608         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Am'£l™'$$m>' 
tincture  depends  for  its  virtues  largely  on  the  alcohol  and  chloric  ether  it  contains. 
This  led  to  a  discussion  on  the  subject  of  chloric  ether,  during  which  different  views 
were  expressed.  Mr.  Procter  submitted  ten  specimens  of  officinal  tinctures,  and 
Mr.  Jones  six  samples  of  crude  drugs  for  examination  and  recognition  by  the  stu- 
dents, in  which  they  were  fairly  successful. 
Mr.  Jones  submitted  a  sample  of  compound  spirit  of  juniper,  made  by  Mr.  J.  B. 
Moore  by  a  formula  devised  and  recommended  by  him.  The  formula  is  as  fol- 
lows : 
Oil  of  juniper,         ........  3'ivss 
"     caraway,  ......... 
"     fennel,    .       .       .       .       .       ...        .act  TT^x 
Alcohol,  .'   
Boiling  water,    .        .        .        .        .        .       .        .        .    da  Oi 
Diluted  alcohol,      .......     q.s.  ut  ft  Oii 
Magnesium  carbonate,        .        .        .  -   .        .       .  3X 
This  gives  a  clear  starbright  preparation  considerably  stronger  than  the  present 
officinal  one.    On  motion  adjourned. 
Austrian  Apothecaries'  Association. — The  general  meeting  was  held  on  Monday, 
October  14,  1878,  at  Vienna,  Director  Schiffner  in  the  chair.  Secretary  Kwisda 
and  Treasurer  Seipel  read  their  annual  reports.  A  committee  to  inquire  into  the 
affairs  of  the  Association  was  then  appointed.  Dr.  Godeffroy  spoke  of  the  pharma- 
ceutial  preparations  at  the  Paris  World's  Exhibition,  exhibiting  at  the  same  time 
new  pharmaceutical  articles,  presented  to  the  Museum  of  the  Association.  The 
lecturer  also  demonstrated  Edison's  electric  pen  and  phonograph. 
Berlin  Apothecaries'  Association. — A  meeting  was  held  on  Wednesday,  Oct. 
23d,  at  6  P.  M.  Reports  of  the  different  officers  of  the  Association  and  of  the 
committees  were  read  and  approved  and  official  communications  discussed. 
Mr.  Hoffmann  delivered  a  lengthy  address  on  the  methods  for  testing  chemical  and 
pharmaceutical  preparations  of  the  Pharm.  Germ. 
After  a  lively  discussion  on  the  syrups  of  the  latter,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
Hungarian  Apothecaries'  Society.— The  general  meeting  was  held  at  Budapest, 
on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  July  24th  and  25th,  the  President,  Jarmay,  in  the 
chair.  The  directorial  report  was  read,  treating  principally  of  the  execution  of  the 
resolutions  adopted  at  the  former  meeting. 
Mr.  Rozsnyay  delivered  an  address  on  Polariscopic  examinations  for  distin- 
guishing the  cinchona  alkaloids,  by  which  he  claims  to  be  able  to  detect  all  adul- 
terations qualitatively  and  quantitatively.  Mr.  Kiss  exhibited  medicated  confections. 
Mr.  Trajanovics  delivered  an  address  on  animal  malformations. 
The  next  general  meeting  will  be  held  at  Budapest  at  the  same  time  with  the 
meeting  of  Hungarian  physicians  and  naturalists. 
