59S 
PHARMACEUTICAL MEETING. 
Wednesday , March 2nd , 1870. 
MR. H. SUGDEN EVANS, PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
The Minutes of the previous Meeting having been read, the following 
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 
were announced, and the thanks of the Meeting given to the respective donors 
thereof:— 
Reports on the Progress of Practical and Scientific Medicine in Different Parts of the 
World : from Dr. Dobell.—London University Calendar for 1870 : from the University. 
—The Official List of Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages: from the Registrar- 
General.—Pharmaceutical, or Medico-Botanical Map of the World; Book of Pharma¬ 
ceutical Labels: from Mr. G. Barber.—Fruits of Zizyphus vulgaris : from Mr. H. W. 
Pound.—Specimen of Guarana prepared from the seeds of Paullinia sorhilis : from Mr. 
T. F. Hinchliff.—Specimen of False Manna, supposed to be from Normandy : from Mr. 
Stoddart.—Specimen of the Tallow of Stillingia sebifera ,—Seven Dried Specimens of 
Medicinal Plants:—from Mr. Daniel Hanbury.—Specimens of Square Poison Bottles, 
and Bottles Graduated to Tea and Tablespoons, were exhibited by the York Glass 
Company. 
Mr. Collins drew attention to some specimens of bark, from the new 
forest in Eastern Bolivia, and stated that they were remarkably fine. An 
account of this forest had been given by Mr. Howard in the ‘Journal of Bo¬ 
tany,’ and also the method of procuring the barks. Since then another forest 
had been discovered, and he hoped that, at their next meeting, they would have 
specimens of the bark there obtained to place before the members. 
NOTES ON THE PHARMACOPOEIA. 
Dr. Redwood said that, before resuming the discussion upon the subject of 
the Pharmacopoeia, he thought it would be advantageous to have one or two 
communications brought under the notice of the meeting, which might serve as 
topics, amongst others, for discussion that evening. He had received two or 
three communications from gentlemen in the country, one of which appeared in 
the current number of the ‘Pharmaceutical Journal,’ and related to a subject 
which had been brought before them at a previous meeting, namely, Linimen- 
tum Potassii Iodidi cum Sapone. They would, no doubt, many of them, have 
seen the communication of Mr. Smith, of Cheltenham, who explained the cir¬ 
cumstances under which the liniment was brought under the notice of the 
Pharmacopoeia Committee, and the manner in which it had been for some years 
previously prepared by himself, and he (Dr. Redwood) presumed others in the 
town in which he lived. It appeared from Mr. Smith’s statement that he had 
been accustomed to use white curd-soap, and he seemed to consider that that 
was the kind of soap which gave the best result. But the specimen which 
Mr. Smith had sent to illustrate the liniment, when prepared, differed conside¬ 
rably from what some of them had been looking to as the character which it 
was most desirable it should present. The specimen sent by Mr. Smith had a 
sort of frosted appearance, looking somewhat like cold-cream ; and in that state, 
Mr. Smith told them, it preserved its character remarkably well. He (Dr. Red¬ 
wood) had also received a communication on the same subject from Mr. Francis, 
of the house of M‘Culloch, Squire, and Francis, and he said:— 
“ At the date of the issue of the ‘ British Pharmacopoeia ’ in 1867 I tried 
many experiments with a view to obtain, if possible, the linimentum potassii 
iodidi cum sapone in a satisfactory condition. The sample sent herewith is 
one of those results, and has been prepared nearly three years. I do not ob¬ 
serve, even now, any tendency to change, and think, therefore, you may like to 
