Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1908. 
}    Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
295 
notic  and  antiseptic.  (Pkar.  Jour.,  1908,  page  518,  from  V Union 
Pharm!) 
Vapo-Cresolene. — From  an  examination  made  in  the  chemical 
laboratory  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  it  appears  that 
vapo  cresolene  is  essentially  cresol  and  corresponds  in  every  respect 
to  the  requirements  for  cresol  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 
(Jour.  A.  M.  A.,  April  4,  1908,  page  11 35.) 
Zinc  Boropicrate  (Chrysyl). — Picric  acid,  349  ;  boric  acid,  62 ; 
water,  about  400,  are  heated  together,  and  zinc  oxide,  82,  is  added 
to  the  solution.  The  resulting  yellow  powder  has  been  used  as  a 
sedative  drying  agent  in  the  treatment  of  skin  affections  and  for 
ophthalmic  application.  (Phar.  Jour.,  April  18,  1908,  page  518, 
from  P  Union  Pharm?) 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
The  eighty-seventh  annual  commencement  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  in  the  American  Academy  of 
Music,  corner  Broad  and  Locust  Streets,  Thursday  evening,  May 
2ist.  After  prayer  by  the  Rev.  August  Pohlman,  M.D.,  the  degrees 
were  conferred  by  President  Howard  B.  French. 
The  degree  of  Master  in  Pharmacy  (Ph.M.)  honoris  causa  was 
conferred  upon  Samuel  William  Fairchild,  Ph.G.,  New  York  City  ; 
Horatio  Nelson  Fraser,  Ph.G.,  New  York  City ;  John  Francis  Han- 
cock, Phar.D.,  Baltimore;  William  Mclntyre,  Ph.G.,  Philadelphia; 
and  Samuel  Arno  Darlington  Sheppard,  Ph.G.,  Boston.  The  follow- 
ing are  the  names  of  those  who  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  in 
Pharmacy,  together  with  the  subjects  of  their  theses: 
Ackley,  Kelso  Carter,  Glyceriuum, 
Allen,  Clyde  M.,  The  Manufacture  of  Sodium  Chlor- 
Name.  Thesis. 
State  or  Country. 
New  Jersey 
ide  in  New  York  State, 
New  York 
Anderson,  Gus.  Goodfred,  Liquid  Medicines  versus  Pills, 
Ay  res,  John,  Disinfection, 
Baer,  Howard  Jacob,  Magma  Magnesise, 
Baldwin,  Chas.  Hampton,  EOrgota 
Ballinger,  Reeve  Leslie,  Liquor  Calcis, 
Bannan,  Samuel  Joseph,  Cataplasma  Kaolini, 
Barrett,  Kdson  Jay,  A  Practical  Container  for  the  Distri- 
Pennsylvania 
Pennsylvania 
Pennsylvania 
New  Jersey 
New  Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
bution  of  Liquid  Soap, 
Pennsylvania 
