376  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Am^yT/im&Tm' 
left  upon  pressing  a  fragment  between  blotting  paper.  The  following  method 
is  given  for  its  more  exact  determination  :  Pure  thymol  dissolves  clear  in 
five  times  its  weight  of  10  per  cent,  soda  solution  when  heated  to  30°  or  40° 
C,  the  solution  being  colorless  or  faintly  reddish,  but  darkening  upon  stand- 
ing. If  the  thymol  contains  thymene  it  gives  a  more  or  less  turbid  solution, 
from  which  the  thymene  separates  in  the  form  of  oil  drops. 
Musk. — The  following  information  as  to  the  manner  in  which  musk  comes 
into  commerce  is  quoted  from  a  report  by  the  German  consul  at  Shanghai : 
"  The  article  comes  into  the  market  in  simple  wood  cases  of  9  to  14  catties. 
Every  parcel  contains  a  number  of  adulterated  pods,  which  have  also  to  be 
bought.  The  parcels  are  then,  as  a  rule,  broken  up  by  the  exporter  and 
sorted  for  the  London  market.  On  an  average  they  give  about  50  to  55  per 
cent,  of '  pile  I,'  a  fine  thin-skinned  article ;  20  to  30  per  cent,  of  '  pile  I  and 
II,'  partially  or  entirely  falsified  pods ;  and  20  to  25  per  cent,  of  skin  refuse 
and  loss  of  weight.  The  sophistication  consists  of  earth,  rasped  wood,  and 
small  pieces  of  leather  or  skin,  which  are  inserted  in  the  pods  after  the 
musk  has  been  removed.  Less  frequently  the  sophistication  is  effected  with 
lead,  heavy  pieces  of  flesh,  or  paper  inserted  between  the  thin  inner  and 
thick  outer  skin,  which  can  only  be  discovered  upon  cutting  it.  In  the  last 
year  or  two  the  adulteration  has  gone  up  to  80  per  cent.,  but  in  the  absence 
of  better  qualities,  even  such  an  article  has  found  buyers." 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  Board  of  Directors  has  purchased  the 
property  on  the  S.  W.  cor.  of  First  and  Chestnut  streets,  which  has  a  front- 
age of  200  feet  and  depth  of  150  feet;  the  building  is  one  of  the  handsomest 
in  the  city,  and  well  adapted  for  the  college.  A  pharmaceutical  and  a 
microscopical  laboratory  will  at  once  be  added.  The  college  will  take  pos- 
session of  the  propert3r  about  July  1st,  on  which  occasion  it  is  proposed  to 
give  an  old-fashioned  house  warming. 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  vacany  occasioned  by  the  resignation 
of  Professor  Curtman  has  been  filled  by  calling  Professor  Gustavus  Hin- 
richs,  M.  A.,  LL.  D,  to  the  chair  of  chemistry.  Professor  Hinrichs  for  a 
number  of  years  has  held  the  chairs  of  chemistry,  toxicology  and  climatol- 
ogy in  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  departments  of  the  University  of 
Iowa.  His  experience  as  a  teacher  and  his  reputation  as  an  author  give 
ample  promise  of  his  usefulness  in  this  new  sphere  of  labor. 
The  School  of  Pharmacy,  University  of  Kansas,  celebrated  its  fourth  anni- 
versary June  3rd,  the  exercises  consisting  mainly  of  orations  and  ad- 
dresses. 
The  Alabama  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  eighth  annual  meeting  at 
Birmingham  May  14th,  Vice-President  G.  W.  Bains  in  the  chair.  Reports 
were  received  from  officers  and  committees  and  papers  were  read  on  car- 
bonate of  ammonium  and  the  National  Formulary.  The  present  officers 
are:  President,  G.  W.  Bains,  Birmingham;  Vice-Presidents,  W.  F.Punch, 
Mobile,  and  J.  Milner,  Florence;  Secretary,  P.  C.  Candidus,  Mobile,  and 
