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(17)  Some  pills  sold  as  Quinine  Sulphate  are  found  to  approach  in  solu- 
bility in  water  Quinine  Bisulphate.  Is  it  proper  to  sell  such  pills  for  Pills 
of  Quinine  Sulphate  ?    Examine  commercial  samples. 
(18)  Is  it  practicable  to  make  a  compressed  tablet  which,  when  added  to 
water,  will  make  Liquor  Calcis  of  the  strength  of  the  U.S. P.? 
(19)  What  Fluid  Extracts  are  best  made  from  "  green  drugs  ?  " 
(20)  What  official  solid  extracts  can  be  replaced  by  extracts  in  powdered 
form  ?    Give  methods  for  making  the  same. 
(21)  Give  a  formula  for  making  effervescing  tablets  of  Lithium  Citrate, 
which  will  yield  a  product  reasonably  permanent. 
(22)  What  is  the  most  satisfactory  diluent  for  use  in  making  hypodermatic 
tablets  ? 
(23)  Asafetida  of  commerce  is  said  not  to  conform  with  the  U.S. P.  as  to  its 
solubility  in  alcohol.  Should  the  requirement  be  changed,  and  if  so,  what 
standard  should  be  adopted  ? 
(24)  Embalming  solutions  are  now  largely  employed  by  undertakers.  Would 
not  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  these  solutions  be  a  proper  and  profitable 
business  for  pharmacists  ?    Give  reliable  formula  for  their  manufacture. 
(25)  A  paper  on  "  Notes  and  Observations  "  of  interest  to  pharmacists. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE  MEETING. 
A  quarterly  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  on  Thursday,  December  28,  1899,  at  the  College,  145  North  Tenth 
Street.  Twenty-two  members  were  present ;  Wm.  J.  Jenks  presided.  The 
minutes  of  the  meeting  of  September  25th  were  read  and  approved.  The  min- 
utes of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  meetings  of  October,  November  and  De- 
cember were  read  arid  approved. 
Mr.  Beringer  stated  that  a  committee  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  was  at  work 
upon  a  revision  of  the  by-Jaws  of  the  Board,  arid  suggested  that  the  College 
should  appoint  a  committee  to  compile  any  amendments  to  the  by-laws  of  the 
College  that  may  have  been  adopted  since  their  last  publication  in  1891.  On 
motion,  this  work  was  assigned  to  the  committee  already  appointed  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees. 
Professor  Remington  referred  to  the  work  that  had  been  done  by  the  assistant 
professors  in  preparing  and  placing  in  the  cabinet  in  the  reading  room,  a  com- 
plete list  of  the  drugs,  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia, for  the  use  of  the  students,  which  is  a  feature  peculiar  to  this  College, 
and  one  that  is  not  known  to  exist  in  any  other  of  the  colleges  of  pharmacy  ; 
and,  as  this  work  had  not  been  officially  noticed  by  either  the  College  or  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  he  moved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  tendered  the  assistant 
professors  for  their  work,  which  motion  was  unanimously  agreed  to. 
The  Librarian  announced  the  receipt  from  Hon.  Robert  Adams,  member  of 
Congress,  of  the  ten  volumes  of  "Richardson's  Messages  and  Papers  of  the 
Presidents,  from  1789  to  1897,"  as  a  donation  to  the  library  of  the  College.  On 
motion,  the  Librarian  was  directed  to  convey  to  Mr.  Adams  the  thanks  of  the 
College  for  his  gift. 
Professor  Ryan  spoke  of  the  death,  recently,  of  Israel  J.  Grahame,  and  eulo- 
gized his  work  for  the  advancement  of  pharmacy. 
