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tnes of the root, and merits the attention of our practitioners. 
It is easily preparer], and by M. Lefort's method twice as 
strong as by simple distillation — and would present the drug 
in a form very eligible for prescription, and vastly better 
and more uniform than the infusion. It would probably 
form an admirable combination with syrup of wild cherry 
bark, or as a menstruum for that bark, in certain dyspeptic 
cases accompanied by nervous excitement and irregular 
action of the heart. W. P. Jr. 
ART. LIV.— PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK COLLEGE OF 
PHARMACY. 
At a stated meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Col- 
lege of Pharmacy of the city of New York, held September 
3d, 1846, John Milhau, first Vice President, addressed the 
Board as follows : 
Gentlemen^ — I would be doing injustice to my feelings 
were 1 not to beg your indulgence for a few remarks com- 
memorative of the valuable services rendered to this Col- 
lege by our late venerated President, whom it has always 
been our delight to associate with in promoting its best 
interests. 
In his death every one of us has to deplore the loss of a 
friend ever ready to impart most cheerfully the useful know- 
ledge which diligent study and well matured experience 
had secured to a mind of superior cast. 
Hislossto us is irretrievable, and will be felt most deep- 
y not only by his immediate friends, but likewise by the 
profession and the community at large. 
The scrupulous care bestowed by him in the selection of 
pure articles for the dispensing department of his business 
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