THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



Collasin is said to be a solution of soluble gun 

 otton and camphor in acetone. It is employed 

 )r the same purposes as collodion. 

 Traumalol {Lodocresol). — This is proposed as 

 substitute for iodoform. It is prepared by 

 dding a solution of iodine in potassium iodide 

 n an emulsion of creosol in water. Traumalol 

 )nns an insoluble inodorous reddish colored 

 owder. 



Basic Bismuth Tartrate. — [C 4 H 4 O .2 Bi 

 3H) S ]. To two molecules of bismuth hy- 

 roxide made into a paste with water, one 

 lolecule of tartaric acid is added, the product 

 ; then evaporated to dryness on a water bath. 



Cadmium Salicylate [(C, ; H 4 OH. COO) a Cd.] 

 -Cadmium hydroxide and salicjlic acid are 

 eated together in molecular proportions in the 

 reseuce of water, until reaction is over, the 

 esulting solution , should have a slight acid 

 eaction, adding, if necessary, a little more 

 alicylic acid. The solution is then evaporated 

 nd crystallized. This body forms a crystalline 

 olorless powder, of sweetish astringent taste, 

 oluble in 68 parts of water, more so in alcohol, 

 ther and glycerin. The antiseptic action of 

 bis salt is more marked than in the other 

 admium compounds. 



Salifebrin or Salicylanilid. — This is a coniz- 

 ation of acetanilid and salicylic acid, patented 

 y Radlauer. It is probably prepared by fusing 

 ioth substances together and powdering the 

 esulting mass. Salifebrin forms a white pow- 

 er which is insoluble in water, and soluble in 

 lcohol. Nothing definite is known concerning 

 is dose. 



Sublimo-phenol. — This is a mixture of mercu- 

 ic chloride and phenate, obtained by mixing 

 lolecular quantities of potassium phenate and 

 aercuric chloride in aqueous solution, the pre- 

 ipitate formed is at first of a reddish color, 

 hen, finally white ; after washing it is crystal- 

 ized from alcohol. The crystals melt at 2io°C. 



Bismuth Subsalicylate. — B. Fischer reconi- 

 aends the following process : one molecule 

 ach of salicylic acid and freshly precipitated 

 >ismuth hydroxide are heated together with the 

 lecessary amount of water on the water-bath, 

 ilter, collect and dry the residue at 8o° to ioo° 

 I. on porous tiling. 



Lithium Salicylate. — A. mixture of 37 parts 

 »f lithium carbonate and 138 parts of salicylic 

 cid are warmed together with a little diluted 

 ilcohol, until the reaction is over, the result- 

 ng product should have a slight acid reaction to 

 itmus, this is then evaporated to dryness. 



Salaclol. — This is a solution of sodium salicy- 

 late and lactate in a ifihydrogen peroxide solu- 

 ion ; it has commanded considerable notice as 

 a valuable remedy in the treatment of diphthe- 

 ria. Salactol is applied to the throat by means 

 of a brush every four hours, between times it is 

 used as a gargle, being diluted with an equal 

 volume of water. In case of children or such 

 patients where gargling cannot be resorted to, 

 the vapors of the solution are inhaled. V. C. 



NOTES HERE AND THERE. 



American Pharmaceutical Association. — Prof. 

 Edward Kremers in Pharm. Rtmd., 1894, 287. 



'"The American Pharmaceutical Association at 

 its meeting in Asheville, N. C, in September 

 last, thought it best to ward off any suggestions 

 of mistaken identity with the American Protec. 

 tive Association by changing the customary ab- 

 breviation of A. P. A. to A. Ph. A. That the 

 initials might court an odius impression between 

 the two associations possibly did not occur to 

 any member of the Association at the time the 

 action was taken. It certainly did not occur to 

 the writer until very recently. Not that there 

 are any political or dogmatic relationship be- 

 tween the two, but the attention of the writer 

 has recently been very forcibly called to the 

 fact that the American Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion-has offered and still offers protection to a 

 class of men that is as odius as the tactics of 

 American Protective Association or of Tam- 

 many Hall. This is all the more to be regretted 

 because the American Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion is not a political, but claims to be a scien- 

 tific and professional organization, and because 

 the larger interests of the Association itself and 

 of American pharmacy, in general, must sufter 

 from such a policy. 



"Since the motto (quantity not quality) has 

 become the guiding principle in the proposals 

 and election of new members, the supports of 

 the mediocre element of the Toms, Dicks and 

 Harrys of so-called pharmacy has been courted, 

 and this same element has found protection in 

 the Association. Not a few of the most eloquent 

 men of American pharmacy, have, in recent 

 years, been conspicuous at the annual meetings 

 of the Association by their absence. On the other 

 hand, the chairman of the various sections have 

 been begging all around for, and greedily ac- 

 cepting, paper upon paper, each one with the 

 ambition of outstripping his former colleague in 

 the multitude of papers presented to his section. 



When such motives underlie, it can surprise 

 no one that the sessions of the Association are 



