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April,  1904.  J 
Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  sixth  of  the  pharmaceutical  meetings  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  series  for  1 903-04  was  held  on  Tuesday, 
March  15th,  at  3  o'clock.  Mr.  William  L.  Cliffe,  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  presided. 
The  first  paper  on  the  programme  was  by  Prof.  Wilbur  L.  Scoville, 
of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  on  "  Aromatic  Elixir," 
which  was  accompanied  by  specimens,  and  was  read  in  the  absence 
of  the  author  by  Mr.  Warren  H.  Poley.  (See  page  158).  In  dis- 
cussing the  paper,  E.  M.  Boring  remarked  that  he  followed  the 
method  recommended  by  Professor  Scoville  of  separating  the  yellow, 
oily  layer  of  the  rind  by  paring  it  off  with  a  shoemaker's  knife.  The 
observation  that  the  addition  of  alcohol  either  to  the  orange  and 
lemon  peels  or  to  the  oils  masked  the  odor,  was  commented  upon 
by  Messrs.  Poley,  Boring,  Cliffe  and  Remington.  Professor  Reming- 
ton said  that  perfumers  had  long  known  that  alcohol  was  a  perfect 
solvent  for  volatile  oils,  holding  the  constituents  very  closely,  and 
that  dissociation  was  effected  upon  the  addition  of  water  to  the 
alcoholic  solution,  thus  developing  the  odor.  Charles  Leedom 
stated  that  he  preferred  to  use  solutions  of  good  volatile  oils. 
Professor  Remington  said  that  owing  to  the  fact  that  it  was  almost 
impossible  to  obtain  volatile  oils  of  orange  and  lemon  that  could  be 
depended  upon,  it  was  proposed  to  introduce  into  the  next  Pharma- 
copoeia a  process  for  making  spirits  of  orange  and  lemon  directly 
from  the  peel,  and  that  the  preparations  thus  made  kept  many  times 
better  than  spirits  made  from  the  volatile  oils.  He  furthermore  said 
that  he  doubted  if  muscatel  wine  would  be  introduced  into  the  Pharma- 
copoeia. 
The  question  was  raised  by  Professor  Remington  as  to  how  the 
pharmacists  of  the  country  would  receive  the  change  proposed  by 
Professor  Scoville,  and  whether  they  would  take  the  trouble  to  get 
oranges  and  lemons  for  the  preparation  of  the  tinctures. 
Mr.  Boring  said  that  it  would  depend  upon  the  individual,  that 
the  man  who  was  interested  in  his  profession  would  use  the  improved 
formula.  Mr.  Poley  said  it  would  depend  upon  whether  the  formula 
was  an  actual  improvement,  and  cited  the  efficiency  of  the  old 
formula  for  syrup  of  tolu  as  compared  to  that  which  is  official  at  the 
present  time.    In  regard  to  this  point,  Professor  Remington  said 
