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well  with  oleic  acid,  and  that  in  view  of  this  he  had  tried  the  plan  of 
saponifying  oil  of  almonds  and  decomi)osing  tlie  soap  ]'>y  crystallized 
nitrate  of  bismuth,  this  does  not  give  a  true  and  pure  oleate,  but  an  oleo- 
palmitate  of  bismuth.  An  oleate  of  zinc  may  also  be  prepared  in  the  same 
manner.    His  experimennts  on  tliis  subject  are  not  yet  completed. 
Mr.  L.  E.  Sayre  made  some  remarks  upon  the  preparatio7i  of  pepsin;  in 
his  opinion,  the  pepsin  should  be  dried  thoroughly  before  being  mixed 
with  sugar  of  milk ;  if  the  mixture  is  made  while  the  pej^sin  is  moist, 
there  seems  to  be  an  incipient  fermentation  induced  before  the  drying  has 
been  effected,  and  the  produ<3t  obtained  has  less  digestive  power  than  pep- 
sin dried  by  itself  and  then  mixed  with  miik  sugar.  In  reply  to  a  ques- 
•tion  as  to  the  amount  of  acid  used  in  testing  the  effect  upon  coagulated 
.albumen,  he  stated,  that  the  same  quantity  was  used  in  every  exj^eriment, 
and  that  any  considerable  excess  of  acid  was  undesirable. 
This  subject  led  to  some  remarks  about  the  milky  juice  of  the  Cai'ica 
papaya^  which  is  a  solvent  for  albumen,  fibrin  and  other  protein  compounds; 
some  of  the  statements  made  in  the  various  treatises  on  botany,  like  the 
asserted  effects  of  the  exhalations  of  the  tree  upon  meat,  are  so  extravagant 
.as  to  be  entirely  incredible. 
Mr.  Lemberger  regretted  that  his  residence  out  of  the  city  prevented  his 
more  frequent  presence  at  the  j)harmaceutical  meetings,  and  urged,  especi- 
.ally  the  junior  members  of  the  profession,  to  imjorove  the  advantages  that 
their  collegiate  course  here  offered  them,  that  they  might  never  reflect 
ainpleasantly  on  misimproved  opportunities. 
Prof.  Sadtler  made  some  additional  remarks  on  the  coloring  matter  of 
Beth-a-barra  wood  ;  its  similarity,  in  some  i^articulars,  to  clirysophanic  acid 
had  suggested  to  him  an  examination  which  he  has  since  carried  forward  to 
some  extent,  and  which  exhibits  such  marked  differences  in  certain  peculi- 
.arities  that  entitle  it  to  rank  as  a  distinct  and  peculiar  coloring  2n'incii)le. 
There  being  no  further  business  a  motion  to  adjourn  was  carried. 
T.  S.  WiEGAND,  Registrar. 
PHAEMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society  and  the  College 
OF  Pharmacy.— A  member  of  the  Medico-Legal  Association,  of  this  city, 
who  was  active  in  the  conference  called  by  the  association  with  the  drug- 
gists of  this  city,  aj)pears  to  have  been  dissatisfied  with  the  results  of  the 
conference,  and  read  before  the  County  Medical  Society  a  lengthy  paper, 
which  ai^i^ears  to  have  been  substantially  the  same  as  that  read  by  him 
before  the  conference. 
The  subject  was  referred  to  a  committee  of  the  County  Medical  Society, 
and,  by  their  request,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  appointed  a  committee  of  five  members  to  meet  them  in  confer- 
ence. The  committee  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  College  have  made 
the  following  report : 
