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EUQUININE. 
Euquinine,  C  H5O  CO  OC^H25N2  =  C25H2804N2-  quinine  ethyl 
carbonic  acid  ester. 
Actions  and  Uses. — Euquinine  is  claimed  to  have  the  same  action 
as  quinine,  with  the  advantage  of  being  tasteless,  owing  to  its  insolu- 
bility in  water  and  alkaline  media.  Dosage. — The  same  as  quinine. 
Manufactured  by  Vereinigte  Chininfabriken,  Zimmer  &  Co.,  Frank- 
fort a.  M.  (Merck  &  Co.,  New  York). 
GALLOGEN. 
C6H(OH)2 
/IN 
Gallogen.  CO  |    O  =  C13H608-  an 
\  I  / 
C6(OH)2-COOH 
hydrous  ellagic  acid  prepared  from  Divi-divi,  the  pods  of  Ccesalpinia 
coriatia,  containing  more  than  50  per  cent,  of  tannin. 
Actions  and  Uses. — Gallogen  is  an  astringent  and  antidiarrheic, 
slowly  decomposed  in  the  intestinal  tract,  thus  exerting  its  astrin- 
gent action  gradually  during  its  passage.  It  has  been  recommended 
in  dysentery,  cholera  infantum,  diarrhea,  and  is  said  to  be  useful  even 
in  those  of  a  syphilitic  or  tuberculous  origin.  Dosage. — 0*3  to  0*5 
gramme  (5  to  8  grains)  for  children;  0-6  to  1  gramme  (10  to  1 5 
grains)  for  adults,  suspended  in  neutral  or  slightly  acid  media. 
Manufactured  by  Ad.  Heinemann,  Eberswalde  (C.  BischofT  &  Co., 
New  York). 
THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
PHILADELPHIA  BRANCH. 
The  ninth  stated  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  on  the  evening  of 
Tuesday,  March  5,  1 907,  in  the  Hall  of  the  College  of  Physicians. 
The  subject  under  discussion,  "  The  Indiscriminate  Renewal  of 
Physicians'  Prescriptions,"  elicited  considerable  difference  of  opinion, 
and*  the  discussion  itself  was  participated  in  by  a  rather  unusual 
number  of  the  members  and  visitors  who  were  present. 
The  repeating  of  prescriptions,  from  a  physician's  point  of  view, 
was  discussed   by  Dr.  A.  O.  J.  Kelly,  who  confessed  that  he,  in 
