S4-0        Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  { Am*M  °rU^8P78arm' 
made  its  appearance  ;  he  stated  that  both  this  and  Dennison's  jewelers""  cotton  were 
•much  superior  to  tow  for  straining  solutions.  The  absorbed  cotton  sinks  imme- 
diately on  being  thrown  into  water. 
Mr.  Kelley  exhibited  some  samples  of  dialyzed  and  of  recrystallized  salicylic  acid, 
the  latter  being  the  cheaper  article,  but  the  general  opinion  seemed  to  be  that  the 
former  was  handsomer. 
Mr.  Doliber  exhibited  a  specimen  of  Xanthium  spinosum,  and  the  fluid  extract 
of  the  same.  This  article  had  been  introduced  as  a  remedy  for  hydrophobia,  but 
there  are  no  cases  of  cure  on  record  since  its  introduction.  The  drug  possesses  a 
strong  odor  and  taste,  and  probably  will  prove  useful  for  something. 
Mr.  Bartlett  spoke  of  cosmolin,  vaselin,  dermolein,  etc.,  and  exhibited  a  prepara- 
tion similar  to  these  in  nature  and  appearance.  It  is  of  the  consistence  of  an  oint- 
ment and  can  be  made  from  Downer's  heavy  marine  lubricating  oils,  which  costs 
fifty  cents  per  gallon,  by  mixing  it  with  animal  charcoal  at  i5o°F.,  and  then  filtering 
in  a  jacketed  funnel.  (See,  also,  "Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1875,  P-  257-)  This  led  to 
conversation  on  animal  charcoal.  Mr.  Doliber  had  seen  some  which  contained  con- 
siderable sulphur.  Prof.  Markoe  thought  it  must  have  been  previously  used  and 
partially  restored. 
Mr.  Doliber  spoke  of  an  error  which  occurred  in  printing  Dr.  Brown-Sequard's 
prescription  for  epilepsy  in  the  Boston  "  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal,"  in  an  article 
written  by  Dr.  Ayer.  The  second  article  in  the  prescription  was  "iodidi  bromidi," 
and  should  have  been  potassii  bromidi.  The  error  was  corrected  in  small  type  on 
the  bottom  of  the  last  page  of  a  subsequent  number,  but  probably  a  great  many 
had  not  seen  it,  as  he  had  since  received  many  orders  for  bromide  of  iodine. 
The  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  weare  pleased  to  learn,  has  purchased  a  build- 
ing, hitherto  used  as  a  church,  and  conveniently  and  accessibly  located.  It  is  pro- 
posed to  raise  the  roof  and  put  in  an  additional  floor,  with  the  view  of  having  two 
lecture  rooms  and  a  laboratory,  besides  other  necessary  rooms.  The  new  building 
will  probably  be  occupied  about  May  1st. 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association. — In  response  to  an  invitation  (p.  142) 
:a  number  of  leading  druggists  from  different  parts  of  the  State  assembled  together 
in  the  rooms  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Agricultural  Society,  in  Harrisburg,  Feb. 
26th,  at  11  o'clock,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  State  pharmaceutical  associa- 
tion. There  were  present  representatives  from  Philadelphia,  Lancaster,  Reading, 
Pottsville,  Columbia,  Chambersburg,  Carlisle,  Shippensburg  and  Harrisburg.  The 
meeting  was  temporarily  organized  by  the  appointment  of  Charles  A.  Heinitsh,  of 
Lancaster,  President,  and  John  M.  Maisch,  of  Philadelphia,  Secretary.  The  morn- 
ing session  was  occupied  in  the  adoption  of  a  constitution  and  by-laws. 
After  a  recess  of  an  hour  for  dinner  the  association  reassembled  at  half-past  two 
o'clock.  The  committee  appointed  at  the  close  of  the  morning  session  to  nominate 
permanent  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  reported  as  follows : 
President,  Charles  A.  Heinitsh.  Vice-Presidents— Geo.  W.  Kennedy,  Pottsville  j 
Dr.  W.  H.  Egle,  Harrisburg.    Secretary,  J.  A.  Miller,  Harrisburg.    Assistant  Sec- 
