31inutes  of  the  College. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Phann. 
t      Jan.,  1881 
Tinctura  Stillingiae. — I  send  you  an  excellent  formula  for  this 
tincture.  Take  of  stillingia  root  (fresh)  eight  ounces,  diluted  alcohol 
two  pints,  nitric  acid  half  fluidounce.  Mix.  Macerate  fourteen  days ; 
express  and  filter.  Dose,  five  drops  in  water,  three  times  a  day^  grad- 
ually increased.  As  nitrates  are  soluble,  the  addition  of  a  small  quan- 
tity of  nitric  acid  to  all  tinctures  made  by  maceration  greatly  increases 
their  value.  J.  Dabney  Palmer. 
MontieeUo^  Fla.  , 
Saxolinum  is  the  name  selected  by  a  sub-committee  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  to  designate  soft  paraf- 
fins to  be  used  in  ointments,  etc.,  similar  to  those  preparations  intro- 
duced as  vaseline,  cosnioline,  petroline,  etc.  The  word  is  derived  from 
saxuia,  rcjck,  and  oleum,  oil,  and,  though  the  article  in  question  is  not 
m\  oil,  as  this  term  is  at  present  received  in  chemistry,  the  new  word 
^vill  probably  be  adopted  by  the  committee. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  Dec.  27,  1880. 
A  stated  nieeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  this 
day  at  the  College  Hall,  Dillwyn  Parrish,  President,  in  the  chair;  fourteen 
members  in  attendance. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and,  on  motion,  approved. 
Will.  C.  Bakes,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  read  the  minutes  of 
that  body  for  October,  NovemVjer  and  December,  which  were,  on  motion, 
adopted. 
The  resignations  of  Messrs.  Thomas  R.  Coombe  and  George  Blinkhorn 
were  read  and,  on  motion,  accepted. 
Professor  ]Maiscli  called  the  attention  of  the  meeting  to  a  bill  which 
-originated  with  the  National  Board  of  Health,  and  is  now  before  Congress. 
The  act  is  designed  to  prevent  the  importation  and  dealing  in  of  articles  of 
food  and  drugs  of  all  kinds  which  have  been  adulterated  or  rendered  impure 
or  unwholesome  from  any  cause  whatever.  Professor  Maisch  read  the 
act,  and,  after  expressing  his  views  in  accordance  therewith,  thought  the 
College  should  take  some  action  on  the  subject. 
Professor  Remington  and  Wm.  B.  Thompson  agreed  with  the  views 
■expressed  by  Professor  Maisch,  and  hoped  that  the  enactment  might  be  so 
framed  as  to  embrace  in  some  manner  State  legislation  also. 
Professor  Maisch  moved  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  take 
action  in  the  matter,  with  power  to  confer  with  committees  of  other  bodies 
enlisted  in  the  same  cause,  which  was  adopted. 
The  president  appointed  Mesrs.  Robert  Shoemaker,  Professor  Joseph  P. 
Bemington  and  Charles  Bullock  the  committee. 
There  being  no  further  business,  on  motion  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
