly assists the tidy druggist, who wishes to have " a place 
for everything and everything in its place."-Druggists' Circular, 
December, 1893. 
16 Two Valuable Prescriptions 
for conditions following - 
La Grippe. 
These prescriptions have been used with such perfect satisfaction 
in previous seasons that we take the liberty of offering them here, 
and suggesting for them a wider use. From reports that have 
reached us, we can confidently recommend them to our medical 
friends : 
Syrupus Acidi Hydriodici (Hostelley's), . f 5iv 
Liq. Potassii Arsenitis, f3ij 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful in water three times daily. 
(The above will be found useful in the catarrhal conditions 
accompanying or following La Grippe.) 
Syrupus Acid Hydriodici (Hostelley's). 
Syr. Hypophos. Comp., " ^f3ij 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful at meal time and on retiring. 
(The above prescription is in much favor as an "alterative 
tonic," and is useful after the acute effects of La Grippe have 
passed.) 
17 Hostelley's Hypophosphites. 
(Syr. Hypophosphites Comp., Hostelley's.) 
"THE BEST OF THE BEST." 
Hypophosphite salts, being of a delicate chemical 
nature, and prone to decomposition when unprotected by 
II a saccharine vehicle or other good preservative, are seldom 
found in the market in a condition to produce full 
therapeutic results. In fact, to secure the entire thera- 
peutic effects which, under favorable circumstances, these 
valuable salts are capable of producing, they must be 
combined with the syrup IMMEDIATELY after preparation. 
For this reason we manufacture our own Hypophosphite 
salts, and can therefore vouch for their chemical purity and 
unimpared condition at time of combination, after which 
they are fully protected from change by the preservative used. The additional 
value over ordinary preparations which this fact lends to " Hostelley's " Syrup 
cannot be overestimated. To establish the correctness of this assertion it is 
only necessary to observe results. 
Hostelley's Syrup is the richest in 
combined salts of any preparation 
of the Hypophosphites now on the 
market. This is made possible by the greater solubility of the salts when used 
AS SOON AS MANUFACTURED. The advantage is apparent, i. e., less syrup 
is required to secure the usual dose of the remedial agents. 
The Richest in Salts. 
Alkaline carbonates are contami- 
nants frequently-very frequently 
-found in the Hypophosphites. 
Examine fifty specimens of the 
Hypophosphite of Potassium or 
Sodium salts, and as likely as not forty of them will contain these contami- 
nants. There could not be present more deleterious agents. They delay and 
partly destroy the action of the Phosphide Element, upon which the efficacy of 
the remedy depends, and are also apt to precipitate the compound. 
In reference to the pernicious effects of alkaline carbonates in the Hypo- 
phosphites, their author, Dr. Churchill, says: 
"I had found, by repeated clinical experiments, 
that when a certain portion of alkaline carbonate was 
added to the pure Hypophosphites, that their physio- 
logical and therapeutic effects were manifested but 
slowly and incompletely, or failed altogether." 
Eater writers on the subject likewise refer to the evil effects on the Hypo- 
phosphites of these destructive agents, and they are unquestionably accountable 
for the non-success of some practitioners in the treatment of various wasting 
diseases with Hypophosphites. It is scarcely necessary to say that ' ' HOSTEL- 
LEY'S " SYRUP is free from any trace of alkaline carbonates or other objec- 
tionable elements. 
Every physician recognizes the fact that a careful diagnosis is essential to 
the successful treatment of disease. Is not an intelligently and scientifically 
prepared remedy a necessary and fitting adjunct? Certainly without such a 
remedy half the physician's skill counts for nothing. 
Free from the usual 
Contaminants. 
18 We do not claim that Hostelley's 
Hypophosphites is "just as good" 
as any preparation on the market, 
but superior to any syrup of a like 
nature. If our product was only 
"just as good," we would have no excuse for offering it, as the market is 
flooded with preparations to fill such a field. We sincerely believe it to be 
the best, and that our belief is shared by a large body of the medical 
and pharmaceutical professions, its rapidly increasing popularity fully 
attests. From a contracted field in and about Philadelphia, its use has extended 
until physicians in almost every State now regularly prescribe it, and a modest 
export trade has been created. This, too, with but little advertising. MBRIT 
WINS 1 
Not "Just as Good," 
but Better. 
The custom indulged in by some 
manufacturers, and which is to be 
discouraged, is that of adding citric, 
tartaric or other acids to the Hypo- 
phosphites to render them soluble 
and give the resulting compound a pleasing appearance at the expense of 
therapeutic worth. It has been shown that preparations treated in this manner 
undergo a chemical change which destroys, in a measure, the action of the 
delicate Phosphide Element, and after long standing such a preparation will 
be found entirely void of the therapeutic properties of the true Hypophosphites. 
No Destructive 
Solvents. 
To fully appreciate the elegance of 
Hostelley's Compound Syrup 
Hypophosphites it is necessary to 
to test it practically. We feel con- 
fident you will give it the prefer- 
ence thereafter. To facilitate a trial we will send any physician or pharmacist 
willing to pay express charges a half pound bottle of the Syrup gratis. 
That our product may lack no desirable feature, it is put up in bulk as well 
as in pound bottles. The price is moderate. 
It will be to your advantage to specify ' ' HOSTELLEY'S '' when prescribing 
the Compound Hypophosphites. 
Please Specify 
Hostelley's. 
