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C. U. C. P. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



The Portuguese traveller Barbosa vis- 

 ited Calicut on the Malabar coast in 151 1 

 and found Benzui to be one of the more 

 valuable items of export. In fact, we 

 can gather from various sources that 

 benzoin was an article of Venetian trade 

 at the beginning of the i6th Century. 



In 1563 Gracia de Orta from Goa, was 

 the first to give an intelligent account of 

 benzoin, detailing the method of collec- 

 tion and distinguishing the drug from 

 Siam and Martaban from that produced 

 in Java and Sumatra. 



The resin was obtained by making 

 wovfnds or incisions in the bark of 

 Styrax Benzoin and collecting the exu- 

 date after it had hardened. This method 

 is still employed by the natives of Java. 



By dry distillation the chemists ob- 

 tained benzoic acid, a common pharma- 

 ceutical preparation known in the 17th 

 Century under the name of Flores 

 Benzoes. 



NILATON 



This preparation is used as an anti- 

 septic application to abraded surfaces 

 and minor wounds. It was found 

 to contain the following: 0.50 per cent, 

 of tincture of iodine, 3 per cent, of sesa- 

 mum oil, 2 per cent, of liquid paraffin, 

 I per cent, of linseed oil, i per cent, of 

 ethyl-ester of amido-benzoic acid, 2 per 

 cent, of mucilage, 2 per cent, of gly- 

 cerin and 88.50 per cent, of water. 



The junior class exercises will take 

 ])lace on Wednesday evening, May 10, 

 in the College lecture hall, at which time 

 an interesting program will be presented 

 and the honor students of the junior 

 class will receive their awards. 



A RE YOUR HEALTH POO R? 



Patent medicine advertisements make 

 good reading always. The following 

 masterpiece of drug literature from the 

 Canton (China) News-Letter is recom- 

 mended to all persons who feel depressed 

 and melancholy : 



DIRECTIONS OF THE FOKI PILL. 



The time which a man can really bring 

 honour to himself and do good to the 

 world is but a short duration. Before 

 maturity he is chiefly engaged in de- 

 veloping, and when growing old he gets 

 weak and incapable so that the period of 

 sound health which elapeses is invalu- 

 able. 



It is therefore the serious neglect of 

 some people to allow their health fallen 

 and their energy exhausted in expecting 

 to save every cash and to ignore the 

 necessary and proper remedy. 



In view of the above the proprietor of 

 the Foki Pill spares no pain and capital 

 in the preparation of this Pill and puts 

 it before the market. 



The Foki Pill is greatly renowned in 

 these five continents and is recognised as 

 an invaluable tonic. It can remedy 

 various diseases, gives unusual effect in 

 strengthening the voice and circulating 

 the blood. 



In using the Foki Pill up to a month 

 the whole body feels sound and strong — 

 the brain refreshed, the limbs active and 

 the heart strengthened in contrast to the 

 unhealthy condition as before. 



Having all these advantages it is ad- 

 visable to spare some money rather than 

 to lose the benefits derived from this pill. 



These pills are strongly recommended 

 for aged people whose health are getting 

 worse. — A Clear k Even'mg Nezvs. 



