260  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  {AmMay?i£9arm' 
tation,  will  be  equal  to  any  that  has  heretofore  taken  place.  The  exhibit 
will  be  in  Odd  Fellow's  Hall,  the  same  building  that  the  sessions  of  the  As- 
sociation are  held  in.  For  space  and  all  other  information  application  may- 
be made  to  the  local  Secretary,  Mr.  E.  W.  Runyan,  No.  53  Stevenson  street, 
San  Francisco. 
M.  W.  Alexander,  President. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
April  16,  1889. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  and  Mr.  Alonzo  Bobbins  was  elected 
chairman.  The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  no  corrections 
being  called  for  they  were  approved. 
The  registrar  exhibited  a  sample  of  East  Indian  Red  Bark,  sent  to  the 
curator  of  the  museum  by  Messrs.  Gilpin  Langdon  &  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  and 
containing  6*22  per  cent,  total  alkaloids,  of  which  3*8  per  cent,  is  quinine. 
A  manuscript  recipe  book,  commenced  by  Mr.  Robert  Shoemaker,  about  fifty 
years  old,  was  presented  to  the  library  by  Messrs.  Wiley  &  Harris. 
Mr.  England  sent  samples  of  sulphonal,  phenacetin,  tartrate  of  chinoline, 
kairine  and  agaricin. 
Professor  Remington  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Charles  A.  Heinitsh,  of  Lancaster, 
presented  a  wooden  mortar  which  had  been  used  for  at  least  sixty  years ;  to 
preserve  such  a  mortar,  it  is  necessary  to  keep  it  dry.  He  also  presented  a 
stoneware  retort  which  was  made  in  this  city  about  fifty  or  sixty  years  ago, 
by  Mr.  Abraham  Miller  who  manufactured  all  kinds  of  pottery  and  stone- 
ware.  The  thanks  of  the  College  were  voted  to  the  donors. 
Dr.  Lowe  read  a  paper  upon  Commercial  Tar,  a  subject  referred  to  him  at 
the  January  meeting ;  this  was  accompanied  with  samples  of  tar  and  oint- 
ment made  both  from  tar  supplied  by  Mr.  Good  and  some  obtained  from 
another  source. 
Mr.  Mclntyre  also  exhibited  several  samples  of  tar. 
Mr.  Procter  spoke  of  the  dispensing  of  tar  and  said  that  in  his  opinion  it 
was  best  kept  for  this  purpose  in  a  half  gallon  coffee  pot,  which  had  the 
strainer  holes  enlarged;  then  when  a  quantity  was  called  for  place  the  re- 
ceptacle upon  the  scales,  balance  it  and  pour  in  the  required  quantity.  Some 
thought  it  might  be  very  conveniently  kept  in  two,  four,  or  eight  ounce 
boxes  ready  for  dispensing,  but  this  was  regarded  as  encouraging  grocers 
and  others  to  deal  in  it. 
Prof.  Maisch  inquired  what  kind  of  tarry  products  were  obtained  in  the 
process  of  making  acetic  acid  by  the  method  used  by  Dr.  Squibb,  by  subject- 
ing the  wood  to  a  definite  temperature  ?  Prof.  Remington  said  the  tempera- 
ture was  so  controlled  that  no  tar  was  obtained.  Prof.  Maisch  stated  that 
some  years  ago  the  "  Berichte"  published  in  Berlin  contained  a  paper  giving 
the  results  of  researches  made  with  material  furnished  by  Dr.  Squibb,  which 
consisted  of  empyreumatic  products,  but  differed  greatly  from  ordinary  tar. 
The  wood  as  prepared  for  the  process  of  acetic  acid  making  was  exhibited 
by  Prof.  Remington  and  also  the  wood  after  torrefaction,  the  latter  being 
