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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



Camphor. — I have pleasure in calling 

 to your attention an excellent article of 

 camphor, made at the vSumitomo Re- 

 finery, Kobe, Japan, and imported by 

 Smith, Kline & French Company. 



It comes in boxes very neatly made of 

 wood, pasteboard lined, containing one 

 pound net by actual weight. 



The style of package prevents evapora- 

 tion, and being divided into ounce cakes 

 there is no loss in retailing. 



It is less translucent and crystalline 

 than ordinary refined camphor, and is 

 probably made by submitting powdered 

 camphor to powerful pressure. 



One part is perfectly soluble in o 7 

 parts of alcohol, and sublimes without 

 leaving any residue. 



It seems probable that in many indus- 

 tries Japan is going to be an active com- 

 petitor, not only with European nations, 

 but also with our own. 



Fluid Extract Triiicum Rcpens. — Tl:e 

 question is asked : " What is the 

 cause of the active effervescence 

 which takes place when Fluid Extract 

 Triticum Repens is added to a carbo- 

 nate?" 



If active effervescence occurs, I should 

 think it due to fermentation having taken 

 place. 



The fluid extract is made by first per- 

 colating with boiling water, afterwards 

 evaporating and adding 25 per cent, of 

 alcohol. 



As the medicinal constituents consist of 

 three sugars, two of them directly fer- 

 mentable, if too much time be taken in 

 percolating and evaporating, there is apt 

 to be some fermentation before the alco- 

 hol is added. — Throiigh Avier. Joicrnal 

 Phar. 



Other papers were, "The Beneficient 

 Society of American Apothecaries of the 

 State of Pennsylvania," by W. B. Thomp- 

 son. "Do Drugs Supplied by the Job- 

 bers Comply With Pharmacopceial 



Requisition? If Not Who is Responsi- 

 ble, the Jobber or the Retailer ?" by 

 Louis Emanuel. "Liquor Ferri Chloridi 

 as Found in the Market," by A. L. 

 Beck. "Unguentum Hydrargyri," by 

 H. N. Coxe. "Can the Acidity of Gua- 

 iac be Modified?" by W. B. Thompson. 

 Considerable discussion followed the read- 

 ing of a paper entitled, "The Cutter and 

 the Remedy," by J. H. Redsecker. Mr. 

 Redsecker proposed the enactment of a 

 law by the legislature requiring the form- 

 ulas of all proprietary medicines sold in 

 the State to be deposited with the Board 

 of Pharmacy accompanied by a certain 

 fee. The proposed law will not include 

 the preparations cf druggists, where the 

 sales are $500 or less. C. E. Hires, of 

 Philadelphia, addressed the Association 

 on the subject. "Shall We Give Our 

 Clerks and Employees a Percentage of 

 Gross Receipts Instead of a Regular 

 Salary?" 



The Massacluisetts Pharmaceutical As- 

 sociation met at Worcester, Mass., June 

 26 28. C. F. Nixon delivered " A Talk 

 on the Medicinal Plants Indigenous to 

 Massachusetts." Papers were read by 

 Prof. W. L. Scoville, on "Chalk Mix- 

 ture;" F. T. Drake, on "Adulterations of 

 Powdered Nux Vomica," John T. Man- 

 ning, "How to Keep an Index," E. L. 

 Patch on "Trouble and Loss in Storing 

 Stock." and "Question Box." 



The Nezv York State Pharmaceutical 

 Association held its meeting at Saratoga 

 Springs at the same time that the Massa- 

 chusetts pharmacists were in convention. 

 One of the features of the occasion was 

 the lecture by Prof. H. H.Rusby, on "The 

 Rubber Industry in South America." 

 The following is a list of plants furnished 

 by Wni. H. Rudkin, of New York City, 

 which is supposed to comprise all of the 

 orders and genera known up to the 

 present time to yield commercial India 

 rubber : 



