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valerianate  of  iron  is  insoluble  in  water,  but  on  the  contrary,  is  entirely 
soluble  in  alcohol.  Another  character  of  the  true  valerianate  is  its  acid, 
disagreeable,  persistent  smell,  which  is  very  different  from  the  penetrating 
odor  of  valerian  presented  by  the  false  valerianates  formed  by  the  addition 
of  the  essential  oil  of  the  plant. — The  Druggist,  June,  1859. 
Acetous  Tincture  of  Cimicifuga. — Dr.  Koehler,  of  Pennsylvania,  proposes 
the  employment  of  dilute  acetic  acid  and  alcohol  as  a  solvent  for  the  active 
matter  of  this  valuable  indigenous  drug,  as  follows : 
Take  of  black  cohosh  root,  bruised,  five  ounces;  dilute  acetic  acid,  U.S.  P., 
one  fluid  ounce  ;  alcohol,  eight  fluid  ounces  ;  water,  eleven  fluid  ounces. 
Mix,  macerate  fourteen  days ;  express  and  filter.  Dose,  one  to  two  tea- 
spoonfuls. 
He  says:  "After  due  trial  I  found  this  combination  to  answer  better 
than  any  other  form,  and  the  neighboring  physicians,  to  whom  I  gave  the 
formula,  express  themselves  as  highly  pleased  with  the  acetated  tincture 
of  cimicifuga.  It  has  been  successfully  employed  in  nervous  affections, 
and  as  an  alterative  in  various  forms  of  rheumatism  and  uterine  affections. 
— Cin.  Lancet  and  Observer. 
Prohibition  of  Empirical  Preparations  in  Russia. — The  Russian  govern- 
ment has  issued  the  most  stringent  orders  to  refuse  admission  at  the  vari- 
ous custom-houses  to  the  following  substances  :  1.  Collodium  cantharidale. 
2.  Hydrargyrum  zooticum.  3.  Morrison's  pills.  4.  Oleum  harlamense. 
5.  Hydrargyrum  sulphuratum  stibiatum.  6.  Leroy's  medicines.  7.  Fer- 
rum  limatum  alcoholisatum,  and  Revalenta  Arabica.  8.  Lactate  of  iron 
lozenges.  9.  Essential  coffese.  10.  Extractum  filicis  maris  eethereum. 
11.  Theriac.  12.  Extracta  medicinalia.  This  is  a  very  wise  regulation, 
excluding,  on  the  one  hand,  dangerous  quack  medicines,  such  as  Morrison's 
and  Leroy's,  and  on  the  other,  preventing  the  credulous  from  investing 
their  money  in  such  preparations  as  the  Revalenta  Arabica. — Med.  Zeit. 
Russlands,  and  Virg.  Med.  Jour.,  June,  1859. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  Seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the  "  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,"  will  be  held 
in  the  city  of  Boston,  Mass ,  on  Tuesday  the  13th  day  of  September  next  at  3  o'clock  P.  M. 
The  objects  of  the  Association  and  the  conditions  of  membership  are  explained  in  the  following 
extracts  from  the  Constitution. 
Article  T. 
This  Association  shall  be  called  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Its  aim  shall  be  to 
unite  the  educated  and  reputable  Pharmaceutists  and  Druggists  of  the  United  States  in  the  fol- 
lowing objects  : 
1st.  To  improve  and  regulate  the  drug  market,  by  preventing  the  importation  of  inferior, 
adulterated  or  deteriorated  drugs,  and  by  detecting  and  exposing  home  adulteration. 
2d.  To  establish  the  relations  between  druggists,  pharmaceutists,  physicians  and  the  people  at 
large,  upon  just  principles,  which  shall  promote  the  public  welfare  and  tend  to  mutual  strength 
and  advantage. 
3d.  To  improve  the  science  and  the  art  of  Pharmacy  by  diffusing  scientific  knowledge  among 
apothecaries  and  druggists,  fostering  pharmaceutical  literature,  developing  talent,  stimulating 
