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November,  1900.  / 
Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
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obtained  of  at  least  two  manufacturing  houses  at  very  reasonable 
prices.  He  said  that  we  should  not  object  too  seriously  to  the 
trouble  connected  with  preparing  lard  if  necessary  for  use  in  oint- 
ments. This  he  urged  on  the  ground  that  the  tendency  on  the  part 
of  clerks  to  avoid,  as  much  as  possible,  any  work  connected  with 
the  making  of  preparations  is  becoming  quite  marked.  He  also 
remarked  that  Deshler's  salve  is  a  preparation  which  he  sells  in 
large  quantities,  and  submitted  a  formula  which  he.  uses  in  making 
the  preparation  : 
R 
Resin   
Wax  aa  12  parts. 
Petrolatum  ....  18  " 
Turpentine  (oleoresin)  6  " 
Fuse  the  resin,  wax  and  turpentine,  and  when  thoroughly  mixed  add 
the  petrolatum  and  again  mix  ;  let  stand  a  few  minutes  until  foreign  matter 
subsides,  and  then  pour  off  carefully  into  the  container  and  let  cool  without 
stirring. 
Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe  said  that  he  thought  the  reason  why  Deshler's 
salve  was  not  in  the  recent  editions  of  the  U.S.P.  was  because  it 
was  in  the  nature  of  a  local  preparation,  and  was  not  generally  used 
outside  of  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  George  M.  Beringer  said  that  petrolatum  of  higher  melting 
point  was  more  largely  used  on  account  of  the  high  temperatures 
experienced  during  the  summer  season.  He  remarked  that  in  mak- 
ing the  ointment  of  the  yellow  oxide  of  mercury  there  was  a 
tendency  on  the  part  of  clerks  to  mix  the  oxide  with  the  whole 
amount  of  base,  whereas  the  oxide  should  be  rubbed  with  but  a 
small  part  of  the  base  at,first  and  then  the  base  incorporated.  In  refer, 
ring  to  the  question  of  the  variation  in  consistency  of  commercial  lard, 
he  said  that  the  quality  was  due  to  locality,  and  seemed  to  depend  on 
the  manner  of  feeding  the  hogs  from  which  the  lard  was  obtained  ; 
that  corn-fed  hogs  gave  a  more  solid  lard  than  that  obtained  from 
those  fed  on  swill. 
A  note  on  this  subject  was  furnished  by  C.  Carroll  Meyer,  in 
which  he  said  that  the  last  summer  was  particularly  unfavorable  to 
the  keeping  of  ointments;  that  he  had  to  keep  most  of  them  in  the 
cellar,  and  one  or  two  in  the  refrigerator.  Even  resin  cerate  "ran" 
this  hot  summer.  He  also  said  that  he  had  a  little  trouble  in  get- 
ting a  pure  lard,  and  it  seemed  as  if  it  were  adulterated  with  a  min. 
