Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  i 
April  1, 1872.  J 
Editorial. 
189 
The  gelatine  was  first  heated  up  with  a  small  quantity  of  water  till  dissolved, 
the  glycerin  and  alcohol  added,  and  evaporation  continued. 
He  also  prepared,  in  presence  of  the  members,  a  vial  of  emulsion  of  oil  of 
turpentine  by  the  process  of  J.  W.  Forbes,  of  San  Francisco,  published  in  the 
Amer.  Jour.  Pharm.,  stating  that,  after  many  years'  experience  with  this  class 
of  extemporaneous  preparations,  he  had  learned  a  real  improvement,  whether 
viewed  in  the  light  of  convenience  or  perfection  in  the  resulting  preparation  ; 
he  also  showed  emulsionized  ether  and  chloroform  made  by  the  same  process; 
in  the  latter,  the  emulsionized  chloroform,  owing  to  its  greater  specific  gravity, 
subsides  in  the  vial,  but  is  completely  diffused  by  shaking. 
Prof.  Maisch  raised  the  question,  What  is  colts'  foot  root?  to  which  reply 
was  made,  that  such  a  synonym  is  applied  to  Asarum  Canadense,  owing  to  the 
imagined  resemblance  of  the  leaves  of  that  plant  to  a  horse's  hoof. 
Prof.  Maisch  exhibited  oil  of  Eucalyptus  globulus,  said  to  be  used  for  adul- 
teration of  other  volatile  oils  ;  it  has  a  delicate  odor,  easily  covered  by  berga- 
mot  and  more  powerful  perfumes.  The  tree  is  indigenous  to  and  abounds  in 
Australia,  especially  in  the  more  healthful  parts  of  that  island.  As  a  shade 
tree  it  is  cultivated  in  Southern  Europe  ;  the  leaves  yield  six  per  cent  of  the 
oil.  The  price  of  the  oil  in  commerce  is  about  $1.50  to  $2.00  per  pound. 
Also  a  specimen  of  Gurjun  Balsam,  or  wood  oil,  obtained  from  several 
species  of  Dipterocarpus,  indigenous  to  the  East  Indies,  which  is  used  in 
England  and  Germany  for  the  same  uses  as  Copaiba,  which  it  resembles  in 
odor,  though  dark  and  opaque,  and  having  a  bitter  taste  ;  at  230°  to  260°  it 
becomes  thick  and  almost  gelatinous — above  that  temperature  is  limpid. 
After  the  usual  opportunity  for  conversation,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
Philadelphia,  March  22d,  1872  Glemmons  Paerish.  Registrar. 
<£&iiortal  {Department. 
Pharmaceutical  Degress  st  Medical  Colleges. — The  Washington,  D.  C.. 
Evening  Star,  of  March  7th,  1872,  contains  the  following  paragraph  : 
"The  degree  of  doctor  of  pharmacy  has  been  conferred  upon  our  well-known 
druggist  and  pharmacist,  Mr.  D.  P.  Sickling,  corner  of  Pennsylvania  avenue 
and  3d  street,  by  the  faculty  of  Georgetown  College — the  first  degree  of  the 
kind  ever  given  by  the  college." 
The  Georgetown  College,  we  believe,  is  a  medical  school,  and  not  a  university 
in  the  true  meaning  of  this  word,  as  applied  to  scientific  schools,  namely,  a 
school  where  all  the  arts  and  faculties  are  taught  and  studied.  We  recognize 
the  correlation  of  medicine  and  pharmacy,  and  that  the  latter,  as  a  separate 
art  and  science,  is  the  offspring  of  the  former  ;  but  we  do  not  acknowledge 
their  identity,  and  look  upon  the  conferring  of  pharmaceutical  degrees  by 
strictly  medical  educational  institutions,  which,  by  such  a  precedent,  might  be 
inaugurated,  with  the  same  favor  with  which  we  should  regard  the  attempt  of 
a  College  of  Pharmacy  to  confer  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  honoris 
eausa  or  otherwise. 
In  another  place  we  record  the  conferring  of  the  degree  of  Graduate  in 