W. H. Hostelley & Co., 
Manufacturing Chemists, 
Box 638, Philadelphia. 
Our preparations are 
supplied by leading druggists. 
19 THERE is a prevalent belief among physicians that Syrup of Hydriodic 
Acid should always be administered by itself. This opinion is traceable 
to the fact that most preparations of Hydrogen Iodide are decomposed 
when in combination with other drugs. This does not apply, however, to 
Hostelley's Syrup, as will be observed by the following list of combinations, 
all of which have been thoroughly tested, both from a laboratory and clinical 
standpoint. They are offered merely as suggestions, and we hope they will be 
received in the spirit in which they are published. 
W. H. HOSTELLEY & CO. 
SOME PRACTICAL FORMULAE. 
A POWERFUL ALTERATIVE. 
In those cases characterized by loss of sleep, dimness of vision, poor appetite, tendency 
to shun society, etc., the following is used with decided advantage : 
R Diq. Potassii Arsenitis, ..... f5ij 
Hy drarg. Bichloridi, ...... gr.j 
Syr. Acidi Hydriodici (Hostelley's), .... fSvj 
M. Put the bichloride, previously powdered, into the Syrup of Hydriodic Acid, and after reaction has taken 
place add the arsenic solution. 
Sig.: Teaspoonful three times daily in water. 
FOR PERSISTENT COUGH. 
g Syr. Pruni Verg., . . . . . f3jss 
Syr. Picis, ....... fSj 
Syr. Scill® Comp., ...... fSjss 
Syr. Hypophos. Comp., . -- f... 
Syr. Acidi Hydriodici, J SA • • . aa 13ij 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful three or four times daily. To be given after meals, and in a wineglassful of water. 
A GOOD GENERAL TONIC-No. 1. 
g Syr. Hypophos. Comp. (Hostelley's), .... fSiv 
Tiq. Potassii Arsenitis, ..... f 5ij 
Bxtractum Malti, ...... f3vj 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful before meals. Dilute with wineglassful of water. 
A GOOD GENERAL TONIC-No. 2. 
In cases where there is malnutrition, imperfect inervation, etc., the following is 
recommended: 
g Strych. Sulph., . . . . . . gr.j 
Pepsin (scale), ....... 5jss 
Tinct. Gentian® Comp., { -- f 
Tinct. Cinchon® Comp.,) ' • ' ' ' J 
Syrupus Acidi Hydriodici (Hostelley's), .... fSiijss 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful before each meal, in water. 
RHEUMATISM. 
g Tinct. Cimicifug®, . . . . . . f 3ij 
Vinum Colchici Sem., ...... fXiss 
Syrupus Acidi Hydriodici (Hostelley's), . . . fSivss 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful in water four times daily. 
ALTERATIVE TONIC-No. 1. 
g Quinin® Sulphat., ...... gr. xxx 
Tinct. Gentian® Comp., ..... f5ij 
Strychnin® Sulph., . . . . . . gr.j 
Syrupus Acidi Hydriodici (Hostelleys), . . . f3ij 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful in water three times daily. 
ALTERATIVE TONIC-No. 2. 
g Acidi Arseniosi, ) -- : 
Strychnin® Sulphat., J ' ' • ' 
Tinctura Columbo, ...... f8ij 
Syrupus Acidi Hydriodici (Hostelley's), . . . f3iv 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful in wineglassful of water three times daily, preferably before meals. 
NERVOUS DEBILITY-No. 1. 
g Syrupus Hypophos. Comp. (Hostelley's), .... f3iij 
Tinctura Columbo, ...... f 3ij 
Uxtractum Zingiber Fid., ) -- 
Tinctura Cardamomi Comp., f 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful three or four times daily. 
NERVOUS DEBILITY-No. 2. 
g .Syrupus Hypophos. Comp. (Hostelley's), .... f3iv 
Tinctura Gentian® Comp., )' -- 
Elixir Aromaticum, J J 
M. Sig.: Teaspoonful at mealtime, and on retiring. HOSTELLEY' S 
Syrup Hypophosphites Comp. 
PRONOUNCED BY ALL WHO USE IT 
"The Best of The Best." 
Hostelley's Syrup represents fresh salts, carefully combined and 
preserved in a vehicle of glycerin and beet sugar. They are united with 
the vehicle /IS SOON AS PREPARED, and consequently undergo 
no chemical change, as is the case when Hypophosphite Salts are bottled 
and kept for a time before combination. 
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of the Hypophosphites represents Phosphorous in its most available form, 
contributing to the proper development of the osseous structure of the 
body, and supplying the vitalizing principle so much needed in all 
wasting diseases. 
SPECIFY HOSTELLEY'S. 
As you are constantly ordering Hypophosphites and frequently with- 
out designating any make, why not specify "Hostelley's" the next time 
this remedy is required? Much of the disappointment which physicians 
experience when using Hypophosphites can be traced to an inactive syrup; 
the salts having probably lost their virtue before combination or their 
activity being destroyed by improper combining. Specify Hostelley's and 
note the difference between this and other preparations of a similar nature. 
PUT UP IN POUNDS, FIVE-PINTS AND GALLONS. 
W. H. Hostelley <& Co., 
Supplied by all manufacturing chemists, 
LEADING DRUGGISTS. LOCK BOX 638, PHILADELPHIA. D. S. WILTBERGER, 
Special Agent for 
hostelley's Preparations, 
233 North Second St., 
Philadelphia, Pa.