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Whereas,  The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  has  learned  with  sincere  sor- 
row of  the  death,  on  the  20th  inst.,  of  our  honored  fellow-member,  Thomas  H. 
Powers  ;  and,  as  it  is  meet  that  we  should  express  our  sense  of  the  loss  we  have 
sustained,  therefore 
Resolved,  That  in  the  decease  of  Thomas  H.  Powers  this  College  has  lost  a 
member  who,  by  his  personal  services  and  substantial  liberality,  has  greatly  aided  in 
its  growth  and  prosperity. 
Resolved,  That,  as  fellow-members  of  the  College,  we  desire  to  express  the  high 
esteem  in  which  we  held  the  character  of  our  deceased  friend. 
Resolved,  That  we  desire  to  express  our  high  appreciation  of  the  noble  example 
that  he  has  left  us  of  a  large-hearted  liberality,  which  knew  no  bounds  when  called 
upon  for  worthy  objects,  of  his  unflinching  integrity,  and  of  his  skill  in  matters 
which  related  to  business,  and  his  devotion  to  the  best  interests  of  our  profession. 
Resolved,  That  the  members  of  the  College  convene  at  the  Hall,  and  proceed  to 
the  funeral  in  a  body. 
Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  engrossed  and  sent  to  the  family  of  the  deceased, 
as  an  expression  of  our  sympathy  for  them  in  their  bereavement. 
An  unfinished  memoir  was  read  by  Charles  Bullock,  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Deceased  Members,  which  was  approved,  and  referred  back  to  the  committee 
for  completion  and  publication  in  the  "  Journal  of  Pharmacy." 
The  business  for  which  this  meeting  had  been  convened  having  been  solemnly 
concluded,  then,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING, 
Philadelphia,  November  19th,  1878. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order,  and  Mr.  Alonzo  Robbins  was  requested  to  act 
as  chairman.    The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 
As  announced  in  the  notices,  the  collection  of  Japanese  drugs  was  exhibited  ; 
these  numbered  in  all  some  225  specimens,  were  put  up  in  four  ounce  wide-mouthed 
bottles,  and  labeled  with  Japanese  inscriptions  as  well  as  with  their  scientific  appel- 
lations. 
A  series  or  essential  oils  made  by  Pollak  &  Co.,  of  Vienna,  which  were  displayed, 
at  the  late  Centennial  Exhibition  and  presented  to  the  College,  were  also  examined' 
and  called  forth  much  commendation. 
Prof.  Sadtler  exhibited  a  sample  of  oil  of  turpentine  brought  from  San  Francisco, 
said  to  be  derived  from  the  sugar  pine,  Pinus  ponderosa.  It  is  claimed  by  some  to 
be  superior  to  ordinary  oil  of  turpentine  in  not  being  liable  to  resinify  upon  expo- 
sure, but  the  sample  disproved  this  statement. 
Mr.  Boring  called  attention  to  a  sample  of  oil  that  had  been  purified  by  treating, 
it  in  a  patented  apparatus  which  it  is  claimed  will  restore  even  rancid  oils  to  their 
original  sweetness.    The  apparatus  was  described  as  a  jacketed  churn  into  which 
cold  air  was  forced  by  steam  power,  the  temperature  being  kept  at  about  ioo°  F. 
as  it  was  recommended  in  connection  with  codliver  oil,  almost  all  the  members  who 
