Am.  Jour.  Pharm.) 
Jan.,  1877.  j 
Editorial. 
41 
The  Camden  County  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  third  annual  meeting 
Nov.  24th,  President  Jas.  A.  Armstrong  in  the  chair. 
Reports  from  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  showed  the  Society  to  be  in  a  nattering 
condition. 
The  President's  annual  address  contained  a  short  history  of  all  the  pharmaceu- 
tical stores  in  Camden,  which  was  very  interesting. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  D.  P.  Pan- 
coast,  M.  D.  Vice-President,  M.  Goldsmith.  Secretary,  Emmor  H.  Lee,  Ph.  G. 
Treasurer,  L.  M.  Pratt,  M.  D.  Librarian,  O.  G.  Taylor.  Library  Committee — S. 
W.  Cochran,  F.  G.  Thoman,  Herman  W.  Miller. 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  monthly 
meeting  held  December  7th,  1876,  President  Kennedy  in  the  chair,  33  members  and 
students  were  present.  Messrs.  Boring,  Miller  and  Procter  each  presented  10 
specimens  of  officinal  drugs  and  preparations  for  the  consideration  of  the  students, 
who  manifested  a  lively  interest  in  their  examination. 
Dr.  Miller  remarked  on  the  adulteration  of  wax,  as  practised  in  commerce,  men- 
tioning one  lot  in  which  it  reached  75  per  cent.  He  submitted  mixtures  of  wax, 
paraffin,  Japan  wax  and  stearin,  seven  in  number,  in  which  two  or  more  of  these  were 
combined.    That  of  paraffin  and  wax  seemed  to  be  the  most  dangerous  imitation. 
President  Kennedy  read  a  paper  on  Aquae  Medicatae  of  the  "  Pharmacopoeia" 
(see  page  7). 
Mr.  N.  A.  Kuhn,  of  the  Class  of  76-77,  read  a  paper  on  oil  of  Ceylon  cinna- 
mon leaves  (see  page  12),  in  reply  to  a  query  accepted  by  him  at  the  last  meeting. 
A  communication  from  Prof.  Remington  in  reference  to  Alpha  Phi  Society  of 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  read.  He  stated  that  the  society  was 
formed  by  the  first  course  students  to  assist  them  in  preparing  for  a  junior  examina- 
tion, which  was  recommended  by  the  convention  of  teaching  colleges.  The 
members  of  the  society  were  invited  to  attend  the  future  monthly  meetings  of  the 
association. 
Mr.  Boring  stated  that  he  had  great  difficulty  in  procuring  colchicum  root  of  a 
quality  answering  the  prescribed  conditions.  Careful  garbling  giving 'but  3^  ounces 
of  white  root  from  a  pound  of  a  handsome  looking  specimen. 
President  Kennedy  alluded  to  the  change  to  a  light  orange  color  of  a  carefully 
kept  specimen  of  Lautier  Fils1  orange  flower  water,  no  other  deterioration  being 
noticed. 
Dr.  Miller  spoke  of  the  fine  quality  of  the  "  Matieres  Premieres  "  shown  by  this 
firm  at  the  Exhibition.  In  referring  to  the  adulteration  of  food,  poisonous  coloring 
matters  were  mentioned  which  were  constantly  sold  to  confectioners,  such  as  chrome 
yellow  and  even  Paris  green.  He  suggested,  as  the  best  means  of  avoiding  the  use 
of  these,  that  good  practical  formulas  should  be  made  known  through  the  journals, 
so  that  apothecaries  generally  could  prepare  them  on  demand.  As  a  thesis  subject 
it  gives  a  wide  field  of  research,  and  even  a  single  good  color  obtained  would  be  an 
important  advantage  to  the  health  of  the  community. 
After  some  reference  to  irregular  prescriptions,  and  to  other  subjects  of  minor 
importance,  the  association  adjourned  until  January  4th. 
Wallace  Procter,  Secretary. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  Journal. — The  present  number  appears  with  a  few  typographical  changes, 
among  which  the  type  selected  for  the  various  headings  will  be  found  to  be  more 
serviceable  and  useful  than  that  hitherto  employed. 
