A^ct£ber,^9oT^}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  495 
Some  Curious  Oils. 
By  L.  F.  Kebler  and  Geo.  R.  Pancoast. 
The  authors  have  been  collecting  information  for  several  years  on 
some  curious  oils  from  various  sources,  viz.:  Adder  oil,  angle-worm 
oil,  ant  oil,  bait  oil,  bat  oil,  bear's  oil,  bear's  fat,  beaver's  fat,  brick 
oil,  calendula  oil,  clover  oil,  catfish  oil,  crocodile  and  alligator  oils, 
deer  oil,  dog  oil,  eel  oil,  fox  oil,  habacuc  oil,  hedgehog  oil,  lobelia  oil, 
mullein  oil,  mink  oil,  mercury  oil,  mermaid's  oil,  ozonated  oil, 
pickerel  oil,  porcupine  oil,  porpoise  oil,  rabbit  oil,  rat  oil,  raccoon  oil, 
rhodium  oil,  rattlesnake  oil,  skunk  oil,  stillingia  oil,  stork  oil,  stur- 
geon oil,  swallow  oil,  sweet  cicely  oil,  turtle  (green)  oil,  and  viper 
oil. 
Expressed  Oil  of  Sweet  Almonds  and  its  Substitutes. 
By  Geo.  R.  Pancoast  and  L.  F.  Kebler. 
The  authors  claim  that  oil  of  sweet  almonds  is  fast  becoming  a 
commercial  curiosity — being  almost  entirely  supplanted  by  substi- 
tutes. They  believe  that  but  a  small  amount  of  oil  is  expressed 
from  sweet  almonds,  nearly  all  of  the  sweet  kernels  in  the  market 
being  used  by  the  confectioners.  The  fluid  obtained  from  bitter 
almonds  is  found  in  commerce,  but  it  is  labelled  oil  of  sweet  almonds. 
For  every  pound  of  the  article  imported,  at  least  one  hundred 
pounds  of  peach  kernel  (from  Prunus  persica  Jess)  or  apricot  kernel 
(from  Prunus  aremeniaea  L.)  oils  are  also  imported.  They  hope  that 
in  the  future  these  oils  will  be  properly  labelled. 
Standardizing  Dose  Measures. 
By  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
In  this  paper  the  author  calls  attention  to  the  possible  errors  that 
might  be  caused  either  by  the  inaccuracy  of  the  medicine-measures 
themselves,  or  by  the  fact  that  these  measures  are  but  poorly 
adapted  for  accurately  measuring  liquids  in  small  quantities.  The 
object  in  doing  this  being  to  have  the  Association,  if  possible,  en- 
dorse the  resolutions  that  were  adopted  at  a  recent  pharmaceutical 
meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  resolutions  were  adopted  by  the  Scientific  Section  and  sub- 
sequently at  a  general  session  of  the  Association. 
