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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharra, 
April,  1902. 
Toilet  Purposes,"  by  M.  I.  Wilbert,  apothecary  at  the  German  Hos- 
pital, Philadelphia,  and  was  read  in  the  absence  of  the  author  by 
Charles  H.  La  Wall  (see  page  172).  In  connection  with  the  paper, 
Mr.  Wilbert  sent  several  samples  illustrating  the  preparations  made 
by  the  process  outlined  by  him,  and  also  several  other  samples:  one 
being  a  soft-soap  made  of  cottonseed  oil,  according  to  the  formula 
published  in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  for  May,  1900 
(Vol.  72,  page  212),  the  only  difference  bein.*  the  substitution  of 
cottonseed  oil  for  the  official  linseed  oil,  on  account  of  the  difference 
in  price;  also  a  sample  of  "liquid  soda  soap,"  which  differs  from  the 
formula  given  in  the  A.  J.  P.  quoted  above,  by  the  substitution  of 
olive  oil  for  cottonseed  oil.  This  was  done  to  overcome  any  possi- 
ble objections  to  the  use  of  this  method  for  making  the  official  Lini- 
mentum  Saponis.  During  the  very  cold  winter  weather,  soap 
liniment  made  from  cottonseed-oil  soap  will  sometimes  gelatinize ; 
this  is,  of  course,  objectionable,  and  may  be  obviated  by  using  olive 
oil,  the  chemical  composition  of  which  will  allow  it  to  remain  limpid 
at  much  lower  temperatures.  The  sample  of  "  soap  liniment  "  was 
made  from  the  olive  oil  "  liquid  soda  soap,"  according  to  the  for- 
mula given  in  the  paper  quoted  above. 
In  the  discussion  that  followed  the  reading  of  the  paper,  Mr. 
Beringer  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  a  number  of  years  ago 
some  of  the  French  and  German  soaps  were  imported  in  liquid  form, 
and  that  the  antiseptic  value  of  liquid  soaps  was  becoming  recog- 
nized and  appreciated  by  physicians.  Dr.  Lowe  suggested  that 
Columbian  spirit  might  be  used  in  place  of  ethyl  alcohol,  and  that 
oil  of  eucalyptus  might  be  substituted  for  carbolic  acid  in  the  formula 
given.  Dr.  Boston  said  that  he  had  found  that  microorganisms  would 
grow  in  3  to  5  per  cent,  solutions  of  carbolic  acid.  Mr.  Beringer 
stated  that  they  probably  would  not  grow  in  solutions  containing 
free  alkali  as  in  the  soaps  proposed  by  Mr.  Wilbert. 
The  next  paper  was  on  "  The  Spread  of  Tuberculosis  by  Cough- 
ing," by  Dr.  L.  Napoleon  Boston,  well  known  for  his  pathological 
and  sanitary  work  (see  page  169).  In  discussing  this  paper,  Dr. 
Lowe  referred  to  the  investigations  of  Dr.  Flick,  who  some  years 
ago  showed  conclusively  that  consumption  was  a  contagious  disease; 
and  he  furthermore  believed  that  there  should  be  a  thorough  disin- 
fection of  homes  where  consumptives  have  lived.  He  also  referred 
to  the  statement  made  by  the  late  Dr.  DaCosta,  that  if  a  patient  has 
