Am.  Jour.  T'liarm 
July, 1881. 
}  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations. 
379 
Liebig's 
Extract. 
Dry  fibre,  ....   
Dry  extract,  .  .  .80  per  cent. 
Water,  .  .         .         .20  per  cent. 
Ash,         .         .  .         .14  per  cent. 
Price  per  drachm  of  dry  extract,    4^  cents. 
Valentine's 
Meat  Juice. 
Johnston's 
Fluid  Beef. 
33  per  cent. 
30  per  cent- 
37  per  cent. 
10  per  cent. 
6?>  cents. 
33 '3  per  cent. 
66"6  per  cent. 
7    per  cent. 
16  cents. 
A  short  paper  on  Emulsions  was  read  l)y  Mr.  William  M.  Thomson^ 
advocating  the  process  of  M.  Gerrard  (see  "Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1880,  p.  560).. 
An  investigation  into  The  Asserted  Antiseptic  Propt^rties  of  Formic  Acidy. 
made  by  Dr.  L.  Wolff,  resulted  in  proving  that  this  acid  is  only  a  feeble 
antifernientive  and  of  no  value  whatever  as  an  antiputrid  agent. 
The  subject  of  Accuracy  in  Scales  and  WeifjJits  was  reported  on  by  Mr.- 
George  W.  Stoeckel,  of  Reading,  who  regards  improvement  in  this  respect 
as  very  urgent.  The  same  member  presented  also  a  statistical  paper, 
showing  that  in  86  towns  and  cities  in  Pennsylvania,  with  a  population  of 
about  705,000,  there  were  1,176  physicians  and  495  drug  stores,  of  which 
number  one  did  not  deal  in  patent  medicines  and  many  dealt  also  in  other 
articles. 
The  paper  by  Prof.  Maisch  on  The  Stearopten  of  Buchu  Oil  is  published 
on  page  331. 
In  a  paper  entitled  The  Weight  of  a  Liter  of  Water  at  Different  Temper- 
atures^ Mr.  Gustavus  Pile  gives  the  following  table,  which  takes  into  con- 
sideration the  expansion  of  the  flask,  equal  to  '014  cc.  for  each  degree  of 
temperature : 
Temp. 
Cub.  cent. 
Grains. 
Temp. 
(!ab.  cent. 
Grains. 
39°F. 
1000 
15432-3 
65°F. 
998-6 
15410-7 
45 
999-9 
15430-7 
70 
998-1 
15403-0 
50 
999  8 
15429-1 
75 
697-5 
15393-7 
55 
999-5 
15424  6 
80 
996-8 
15382-9 
60 
999-1 
15418-4 
85 
996-0 
15370-6 
From  the  interesting  report  on  Unoflficinal  and  Local  Formulas,  read  by- 
Mr.  Charles  T.  George,  we  extract  a  few  formulas  : 
Oleic  Acid. — Dissolve  dry  white  Castile  soai3  10  lbs.,  in  4  gal.  of  hot 
water,  add,  with  constant  stirring,  sulphuric  acid  30  oz. ;  decant  the  upper 
layer,  wash  it  with  warm  water  and  dissolve  in  it,  at  a  moderate  heat,  10^ 
oz.  of  finely  powdered  litharge ;  while  still  warm,  pour  the  whole  into  12. 
pints  of  deodorized  benzin,  and  after  24  hours,  pour  off  from  the  depositor 
lead  palmitate.  Shake  the  clear  filtrate  well  with  4  oz.  of  pure  hydrochlo- 
ric acid  diluted  with  4  pints  of  cold  water,  decant  and  filter  the  benzin. 
solution  of  oleic  acid,  evaporate  in  an  open  dish,  heat  over  a  water  bath 
until  all  odor  of  benzin  has  disappeared,  wash  with  warm  water  and  filter. 
The  yield  will  be  about  5  lbs. 
Linimentum  Saponis. — Dissolve  camphor  ^ii,  in  alcohol  Oil ;  add  oleic 
acid  ,5ii  and  oil  of  rosemary  f  ,^ss  ;  then  gradually' add  sodium  bicarbonate 
3v,  and  when  effervescence  has  ceased,  add  water  f^vi  and  filter.  It  will 
not  deposit  in  cold  weather. 
Elixir  of  Phosphorus.— Yho^y\\OY\m  gr.x,  bromide  of  ethyl  f  3x  ;  dissolve- 
