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glycerine  is  soluble  in  water.  Two-thirds  of  the  preparation  should  be 
used  for  the  first  friction,  the  other  third  for  the  second. — Ibid,  from  Lancet. 
Poisoning  by  Strychnia  given  in  place  of  Santonine. — Dr.  Simons,  of 
Aiken,  in  Belgium,  has  just  had  the  misfortune  of  seeing  a  child  of  seven 
years  perish,  to  whom  he  had  given  santonine  (as  he  thought)  as  a  vermi- 
fuge. On  examination  of  the  bottle  from  which  the  powders  had  been 
prepared,  it  was  found  that,  though  labelled  saDtonine  by  M.  Degheest,  the 
wholesale  druggist  who  had  delivered  the  bottle,  the  latter  contained  a 
powder  composed  of  one-sixth  of  santonine  and  five-sixths  of  strychnine. 
The  Court  before  whom  this  sad  affair  was  brought  decided  that  the 
heaviest  penalty  should  be  inflicted  upon  M.  Degheest  and  his  assistant,  as 
their  warehouses  were  found  in  a  most  irregular  and  dangerous  state  as 
regards  poisonous  substances.  Dr.  Simons,  though  evidently  guiltless, 
was  lightly  fined,  as,  according  to  the  letter  of  the  law,  he  was  bound  to 
examine  and  test  the  medicinal  substances  he  received  from  the  wholesale 
druggist.  It  is,  however,  perfectly  plain  to  every  one,  that  the  busy  country 
practitioner  cannot  find  time  for  such  investigation,  besides  not  being  ac- 
customed to  the  necessary  manipulations. — Ibid,  from  Bub.  Med.  Press. 
At  the  Semi- Annual  Meeting  held  9th  mo.  27th,  1859,  present  twenty 
members.    The  President,  Charles  Ellis,  in  the  Chair. 
The  Minutes  of  the  College  were  adopted,  and  those  of  the  Trustees 
were  read. 
Alfred  W.  Test  was  elected  to  membership, 
A.  A.  B.  Durand  resigned  his  membership,  having  retired  from  the 
pharmaceutical  profession. 
The  Committee  on  the  proposed  change  in  the  laws  in  relation  to 
Annual  Contributions,  recommended  making  no  change  at  present. 
The  Committee  on  Sinking  Fund  reported  that  the  ground  rent  had 
been  paid  off  and  the  property  of  the  College  mortgaged  for  three  thousand 
dollars,  as  directed  by  the  Special  Meeting,  held  in  the  Spring.  This  is 
the  only  debt  of  the  College. 
The  Delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  reported 
that  they  all  attended,  with  the  exception  of  one;  the  vacancy  they  filled 
by  the  appointment  of  Samuel  S.  Bunting,  who  was  in  attendance.  Nine 
members  of  this  College  were  present  at  the  meeting. 
The  Association  assembled  in  Boston,  at  the  Rooms  of  the  Massachusetts 
College  of  Pharmacy,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  13th  inst.,  and  continued 
its. session  during  the  14th,  15th,  and  16th  inst. 
The  meeting  was  well  attended  by  delegates  representing  Boston,  New 
