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At  the  banquet  the  newly-elected  President  occupied  the  head  of  the  table,  and 
on  either  side  of  him  were  seated  Mr.  Theodore  Metcalf,  the  retiring  President, 
and  Mr.  Daniel  Henchman,  a  gentleman  between  eighty  and  ninety  years  of  age, 
v.ho  has  been  engaged  in  the  trade  longer  than  any  other  man  in  Boston,  and  is  the 
e  ldest  living  druggist  in  the  State.  In  1802  he  first  got  hold  of  the  pestle  and  mortar, 
and  in  18 14  went  into  business  where  he  is  now  located,  at  the  corner  of  Chamber 
and  Cambridge  streets,  no  alteration  having  been  made  in  the  place  during  that  period. 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  stated 
monthly  meeting  was  held  January  4th,  1877,  President  Kennedy  in  the  chair,  43 
jnembers  present. 
Thirty  specimens  of  crude  drugs,  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations 
t  ere  submitted  for  the  examination  of  the  students,  and  excited  much  interest,  being, 
as  a  rule,  recognized  by  the  majority.  They  were  donated  to  the  Alpha  Phi  Society. 
Dr.  Miller  stated  that  white  lead  was  used  as  an  adulteration  for  rubber  used  in 
the  manufacture  of  nipples,  tubing,  etc.,  and  suggested  possible  lead  poisoning.  He 
had  heard  it  stated  that  as  much  as  80  per  cent,  was  known  to  have  been  used. 
Mr.  Kennedy  advised  the  use  of  a  small  quantity  of  Haematoxylon  in  making 
tincture  of  kino,  as  it  prevented  the  subsequent  gelatinization.  Mr.  Boring  used 
alcohol  as  a  menstruum,  with  a  similar  result. 
It  was  stated  that  Miss  Clara  Marshall,  a  former  student  of  the  College,  had 
recently  been  elected  to  the  chair  of  Pharmacy  in  the  Women's  Medical  College 
of  this  city — lecturing  Wednesdays  at  12  M  ,  and  Thursdays  and  Saturdays  at 
u  A.M.  Wallace  Procter,  Secretary. 
Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  regular  meeting,  held  January  10th, 
the  following  officers  were  elected  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  Dr.  R. 
M.  Byrnes  ;  Vice  President,  Dr.  T.  L.  A.  Greve  ;  Recording  Secretary,  A.  W. 
j^ain  ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Louis  Schwab  5  Treasurer,  Chas.  Faust  5  Trustees, 
Dr.  T.  L.  A  Greve,  F.  L.  Eaton,  H.  H.  Koehnken,  John  Weyer. 
The  Society  of  the  Apothecaries  of  Berlin  held  a  meeting  November  21st, 
1876,  Dr.  Schacht  in  the  chair.  Mr.  Schering  called  attention  to  the  increasing 
demand  of  Jiydrobr ornate  of  quinia  for  subcutaneous  injections,  for  which  purpose  its 
absolute  freedom  from  barium  bromide  is  necessary.  The  quinia  salt  is  soluble  in 
50  parts  of  cold  water  5  but  a  supersaturated  solution  which  will  keep  for  some  time 
mzy  be  prepared  by  dissolving  the  salt  in  5  parts  of  hot  water,  and  adding  gradually 
jo  to  12  parts  of  water. 
He  also  spoke  of  dialyzed  salicylic  acid,  which  is  entirely  freed  from  uncrystal- 
Jhable  impurities  by  dialysis,  and  yields  pure  and  stable  compounds.  Salicylate  oj 
■zinc,  made  with  such  an  acid,  is  readily  obtained  in  handsome  white  crystals. 
Salicylate  of  sodium,  in  voluminous  white  crystalline  scales,  which,  in  contact  with 
air,  neither  become  moist  or  reddish  or  acquire  the  odor  of  carbolic  acid  j  its  solu- 
tions in  water  and  alcohol  are  clear,  neutral  and  remain  unaltered  if  protected  against 
Just. 
