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From  Joseph  Bosisto,  of  Victoria,  Australia,  thirty-eight  specimens  of  Eucalyptus  products  and 
opium  yielding  10  per  cent,  morphia ;  Morphia  from  the  Victorian  Opium  ;  essential  oil  of  Peppermint. 
From  A.  Beslier,  Paris,  a  handsome  dried  specimen  of  Thapsia  Garganica,  and  sixteen  samples  of 
pharmaceutical  preparations,  including  Baume  Tranquille,  Theriaque,  Resin  de  Thapsia,  various  distilled 
waters. 
From  the  Egyptian  Commissioner,  General  H.  Brugsch,  twenty-three  specimens,  including  Egyptian 
Opium,  Poppy  capsules  exhibiting  the  incisions  made  in  obtaining  opium,  Colocynth  apples  with  the  rind 
adherent,  Sesame  seed,  oil  of  Marjoram,  etc. 
From  the  German  Commission,  seventeen  specimens  of  Anilin  products,  and  chemicals. 
From  the  Austrian  Commission,  for  Jacques  Pollok,  fifty-six  specimens  of  essential  oils,  essences 
and  ethers. 
From  the  Italian  Commission,  through  Angelo  Ganelli,  eighty-three  specimens  of  drugs,  including 
Manna,  Liquorice,  Liquorice  Root,  etc. ;  chemicals  of  many  kinds,  Cream  Tartar,  Sulphur,  etc. ;  phar- 
maceutical preparations,  elixirs,  salts,  etc. 
From  E.  H.  von  Baumhauer,  Netherlands  Commissioner,  thirty-two  specimens  of  drugs  from  the 
colonies. 
From  F.  Crace,  Calvert  &  Co.,  a  complete  collection  of  Carbolic  Acid  products  in  the  case  in  which 
they  were  exhibited. 
From  the  Russian  Commissioner,  nine  specimens  of  Isinglass,  some  being  rare  forms  of  this  Russian 
product. 
The  committee  upon  the  Cabinet  purchased  the  valuable  colleetion  of  Singapore  products,  exhibited 
by  Behn,  Meyer  &  Co.,  embracing  Nutmegs,  Cloves,  Sago,  Sago  Flour,  Nutmeg  Fruit,  Leaves,  etc., 
Gum  Copal,  Tapioca  Flour,  Cubebs,  Stick  Lac,  Pipe  Gamboge,  Mace,  Cube  Gambier,  Flake  Tapioca, 
Gum  Damar,  etc. 
The  total  number  of  specimens  in  the  Cabinet  is  1592,  of  which  number  988  are  drugs,  291  chemicals 
and  313  miscellaneous  preparations 
In  concluding  this  report,  the  Curator  would  respectfully  recommend  the  erection  of  additional  cases 
to  accommodate  the  new  specimens,  which  otherwise  will  not  be  available  for  examination. 
JOSEPH  P.  REMINGTON,  Curator. 
On  motion,  the  recommendation  of  the  Curator,  to  have  suitable  cases  erected  to 
accommodate  the  specimens  recently  obtained  from  the  Centennial  Exhibition,  was 
referred  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  their  action. 
William  C.  Bakes  presented  a  box,  containing  a  book  which  contains  all  the 
proceedings  of  the  semi-centennial  meeting  of  the  College  held  February  23d,  1871. 
It  is  intended  that  this  box  shall  be  opened  at  the  Centennial  meeting  of  the  College, 
which  will  take  place  February  23d,  1921. 
The  package  was  accepted,  and  directed  to  be  placed  in  the  safe  of  the  College. 
Professor  Maisch  called  attention  to  the  suggestions  made  by  Dr.  Squibb  in  a 
recent  pamphlet  for  changing  the  mode  of  revising  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  and 
also  to  the  objections  presented  by  Dr.  H.  C.  Wood  to  the  method  suggested 
therein. 
The  subject,  in  the  opinion  of  Professor  Maisch,  was  one  fraught  with  great 
interest  to  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  professions,  and  in  order  that  the  matter 
might  be  properly  considered  by  the  College,  he  proposed  that  a  special  meeting 
should  be  called  on  Monday,  April  9th,  at  3  o'clock  P.M. 
The  subject  was  discussed  by  Professor  Remington  and  others,  all  of  whom 
concurred  in  the  propriety  of  the  meeting. 
It  was  then,  on  motion,  ordered  that  a  meeting  of  the  College  be  called  on  the 
day  suggested,  and  a  hope  was  expressed  that  the  members  generally  would  attend 
and  participate  in  the  discussion. 
The  Secretary  was  requested  to  invite  the  Professors  of  Chemistry  and  Materia 
Medica  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  and  the 
Women's  Medical  College  to  attend  and  take  part  in  the  deliberations. 
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