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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
f Am.  Jour.  Pharro. 
I    January,  1908. 
Mr.  Frank  E.  Morgan  believed  that  the  use  of  nostrums  by 
medical  men  is  rapidly  decreasing,  and  that  no  man  is  more  entitled 
to  the  respect  of  the  community  than  the  honest,  earnest  physician. 
The  subject  was  further  discussed  by  Drs.  Eaton,  Lowe  and 
Roberts,  and  by  Messrs.  Apple,  Blair,  Gabell,  Osborne  and  Lem- 
berger.  M.  I.  Wilbert, 
Secretary. 
DECEMBER  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  regular  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  was  held  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  December  17th,  with 
Wm.  L.  Clifle  in  the  chair ;  and  was  devoted  to  the  consideration 
of  analytical  tests  and  methods. 
Dr.  A.  W.  Miller  presented  a  communication  on  "  The  Distilla- 
tion of  Oil  of  Coriander,"  and  exhibited  several  samples  of  the  oil, 
and  one  of  pot  pourri  made  with  crushed  coriander  fruit  as  one  of 
the  ingredients.  The  speaker  stated  that  some  of  the  coriander  of 
the  market  is  bleached,  but  said  that  he  did  not  know  whether  the 
bleaching  process  affected  the  yield  of  oil  (p.  1 5). 
Mr.  Weikel,  of  the  Weikel  and  Smith  Spice  Company,  Philadel- 
phia, stated,  that  sometimes,  when  other  commercial  varieties  of 
coriander  are  scarce,  Russian  coriander  comes  into  the  market,  and 
that  it  is  characterized  by  a  heavy  odor. 
Reference  having  been  made  to  the  adherence  of  the  mericarps 
of  coriander  fruit,  Dr.  Miller  said,  that  he  had  frequently  seen  fruits 
in  which  the  mericarps  had  separated,  and  thus  become  unsalable. 
Mr.  Weikel  said,  that  in  the  larger  fruits,  as  the  Italian,  the  separa- 
tion of  the  mericarps  is  more  likely  to  take  place. 
Dr.  Miller  stated  that  the  amount  of  coriander  used  in  pharmacy 
is  very  small  as  compared  to  that  used  in  other  ways,  it  being  chiefly 
used  in  the  manufacture  of  porter  and  brown  stout,  and  also  in 
sausage  making,  as  a  flavoring.  He  then  spoke  of  the  so-called 
"  black  caraway,"  which  is  largely  used  by  the  Russians  as  a  flavor- 
ing material,  and  stated  that  it  is  composed  of  three-angled  seeds, 
which  yield  a  volatile  oil  that  appears  to  contain  a  sulphur  compound. 
Mr.  W.  A.  Pearson,  of  the  analytical  department  of  the  Smith, 
Kline,  and  French  Company,  said  that  a  yield  of  i-i  per  cent,  of 
oil  of  coriander  was  reported  by  Eck  (Gildemeister  and  Hoffmann's 
