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with wire, the sack entering the tube. In using the instrument the part to 
be " leeched " is scarified with a lancet, the rubber sack forced down into 
the tube by a plunger, so as to expel most of the air, and the open end then 
applied over the part. On removing the piston the contraction of the sack 
creates a partial vacuum, which acts on the scarified part, drawing the 
blood as in a cupping glass. How far it is capable of acting as a sub- 
stitute for the disagreeable though effectual action of the little animal, 
we are unable to say, not having seen them tried. Several other forms of 
apparatus, on the same principle, are made by Mr. Thomas, as may be 
seen by reference to the advertising sheet. 
Pharmaceutical Meetings. — The first Pharmaceutical meeting of the 
season took place on the 6th of September, on which occasion the meeting 
adjourned to meet on Tuesday the 5th of October, the evening previous to 
the meeting of the Convention, so that any members of that body who 
may be in the city may be invited. 
We will take this occasion to remind the Members and Graduates of the 
College resident in Philadelphia, that the meetings will be held on the 
first Monday of every month following, to May next, inclusive. 
The Delegates to the Convention, as far as heard from, are as 
follows : 
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. 
Daniel B. Smith, 
Charles Ellis, 
William Procter, Jr. 
New York College of Pharmacy. 
George D. Coggeshall, 
William Hegeman, 
L. S. Haskell. 
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. 
Joseph Burnett, 
Samuel A. Colcord, 
Samuel R. Philbrick. 
Bichmond Pharmaceutical Society. 
Alexander Duval, 
John Purcell, 
Joseph Laidley. 
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