520  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {^oveSrfmT' 
with  the  appearance  of  every  proprietary  preparation  bearing  a  new 
label  and  accompanied  by  the  usual  clinical  support  of  its  pretensions 
physicians  run  after  it  for  a  time,  believing  that  the  mystery  of 
digitalis  has  been  solved  at  last.  The  more  observant  usually  return 
£b  the  use  of  a  good  tincture,  or  the  powdered  leaf,  when  that  is 
obtainable,  and  the  wise  pharmacist  will  stand  ever  ready  to  supply 
a  dependable  leaf,  and  a  standardized  tincture  of  his  own  manu- 
facture." 
It  is  generally  believed  that  there  is  a  difference  in  action  between 
the  infusion  and  tincture  of  this  drug,  but  such  is  not  the  case;  the 
tincture  supposedly  acting  more -on  the  heart  and  the  infusion  as  a 
diuretic.  Dr.  Hatcher  shows  very  clearly  that  a  properly  made  in- 
fusion and  tincture  contains  all  of  the  therapeutically  active  prin- 
ciples of  digitalis.  The  investigator  also  says  it  is  easy  to  demonstrate 
that  the  marc  left  after  preparing  the  tincture  is  inert  by  simply  pre- 
paring an  infusion  from  this  marc  and  testing  on  a  frog.  The  result 
is  negative. — The  Druggists'  Circular,  Sept.,  1914,  page  517. 
J.K.T. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
Semi-annual  Meeting. 
The  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy was  held  September  28,  1914,  at  4  p.m.,  in  the  Library,  the 
President,  Howard  B.  French,  presiding.  Twenty-one  members 
were  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  quarterly  meeting  held  June  29th  were  read 
and  approved. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  meetings  held 
June  2d  and  9th  and  July  12th  were  read  by  the  Registrar  and 
approved. 
The  Committee  on  nominations  presented  the  list  of  names  for 
vacancies  in  the  Board  of  Trustees.  The  report  was  ordered  entered 
and  filed.  The  Committee  on  Membership  reported  for  the  year, 
making  suggestions  to  increase  the  membership.  The  President 
announced  the  death  of  the  following  members  since  the  last  meet- 
ing :  George  J.  Scattergood,  William  E.  Lee,  and  Henry  C.  Eddy. 
The  President  appointed  as  tellers  to  conduct  the  election  for 
Trustees,  Dr.  Mitchell  Bernstein  and  E.  H.  Hessler. 
