Amsip^  i878a.rm'}  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  459 
tion  in  alcohol,  and  may  easily  be  prepared  by  evaporating  an  alcoholic  solution  of 
the  acid  and  the  sodium  salt.  The  corresponding  potassium,  lithium,  and 
amonium  compounds  have  been  prepared. — Ibid.,  June,  1878,  from  Arch.  Pbartn. 
[3],  xii,  226 — 229. 
Behavior  of  Borax  to  Salicylic  Acid  and  of  Boric  Acid  to  Salicylates. 
By  E.  Jahns. — It  appears  that  the  solution  of  salicylic  acid  in  borax  solution  is  no 
simple  solution,  but  contains  a  compound,  which  can  be  crystallized  from  its 
solutions,  and  has  the  composition  CuH10O5NaBOa.  If  4  mols.  of  salicylic  acid 
are  dissolved  in  a  boiling  solution,  containing  1  mol.  of  borax  in  about  5  parts  of 
water,  the  solution  on  cooling  first  deposits  boric  acid  unaltered,  and  then  the 
compound 
C6HrCOONaO  )  R,nm 
analogous  to  the  borotartrate.  The  reaction  therefore  takes  place  according  to  the 
equation — 
4(C6H4COOH.OH)  +  Na2B407,H20  =  2  {  c^'.COOHO0^011  }  + 
2H3B03  +  9H20.  6 
Free  borosalicylic  acid  has  not  as  yet  been  obtained,  but  several  of  its  salts  are 
described,  and  the  analogies  between  borosalicylic  and  borotartaric  acids  are 
pointed  out. — Ibid.,  June,  1878,  from  Arch.  Pharm.  [3],  xii,  212 — 226. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — Since  our  last  issue  the  yellow  fever, 
which  had  made  its  appearance  at  New  Orleans,  has  extended  its  ravages  up  the 
Mississippi  valley,  and  isolated  cases  have  appeared  in  the  Ohio  valley,  in  several 
ports  on  the  Atlantic  coast,  and  a  few  inland  cities,  carried  there  by  inhabitants 
of  the  infected  localities  and  by  vessels  coming  from  ports  where  the  fever  had 
gained  a  foothold.  Up  to  the  time  of  writing  this  the  Southern  Atlantic  ports  and 
the  Southern  States  generally,  with  the  exception  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  have 
been  free  not  only  from  epidemic  yellow  fever,  but  also  from  other  diseases  j  and 
the  location  of  Atlanta,  and  its  general  salubrity,  is  such  that  it  may  be  visited  at 
any  time  without  fear  of  oppressive  heat  or  climatic  disease.  Yet,  after  the 
circulars  announcing  the  meeting  for  September  3d  had  been  issued,  the  officers  and 
Executive  Committee  were  urged  to  such  an  extent  in  favor  of  postponing  the 
meeting  to  a  later  date,  that  it  was  deemed  prudent  not  to  risk  the  threatened 
danger  of  failure  from  the  causes  which  are  explained  in  the  following  circular: 
"  Pottsville,  Pa.,  August  23^,  1878. 
"  Guided  by  the  advice  and  with  the  approval  of  the  officers  of  the  Association 
and  of  the  pharmaceutists  and  druggists  of  Georgia,  the  Executive  Committee 
