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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
SATURDAY\ AUGUST 5, 1S71. 
Communications for this Journal, and boohs for review,etc., 
should be addressed to the Editor, 17, Bloomsbury Square. 
Instructions from Members and Associates respecting the 
transmission of the Journal should be sent to Elias Biiem- 
51 IDGE, Secretary, 17, Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 
Advertisements to Messrs. Churchill, New Burlington 
/ Street, London, JV. Envelopes indorsed “ Fharm. Journ." 
THE CONFERENCE MEETING. 
The success tliat we anticipated some months ago 
would attend the meeting of the Conference at 
{Edinburgh has been fully realized, and tlie weather, 
though tickle, has been sufficiently tine to admit 
of the various attractions of the city being duly ap¬ 
preciated. 
After the delivery of the address, which will be 
.found at page 112, and after the usual votes of 
thanks had been proposed and passed, the further 
business of the meeting was commenced by Professor 
Wright, of St. Mary’s Hospital, reading a paper on 
Some Oxidation Products of Essential Oil of Orange 
Peel, and then giving an interesting account of the 
results obtained in his experiments on codeia, part 
•of which have already been published in this 
Journal. This investigation, connected with a ma¬ 
terial of great importance in pharmacy, has well 
..served to illustrate how much the chemist’s capacity 
of detecting differences has been developed in ad¬ 
vance of his power of giving verbal expression to 
ilie differences he has made out to exist between 
substances. In a report on the chloral of trade, 
Mr. Mason expressed himself satisfied with tlie 
quality of this medicine, and Mr. Pattison Muir 
sent a paper on the same subject,'in which he stated 
.that his results are consistent with those published 
in tliis Journal some months ago. The remaining 
papers read on Tuesday were “ Pharmaceutical Notes 
on Rhamnus Firing ilia, Linn.,” Mr. H. C. Baildon ; 
*“ The Compound Iron Mixture of the British Phar¬ 
macopoeia,” Mr. C. A. Staples; “Report on the 
Purity of the Permanganate of Potassium of Phar- 
jnacy,” Professor Allen, F.C.S.; “On the Use of 
Blistering Flies in Hydrophobia,” Henry Groves, 
Florence; “ Solutions,” T. B. Groves, F.C.S. Some 
account was also given of a new method of dealing 
with meat for the purpose of preservation, and Mr. 
.Baildon described a new wire-guard for the protec¬ 
tion of persons engaged in bottling aerated waters. 
On Tuesday evening the Conversazione was held 
in the rooms of the Museum of Science and Art, at 
which about fourteen hundred ladies and gentlemen 
were present. Among the visitors was his Majesty 
.the Emperor of Brazil, who arrived about eleven 
o clock. A selection of band and pipe music was 
performed by the band of the 93rd Sutherland 
Highlanders, and during the evening photographic 
views of Scottish scenery and buildings were ex¬ 
hibited by the aid of the oxy-liydrogen light. 
On Wednesday, the first two papers read were 
on “ The Crystalline Principles in Aloes,” one by 
Professor Fluckiger, the other by Messrs. T. and 
H. Smith. These papers gave rise to a lively and 
prolonged discussion. After these, papers were read 
by Mr. Greenish on “ Linseed and Linseed Meal,” 
and by Mr. Staples on “ The Tincture Press.’’ 
Another paper, by Professor Fluckiger, was on 
“ AYild Hue, Semen harmalat and a second paper by 
Mr. Staples was on “A Mode of obtaining Distilled 
Water.” 
Dr. Edwards then made some verbal remarks 
on cheap microscopes and apparatus. Following 
this, Mr. Atkins read a paper on “ Pharmaceutical 
Ethics,” wliicli called forth remarks from the Presi¬ 
dent, Mr. Schacht, Mr. Mackay, Mr. Deane, Dr. 
Edwards and other members of the Conference; 
others also desired to speak, but the time of closing 
the meeting having passed, it became necessary to take 
as read the papers on the “ Preparation of Liquor 
Bismutlii,” by Mr. C. H. Wood, and on “ Pliarmaco- 
poeial Nomenclature,” by Mr. C. R. C. Tichborxe, 
and proceed to the remaining business. 
All these papers, or abstracts of them, together 
with a full report of the discussions, will appear in 
the next few numbers of the Journal. 
On the motion of Dr. Proctor and Mr. Kixxix- 
mont, a unanimous vote of thanks was passed to the 
readers of papers. 
On the motion of Mr. Schacht, Mr. Savage and Mr. 
Atkins, an equally unanimous vote of thanks was 
passed for the efforts of tlie Edinburgh pharmacists 
in organizing for the Meeting and for the hospitality 
shown and already in store for visitors to the Con¬ 
ference,—especially connecting with tliis vote the 
names of Mr. Mackay and Mr. Baildon. 
The Meeting then proceeded to the election ot 
officers. A letter from Mr. Reynolds resigning the 
post of Secretary was read and called forth a lively 
expression of regret, which Professor Attfield was 
requested to express to Mr. Reynolds. 
The following were then chosen office-bearers lor 
the ensuing year:— 
President : Mr. H. B. Brady. 
Vice-Presidents : Messrs. H. Deane, D. Hanbury, 
W. W. Stoddart, R. Bentley, J . Inck, J. AA illiams, 
R. Reynolds and Savage. 
Mr. F. B. Benger was elected General Secretary 
in place of Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. T. Glaisyer 
Local Secretary at Brighton. 
The proceedings of this year's Meeting were 
brought to a close on Thursday evening by the usual 
Dinner, which was provided at the Royal Hotel. 
About eighty or ninety members dined togetliei, the 
