98  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  jY^S' 
on  Library  reported  the  presentation  of  a  copy  of  the  Founders' 
Week  Memorial  Volume  of  the  scientific  institutions,  medical  col- 
leges and  hospitals  of  Philadelphia,  which  contained  a  very  interest- 
ing and  instructive  account  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Committee  on  Announcement  reported  the  issue  of  Bulletin 
No.  2,  Volume  No.  2.  The  Committee  on  Instruction  presented  a 
new  roster,  to  go  into  effect  January  3,  19 10.  By  the  changes  made 
in  same,  the  number  of  hours  of  laboratory  instruction  was  largely 
increased.  A  large  photograph  of  the  late  Thomas  S.  Wiegand, 
Librarian  of  the  College,  was  presented  to  the  College  by  Mr.  Gute- 
kunst,  and  the  thanks  of  the  Board  were  extended  to  him  for  the 
gift.    Frank  W.  Fluck  was  elected  to  active  membership. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Recording  Secretary. 
JANUARY  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  stated  pharmaceutical  meeting  was  held  Tuesday,  January 
18,  1910,  at  3  o'clock,  with  Prof.  C.  B.  Lowe  presiding. 
Harry  E.  Sindall,  chemist  for  the  Weikel  &  Smith  Spice  Co., 
read  a  brief  paper  on  the  sampling  of  spices  (see  p.  80).  The  paper 
was  discussed  by  the  Chairman,  Dr.  C.  A.  Weidemann,  Messrs. 
E.  M.  Boring,  Warren  H.  Poley,  and  others.  In  reply  to  questions 
which  arose  during  the  discussion,  Mr.  Sindall  stated  that  the  im- 
proved mills  for  the  grinding  of  spices,  including  ginger  and  capsi- 
cum, are  constructed  in  such  a  manner  as  to  prevent  the  escape  of 
the  very  fine  material,  and  thus  of  excessive  irritation  of  the  respira- 
tory tract,  the  effects  generally  not  being  noticeable  after  the  first 
day;  that  there  is  not  much  adulteration  of  spices  in  those  States 
having  food  laws,  as  in  Pennsylvania,  but  in  those  States  having 
no  food  laws,  as  in  Maryland,  there  is  considerable  sophistication; 
and  that  one  of  the  most  common  examples  of  sophistication  is  that 
furnished  by  ground  ginger,  the  method  being  to  add  capsicum  to 
ginger  which  has  been  previously  partly  exhausted  for  other 
purposes. 
John  K.  Thum,  apothecary  at  the  German  Hospital,  Philadel- 
phia, read  a  paper  giving  abstracts  of  the  Researches  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Institute  of  the  University  of  Berlin  for  1908,  which  will 
be  published  in  a  later  issue  of  this  Journal.  The  paper  elicited 
queries  and  comments  from  Professor  Lowe,  and  Drs.  Weidemann 
and  Osterlund. 
