April 27, 1872.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
the alcoholic extract. The weight of the oil was 2|- oz.; 
that of the extract after its separation, 18 oz. The oil 
was of a dark brown colour and very hitter to the taste. 
Professor Maisch remarked that he had not separated 
the oil in making this extract on the large scale, on ac¬ 
count of its bitterness ; hut that by concentrating the 
tincture to a syrupy consistence, mixing a little water, 
and evaporating, the oil may he almost completely 
diffused throughout the mass. 
Professor Parrish prepared, in the presence of the 
meeting, a vial of emulsion of oil of turpentine by the 
process of Mr. J. W. Forbes ;* and said that after many 
years’ experience with this class of extemporaneous pre¬ 
parations he had found this plan to be a real improve¬ 
ment, both in regard to convenience and the perfection 
of the resulting preparation. He also showed emulsion- 
ized ether and chloroform made by the same process. 
In the latter, the chloroform, in consequence of its 
greater specific gravity, subsided in the vial, but was 
completely diffused by shaking. 
Professor Maisch exhibited some oil of Eucalyptus 
globulus, said to be used for the adulteration of other 
oils, it having a delicate odour, easily covered by berga¬ 
mot and more powerful perfumes. The leaves yield six 
per cent, of the oil which is met with in commerce at 
from $1.50 to $2.00 per lb. Also a specimen of gurjim 
balsam, or wood oil, which he said is used in Germany 
for the same purposes as copaiba. It is obtained from 
several species of Eipterocarpus , indigenous to the East 
Indies, resembles copaiba in odour, though dark and 
■opaque, and has a bitter taste. At 230° to 260° it be¬ 
comes thick and almost gelatinous ; above that tempera¬ 
ture it is limpid. 
At the Annual Meeting, which was held on the 25th 
March, the following officers were elected for the ensuing- 
year- —President , Dillwyn Parrish; Vice-Presidents, W. 
Procter, jun., and Robert Shoemaker ; Treasurer, 
Samuel S. Punting ; Recording Secretary, Charles 
Bullock. 
CHICAGO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. 
The Annual Meeting of this College was held on 
"Wednesday, March Gth, Mr. E. II. Sargent, the Presi¬ 
dent, in the chair. 
After the reports had been read the President pro¬ 
ceeded to deliver his address. The chief topic dealt with 
was the great calamity which, since the preceding anni¬ 
versary, had overtaken their city. He expressed an 
•opinion that while the conflagration, in its extent, the 
vastness of the injury, both public and private it caused, 
•and the terrible suffering; it entailed, was without a 
parallel in history, the world had hitherto seen no such 
•exhibition of the goodness existing in the human heart 
as was manifest in the wonderful universal sympathy 
and benevolence to which it gave rise. In this overflow¬ 
ing charity the College and its members were not for¬ 
gotten, and the whole-hearted efforts of their friends 
were the first glimmerings of light in their discourage¬ 
ment and gloom, giving them hope and energy to over¬ 
come the disaster. Immediately after, the fire the 
druggists of New York placed a large fund in the hands 
of one of their number for the relief of those connected 
with the business who had suffered, and the druggists of 
•San Francisco had sent a liberal contribution for the 
relief of any distressed member of the College. Of a 
different character, but quite as important in the re¬ 
organization of the College, was the benefaction of the 
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, where books and 
specimens were being collected for the library and 
cabinet. From over the broad Atlantic, too, distant but 
not less generous friends had arranged for a most com¬ 
prehensive endowment, including the refurnishing of 
the library and museum with a collection of books and 
* See the paper describing this process, ante p. 747. 
specimens in many respects not inferior, and in some de¬ 
partments more complete than that they had lost. It 
was especially worthy of notice that the list of donors, 
embracing the names of those most eminent in English 
pharmacy, also contained those of a large number of 
students and apprentices, showing how deeply the sym¬ 
pathies of all were stirred by the misfortune. This 
notable feature of the gift would endear it to each one 
of them a thousandfold, and cause them to honour the 
young men and the system of instruction which led to 
such noble results. It must not be forgotten that these 
gifts would bo a trust confided to their care to help them 
in the education and training of their clerks and appren¬ 
tices to become qualified pharmacists, and that they 
would best show their appreciation of them' by using- 
all their energies to make the College more useful to 
students than it had ever before been. 
At the conclusion of the President’s address, Professor 
Bartlett submitted the following resolutions, which 
were, on motion, adopted. 
“ Whereas, we have learned of the generous purpose 
of individuals, firms, and associations, in this country 
and Europe, toward this College, in making to us con¬ 
tributions of books, apparatus, etc., with the intention of 
re-establishing it among the institutions for the advance¬ 
ment of pharmaceutic science and art; 
“ Resolved, That wo recognize on the part of the donors 
of these offerings, a kindly human sympathy ; a highly 
complimentary appreciation of the works of this College, 
and a pleasing evidence of that common interest which 
binds together the cultivators of science in all countries.” 
“ Resolved, That these contributions to the advance¬ 
ment of pharmaceutical science are received with a full 
sense of the responsibility which rests upon us, the re¬ 
cipients ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to use our 
utmost endeavours to make this College worthy of the 
generosity which has been so kindly extended to it by 
its distant friends. 
Resolved, That we tender to each and every contri¬ 
butor the heart-felt thanks of each member of this 
College. 
“Resolved, That the names of the donors be procured 
by the Secretary of the College, and preserved in a suit¬ 
able form in the archives of the institution.” 
The following officers of the College for the ensuing 
year were then elected :— President , George Buck ; 7 ice- 
Presidents, T. H. Patterson and J. W. Mill; Secretary, 
G. M. Hambright; Treasurer, A. C. Vanderburgh; Cor¬ 
responding Secretary, Albert E. Ebert. 
MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
Monday . Medical Society, at 8 p.m. 
April 29. Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. —“ Silicates, 
Silicicles, Glass and Glass Painting.” 13y 
Professor Barff (Cantor Lecture). 
London Institution, at 4 p.m.—“E lementary 
Botany.” By Professor Bentley. 
Tuesday . Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. —“Develop- 
April 30. rnent of Belief and Custom.” By Mr. 
E. B. Tylor. 
Wednesday ...Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 
May 1. at 8.30 p.m. — “Pharmacy in Austria.” 
By Mr. T. Greenish. 
Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. 
Royal Institution, at 2 P.M. — Annual 
Meeting. 
Thursday . Royal Society, at 9 p.m. 
May 2. Royal Institution, at 3 P.M.— 1 “ Heat and 
Light.” By Dr. Tyndall. 
Chemical Society, at 8 p.m. “The Manu¬ 
facture of Iron and Steel.” By Mr. E. 
Riley. 
TJnnean Society, at 8 r.M. 
Friday . Royal Institution, at 9 P.M. 
Saturday . Royal Institution, at 3 P.M. The Star 
May 4. Depths.” By Mr. R. A. Proctor. 
