52  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  {A  ja^aryffe111' 
found  the  mill  better  adapted  as  a  mixer  for  Dover's  powder  and 
the  grinding  of  hard  substances,  as  extracts,  than  for  powdering 
drugs.  Mr.  Boring  stated  that  in  making  Dover's  powder,  Dr. 
Squibb's  idea  was  that  much  of  the  value  of  the  powder  consisted 
in  the  thorough  trituration  of  all  the  ingredients  together. 
Wm.  R.  Warner  &  Co.  exhibited  a  number  of  well-finished  sugar- 
coated  pills.  Hance  Brothers  &  White  exhibited  a  line  of  elastic 
capsules.  Gilpin,  Langdon  &  Co.  showed  among  other  products  a 
line  of  assayed  powdered  vegetable  drugs. 
E.  H.  Gane,  New  York  City,  sent  over  recently  a  specimen  of 
"  chibu,"  which  had  been  received  by  Messrs.  Kesson  &  Robbins 
from  one  of  their  customers  in  Porto  Rico.  The  product  is  used 
principally  for  making  balsamic  pills  and  elixirs  in  Porto  Rico,  and 
is  reported  by  the  natives  to  be  valuable.  According  to  Mr.  Gane 
it  is  apparently  very  similar  to  our  "  gum  thus,"  and  our  syrup  of 
white  pine  compound  will  doubtless  answer  all  the  purposes  of 
chibu.  Richard  Shoemaker  exhibited  a  sample  of  mesquite  gum 
recently  sent  from  Texas.  The  gum  can  be  furnished  at  a  low  price, 
and  might  be  used  for  some  purposes  in  place  of  sorts  of  gum 
arabic.  John  Laval  &  Sons  sent  a  remarkably  fine  specimen  of 
Virginia  snakeroot. 
Mr.  William  Mclntyre  presented  a  check  for  $35  for  the  use  of 
the  pharmaceutical  meetings,  and  stated  that  inasmuch  as  he  was  a 
life-member  of  the  College  and  was  not  required  to  pay  any  further 
dues ;  and,  furthermore,  that,  as  he  had  profited  by  his  attendance 
at  the  pharmaceutical  meetings,  he  desired  to  give  to  the  College  an 
equivalent  of  annual  dues  for  the  past  seven  years.  The  check  was 
accepted,  and  a  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Mr.  Mclntyre  for  his 
donation. 
Before  adjourning  it  was  announced  that  the  following  provisional 
program  had  been  arranged  for  the  next  meeting  on  January  21st: 
"The  History  and  Uses  of  Digestive  Ferments  in  Medicine." 
By  Benjamin  Fairchild,  New  York  City. 
"  Filtration  of  Drinking  Water."    By  William  G.  Toplis. 
"  Solubility  of  Tablets."    By  A.  M.  Hance. 
"Seidlitz  Powders."    By  R,  H.  French. 
Discussion  on  Modern  Drug  Store  Methods. 
Various  exhibits  and  some  other  papers  are  also  expected. 
H.  K. 
