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Journal  of  Pharmacy,"  March,  May  and  July,  1870),  which  had  been  kept  for 
over  16  months  ;  also  syrup  of  orange  flowers,  prepared  of  double  the  strength 
of  tbe  officinal  syrup ;  also,  from  George  W.  Kennedy,  of  Potlsville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, mistura  erela?,  having  the  mi  gar  replaced  by  glycerin,  and  kept  for  10 
months.  Mucilage  of  gum  Arabic  was  also  exhibited  by  the  Professor,  made 
by  him  in  1870.  in  which  half  the  water  was  replaced  by  glycerin  (see  Mr.  Bo- 
ther's paper,  on  page  113  of  the  present  number.)  This  mucilage  had  been 
made  lor  certain  investigations  which  have  not  been  finished. 
Professor  Parrish  exhibited  to  the  meeting  camphor  in  the  state  of  powder, 
prepared  by  Mr.  0.  H.  Heinitsh.  last  October,  by  sublimation,  as  proposed  by 
Mr.  Lowd.  It  was  still  in  a  pulverulent  condition,  and  consisted  of  very  minute 
crystals. 
Professor  Procter  presented  a  specimen  of  the  oil  of  the  liver  of  the  sun 
fish,  prepared  by  Mr.  Marvin  (manufacturer  of  cod-liver  oil),  at  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.  This  oil  has  a  bright  oran«e-yellow  color,  an  odor  differing  from  cod- 
liver  oil,  and  was  prepared  in  the  same  manner  as  cod-liver  oil.  Nothing  is 
known  of  its  medicinal  properties.  This  fish  is  the  Tetraodon  mola,  a  species 
of  ostracion  described  in  the  10th  volume  of  Cuvier's  work  (Pisces). 
Professor  Procter  now  exhibited  some  specimens  of  organic  principles,  made 
by  Prof.  K.  8.  Wayne,  of  Cincinnati.  These  were  hydras  tin,  from  Ffydrastts 
Canadensis  ;  sulphate  of  berberina,  from  the  same  plant;  marrubin,  the  bitter 
principle  of  horehound  ;  phloridzin.  from  apple  tree  bark;  xanthoxylin,  from 
the  bark  of  Xanthoxylum  fraxineum.  and  celastrin,  from  Celastrus  scandens. 
The  two  last,  Mr.  Wayne  claims  to  have  discovered.  They  are  both  neutral 
principles.  Xanthoxylin  from  this  plant  was  described  by  Dr.  Edward  Staples 
in  the  1st  volume  of  the  "American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,"  page  163,  1829> 
which  Mr.  Wayne  has  overlooked.  The  celastrin.  which  now  for  the  first  time 
is  noticed,  is  in  perfectly  white  crystalline  masses  of  minute  crystals  like  chlo* 
ral  hydrate.  We  are  not  aware  of  its  properties  or  characteristics,  but  these 
will  be  noticed  in  an  article  to  be  prepared  by  Prof.  Wayne. 
Professor  Maisch  exhibited  cinnamic  acid  and  styracin  of  various  degrees  of 
purity,  obtained  from  liquid  storax.  Styracin  may  be  readily  obtained  in  tufts 
of  snow-white  needles,  by  crystallizing  it  from  petroleum  benzine.  He  likewise 
showed  some  bibromide  of  camphor.  C20  Hie  O2  Bi'2,  discovered  by  Laurent  in 
1840,  and  monobromated  camphor,  U20  H15  Br  O2,  discovered  by  Swartz  in 
1862,  and  lately  recommended  by  Prof.  Deneffe  as  a  sedative  for  the  nervous 
system.  (See  Araer.  Journ.  Pharm.  1872,  p.  84).  In  attempting  to  make  this 
new  therapeutic  agent  on  a  somewhat,  larger  scale,  an  explosion  took  place 
while  the  closed  vessel  was  kept  in  boiling  water,  in  consequence  of  the  press- 
ure exerted  by  the  confined  vapors  of  hydrobromic  acid,  uncombined  bromine 
and  camphor.  Suitable  precautions  having  been  taken  in  anticipation  of  such 
a  possibility,  no  injury  was  sustained.  The  monobromized  camphor  resembles 
Borneo  camphor  in  odor. 
Professor  Bridges  said  it  afforded  him  much  pleasure  to  call  the  attention  of 
the  meeting  to  a  new  industry  in  this  country — the  manufacture  of  phosphorus, 
by  Messrs.  Rose  and  Lowell,  of  Rancocas,  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey. 
The  bottle  on  the  table,  marked  Jan.,  1872,  is  believed  to  contain  the  first  stick 
