252 PROCEEDINGS OF THE N. Y. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. 
Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the New York 
College of Pharmacy in reference to an adulteration 
of Iodide of Potassiu m. 
At a meeting of the College of Pharmacy of the city of 
New York, held 24th November, 1846, upon reading thn 
minutes of the Board of Trustees, it was 
Resolved, that the letter received from Messrs. Haskell & 
Merrick, by the Board of Trustees at the meeting of the 5th 
instant, respecting the article purporting to be Iodide of 
Potassium, with the report of the committee of inspection 
on the subject, be offered to the American Journal of Phar- 
macy for publication. 
By order of the College, 
John Meakim, Secretary. 
To the Trustees of the College of Pharmacy of the city of 
, New York. 
Gentlemen:— We deem it our duty to lay before your 
body a statement of facts, which we trust will not be unin- 
teresting, or without its good effects. 
On the 2 2d August of the present year, we purchased of 
the house of Messrs. Carnes & Haskell of this city, 111 
pounds of an article purporting to be Hydriodate of Potassa, 
with the label on each package of " H. S. Carnes, 14 Rue 
Neuve St. Nicholas a Paris. 99 The general appearance of 
the article was much in its favor, being white and in hand- 
some crystals, resembling those of the Iodide of Potassium. 
We were induced, however, a few weeks since, to put a 
portion of the above into the hands of Mr. Edward N. 
Kent, an analytical chemist of this city, for analysis. On trial 
he discovered no trace of Iodine, but that it was essentially 
Bromide of Potassium. To this communication we adjoin 
one from Mr. Kent, giving the result of his analysis. From 
the acknowledged high standing and integrity of the impor- 
ters, Messrs. Carnes & Haskell, we feel assured that this 
article was sold to us in good faith, and that these gentle- 
