Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
f Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1    February,  1900. 
salicylate  of  bismuth  ;  (2)  that  it  is  difficult  to  answer  the  question  as  to  the 
amount  of  free  salicylic  present  in  the  basic  salicylate,  as  the  addition  of  alco- 
hol liberates  a  portion  of  the  acid  normally  present ;  and  (3)  that  he  had  found 
the  Kjeldahl  method  to  be  the  most  simple  for  estimating  the  amount  of  nitrate 
in  bismuth  salicylate. 
F.  W.  Haussmann,  having  been  experimenting  for  some  time  with  the  for- 
mulas for  certain  of  the  official  syrups,  presented  a  paper  suggesting  improved 
methods  for  syrup  of  orange,  syrup  of  wild  cherry  and  syrup  of  rose. 
Mr.  E.  M.  Boring,  in  remarking  on  the  formula  for  syrup  of  orange,  said  that 
just  in  proportion  as  the  syrup  is  rendered  more  clear  the  less  flavor  it  will 
have.  He  recommended  rubbing  fresh  orange  peel  with  sugar  in  a  mortar,  and 
also  adding  the  juice  of  the  fruit,  the  proportion  being  one  orange  to  one  pint 
of  syrup. 
A  short  but  interesting  communication,  entitled  "  Notes  on  Beeswax,"  which 
was  received  from  Dr.  H.  V.  Arny,  was  read  by  Dr.  Henry  Kraemer.  (See 
page  73.)  Before  reading  the  pap ?r,  Professor  Kraemer  remarked  that  Dr. 
Arny  has  entirely  recovered  from  his  serious  illness  of  last  summer,  which  he 
was  sure  would  be  welcome  news  to  those  present. 
Mr.  England  called  attention  to  a  specimen  of  fresh  or  uncured  vanilla  bean 
which  had  been  received  by  Mr.  George  M.  Beringer,  from  Messrs.  Dodge  and 
Olcott. 
Professor  Kraemer  exhibited  a  number  of  samples  of  commercial  arrowroots, 
viz.,  Bermuda,  Montserrat,  St.  Vincent  and  American,  and  called  attention 
to  the  fact  that  he  had  been  using  for  several  years  in  his  classes  Montserrat 
arrowroot  obtained  from  Evans  &  Sons,  of  New  York,  and  that  it  showed  better 
than  any  other  arrowroot  the  typical  starch  grains,  and  that  a  microscopic  as 
well  as  a  chemical  examination  showed  it  to  be  as  free  from  foreign  impurities 
as  that  of  Bermuda  arrowroot.  Comparing  it  with  St.  Vincent  it  was  very 
much  better. 
On  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
Florence  Yaple, 
Secretary  pro  tern.  . 
Maximum  Dose. — E.  L.  Abogado  compares  {Chronica  Med.  Mexicana  ;Jour. 
Amer.  Med.  Assoc.,  1900,  p.  230)  the  maximum  doses  of  opium  as  given  in  the 
various  pharmacopoeias  of  the  world,  and  finds  them  to  differ  amazingly.  The 
dose  of  the  powder,  for  instance,  according  to  the  French  Codex,  is  1  to  to  cen- 
tigrammes ;  German,  15  to  20,  and  Fo)7's  Formularly  gives  4  to  5  grammes  as 
the  maximum  dose.  The  writer  urges  the  general  adoption  of  the  statement 
of  the  initial  dose  for  an  adult,  leaving  it  to  the  physician  to  determine  how 
much  this  can  be  increased  by  observation  of  the  effect  on  the  patient. 
Aspidium  spinulosum  has  been  shown  by  Lamen  (  Brit,  and  Col.  Drug., 
1899,  p.  458)  to  be  a  useful  anthelmintic. 
