586  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {  ^""no^v  "1882*'^"" 
Dr.  Miller  considered  this  interesting,  as  it  had  a  bearing  on  the  subject 
of  the  development  theory. 
Specimens  of  Cotoin  and  Para  Cotoin  were  presented  to  the  Cabinet  by 
Mr.  Chas.  Bullock,  and  were  accepted  with  thanks. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Miller,  Dr.  Formad  was  invited  to  lecture  at  the  next 
IDharmaceutical  meeting  upon  his  researches  on  bacteria  and  upon  the 
bacillus  tuberculosis  of  Dr.  Koch,  of  Berlin.  It  was  also  decided  that  the 
meeting  be  advertised  on  Saturday  preceding  the  day  of  the  meeting  and 
on  the  day  of  the  meeting,  that  the  pharmacists  and  druggists  of  Philadel- 
phia and  Camden  be  notified  by  postal  cards  of  Dr.  Formad's  lecture,  and 
that  those  who  desire  similar  notices  in  the  future  leave  their  names  with 
the  Actuary. 
A  specimen  of  Citrine  ointment  made  from  butter  by  Mr.  Redsecker,  of 
Lebanon,  Pa.,  was  exhibited  ;  its  tine  color  and  consistence  was  remarked. 
In  a  note  it  was  stated  that  in  the  store  of  G.  Ross  &  Co.  it  had  thus  been 
made  for  over  twenty  years,  and  had  always  given  satisfaction.  Professor 
Maisch  said  that  in  a  store  where  he  was  engaged  in  1855  the  ointment  was 
made  with  butter,  and  retained  its  handsome  color ;  but  it  became  hard 
enough  to  be  run  into  paper  moulds  and  cut  into  square  cakes,  in  which 
condition  it  was  sold. 
A  specimen  of  Fennel  seed,  grown  in  Lancaster  county,  sent  by  Mr.  Chas, 
A.  Heinitsh,  was  exhibited  ;  though  smaller  than  some  varieties  of  fennel, 
it  was  of  excellent  odor  and  appearance,  yet,  as  Mr.  Heinitsh  stated,  not 
quite  equal  to  the  product  of  other  years. 
A  specimen  of  Alexandria  Senna  was  shown,  and  Prof.  Maisch  stated 
that  it  was  interesting  from  the  total  absence  of  stalks  and  of  argel  leaves, 
and  from  its  consisting  of  leaflets  of  Cassia  acutifolia,  mixed  with  a  Yexy  small 
proportion  of  small  leaflets  of  C.  elongata,  and  a  minute  proportion  of  those 
of  C.  abovata,  the  admixtures  being  too  insignificant  in  quantity  to  regard 
them  as  having  been  intentionally  made.  Mr.  Jenks  said  that  it  was  a  good 
quality  of  garbled  Alexandria  senna,  and  that  in  other  similar  lots  he  had 
never  noticed  the  absence  of  argel  leaves,  nor  the  presence  of  the  leaflets  of 
the  other  si^ecies. 
It  was  moved,  and  carried,  that  the  meeting  adjourn. 
T.  S.  WiEGAND,  Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Colleges. — In  the  beginning  of  October  the  lectures  have  com- 
menced in  all  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Mississ- 
ippi, and  as  far  as  heard  from  they  apjDear  to  be  well  attended.  The  Phila- 
delphia College  has  a  larger  class  than  during  the  preceding  year.  Improve- 
ments have  been  made  during  the  past  summer  in  the  lighting  and  ventil- 
ation of  the  lecture  rooms ;  the  cabinet  has  been  enlarged  and  the  material 
for  instruction  has  been  considerably  augmented,  embracing  not  only  typi- 
cal and  commercial  specimens,  but  likewise  apparatus,  models,  plates,  Ian- 
