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published  by  Dr.  Hoffmann  in  1876-77,  to  which  Mr.  Mclntyre 
alluded,  that  the  author  published  it  to  replace  the  various  pro- 
prietary almanacs,  but  that  he  did  not  realize  the  amount  of  money 
invested  in  this  sort  of  thing  by  the  proprietors  and  that  his  alma- 
nacs had  consequently  failed  in  their  purpose — that  of  checking  the 
nostrum  traffic. 
A  paper  was  presented  by  Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert  on  "After-Thoughts  on 
the  Historical  Exhibition  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion "  (see  page  536).  The  paper  was  discussed  by  a  number  pres- 
ent. C.  H.  LaWall  stated  that  Daniel  B.  Smith  was  a  very  broad- 
minded  man,  and  that  besides  having  a  drug  store  he  was  Professor 
of  Moral  Philosophy  in  Haverford  College.  Mr.  Wilbert  said  that 
there  was  hardly  an  institution  dating  back  to  1 830  with  which 
Daniel  B.  Smith  was  not  connected.  Of  these  he  mentioned  the 
Philadelphia  Savings  Fund,  the  Apprentices'  Library,  etc.  Mr. 
Ellis  referred  to  Prof.  Joseph  M.  Carson  as  one  of  the  eminent  men 
of  his  time  and  one  of  the  most  fluent  of  the  earlier  lecturers  in 
this  College.  Professor  Remington  said  that  the  son  of  Charles 
Marshall  had  endorsed  a  note  making  the  firm  liable,  and  that  this 
led  to  Mr.  Marshall's  failure,  and  that  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  then 
familiarly  known  as  Betsy  Marshall,  established  a  drug  store  in  the 
parlor  of  their  home,  at  56  Chestnut  Street,  and  was  so  successful 
in  the  undertaking  as  to  retrieve  the  fortune  as  well  as  the  good 
name  of  her  father.  Mr.  French  indicated  to  Mr.  Wilbert  where  the 
information  which  he  desired  in  regard  to  the  earlier  presidents  of 
the  College  could  be  obtained. 
A  paper  on  "  Tri-basic  Sodium  Phosphate,"  by  H.  B.  Eigelberner, 
owing  to  the  absence  of  the  author,  was  read  by  title  and  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Publication. 
Professor  Remington  exhibited  specimens  of  two  grades  of  gum 
arabic  which  were  obtained  by  Dr.  H.  C.  Wood  (see  this  Journal, 
1902,  p.  201)  from  Assouan,  Egypt.  The  gum  is  collected  and 
spread  out  on  the  floors  of  roofless  mud  buildings  to  dry,  being 
occasionally  raked  over.  He  also  exhibited  a  sample  of  senna  col- 
lected by  Dr.  Wood  from  Assouan,  which  had  been  brought  from 
the  Soudan.  Professor  Remington  also  called  attention  to  an 
improved  torsion  balance  for  prescription  work;  to  the  Hunter's 
Sifter,  which  is  a  combined  mixer  and  sieve,  and  also  to  Day's  Clip- 
per Emulsifier.    Mr.  French  said  that  the  latter  resembled  the  bread 
