Am  Feb^m9afm'}     Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  105 
contraction  of  the  pupils,  slight  anesthesia,  no  headache,  and  no  disturb- 
ance of  the  digestive  tract. — Med.  News,  December  8,  1888. 
Myrtol. — Dr.  Eichorst  recommends  the  internal  administration  of  myrtol  to 
overcome  putrefactive  processes  of  the  air-passages.  It  is  administered  in  two 
grain  capsules,  two  of  which  are  taken  every  two  hours.  It  can  be  contin- 
ued for  weeks  without  causing  any  bad  after-effects.  Not  only  does  it  ame- 
liorate the  gangrenous  odor  of  the  expectoration,  but  diminishes  also  the 
quantity  of  the  expectorated  material.  It  does  not  stay  the  progress  of  the 
tuberbulosis. — Med.  News,  Dec.  29 ;  see  also  Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,  1886,p.  299. 
Benzoated  Chloroform. — Dr.  B.  W.  Richardson  recommends  the  use 
of  benzoated  chloroform  as  an  antiseptic  of  considerable  service  in  the 
treatment  of  foetid  wounds.  It  is  made  by  dissolving  three  drachms  of  pure 
benzoic  acid  in  twelve  ounces  of  chloroform,  and  filtering  if  necessary.  Af- 
ter the  bandage  has  been  applied  a  fluid  drachm  of  the  solution  is  poured 
over  or  near  the  ulcer,  the  deodorizing  effect  being  of  the  best  character. 
The  solution  is  also  effective  for  removing  the  fcetor  in  troublesome  cases 
offcetid  exhalations  from  the  feet ;  and  used  like  eau  de  Cologne,  it  is  advan- 
tageous to  rub  over  the  hands  at  a  post  mortem  examination,  and  for  simi- 
lar purposes  where  a  disinfectant  is  required. — Asclepiad,  Vol.  v.  No.  10. 
Action  of  Antipyrin  on  the  Teeth. — Dr.  Galippe,  a  dentist,  finds  that  antipyrin 
taken  internally  has  the  effect  of  blackening  the  teeth.  Teeth  which,  pre- 
vious to  the  administration  of  this  drug,  had  lost  their  enamel,  blackened 
sooner  than  otherwise  healthy  teeth.  The  discoloration  is  only  temporary 
as  it  can  be  removed  by  cleansing  the  teeth  with  water  containing  an 
abundance  of  oxygen. — Deutsche  med.  Woch.;  Med.  News,  Dec.  8,  1888. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
January  15th,  1889. 
The  meeting  having  been  called  to  order,  Wm.  B.  Webb,  Ph.  M.,  was  asked 
to  preside. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  no  corrections  being  re- 
quired they  stand  approved.  Donations  to  the  library  being  in  order,  the 
Year-book  of  Pharmacy  for  1888,  was  presented ;  this  book  is  a  resume"  of 
the  state  of  pharmacy,  issued  by  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  and 
bears  much  the  same  relation  to  the  British  Conference  that  the  report  on 
the  progress  of  pharmacy  does  to  the  Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 
Professor  Maisch  presented  to  the  cabinet  of  the  College  a  specimen  of 
Mezereon  root;  in  some  parts  of  Europe  the  bark  of  the  root  is  preferred,  but 
that  in  the  market  is  nearly  all  obtained  from  the  stem. 
Professor  Maisch  exhibited  specimens  of  whit?  snieka  root,  which  had  been 
recently  sold  in  New  York  as  true  senega ;  he  stated  that  some  years  ago  this 
root  was  quite  common  in  the  market  and  that  he  believed  it  to  be  obtained 
from  Polygala  Boykinii,  but  that  he  had  been  unable  to  ascertain  the  locality 
of  its  collection,  though  on  a  former  occasion  the  commercial  article  had 
been  traced  to  Southern  Missouri. 
