230  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  {^'w^mT' 
Committee  on  Exhibitions. — L.  J.  Merkel,  H.  0.  Gaylord,  A.  Mayell,  H 
Hensch,  J.  P.  Moore,  Z.  P.  Casterline. 
Committee  on  Hotels  and  Railroads. — A.  C.  Armstrong,  C.  C.  Canfield,  A. 
W.  Bock,  C.  F.  Fenton,  A.  Mayell,  S.  P.  Churchill. 
Committee  on  Reception. — S.  M.  Strong,  J.  J.  Vogt,  0.  S.  Mackenzie,  C.  P. 
Vaupel,  G.  W.  Clark,  Horace  Benton,  J.  D.  Keegaa,  Z.  P.  Casterline,  E.  M. 
Hessler,  J.  Townsend. 
Committee  on  Entertainment. — C.  C.  Canfield,  C.  S.  Mackenzie,  B.  M.  Hes8- 
3er,  A.  C.  Armstrong,  Bruce  Huling,  W.  H.  Hartness,  W.  J.  Field,  W.  H. 
Capner. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  store  of  Benton,  Myers  &  Canfield,  on 
Tuesday  evening,  April  30th. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Hritaix. —  At  the  pharmaceutical  meet- 
ing held  March  6th,  Mr.  A.  F.  Haselden  in  the  chair,  a  number  of  interesting 
specimens  were  presented  to  the  museum,  among  others  true  Winter's  bark, 
chrysophanic  acid,  methyl-strychnia,  xylol,  croton  chloral-hydrate  and  three 
sponges  in  situ,  Dr.  Dyce  Duckworth  read  a  paper  on  the  pharmacy  of  ipeca- 
cuanha, in  which  it  is  stated  that  the  deposit  in  the  officinal  wine  contains  acid 
tartrate  of  potassa  and  cephaelate  of  emetia,  and  that  the  addition  of  3  or  4 
minims  of  liquor  potassas  renders  the  muddiest  wine  or  tincture  bright  and  clear 
and  of  the  color  of  old  port  wine  ;  the  author  proposes  in  their  stead  an  ace- 
tum  containing  1  oz.  of  ipecac  and  of  acetic  acid  in  the  pint ;  also  an  oxymel, 
made  by  Mr.  Carteighe  by  macerating  1  oz.  of  ipecacuanha  with  the  same 
quantity  of  acetic  acid  for  24  hours,  then  displacing  with  water  10  fluidounces 
and  mixing  with  2  lbs.  clarified  honey.  A  very  interesting  discussion  followed 
on  the  assaying  and  composition  of  ipecacuanha  and  on  medicated  wines. 
A  note  on  Cinchona  caloptera*  by  Dr.  J.  B.  De  Vrij,  was  then  read,  from 
which  it  appears  that  this  species  was  supposed  to  be  Cinch,  succirubra  shortly 
after  the  introduction  of  the  cinchonas  into  Java;  as  early  as  1860  Mr.  J.  E. 
Howard  doubted  its  identity  with  the  latter  species,  and  Dr.  Miquel  finally 
recognized  it  as  a  new  one,  and  described  it  as  Cinch.  calopt<ra  in  Annalea 
Musei  Botanici  Lugduno-Batavi.  In  1868  Dr.  De  Vrij  analyzed  it,  and  found 
only  0  55  per  ct.  of  alkaloids,  mostly  cinchonia ;  an  older  bark,  examined  since 
by  Moens,  yielded  0"63  quinia  and  2'8  cinchonia. 
Meeting  of  April  3. — Mr.  C..H.  Wood  read  a  paper  on  the  metrical  system 
of  weights  and  measures  into  the  Pharmacopoeia,  in  which  the  author  advocates 
to  designate  the  quantities  of  the  ingredients  in  the  various  formulas,  not  only 
by  the  present  weights  and  measures,  but  likewise  by  proportional  numbers 
(parts  and  fluid  parts).  The  plan  was  not  favorably  received  by  Messrs.  Ha- 
zelden  and  Carteighe,  who  expressed  themselves  opposed  to  such  a  trausitional 
change,  and  would  rather  prefer  the  adoption  of  the  metrical  system,  but 
thought  that  the  time  had  not  arrived  for  this  final  change.  Similar  views  were 
held  by  Mr.  Martindale;  if  the  metrical  system  were  introduced,  he  hoped  it 
would  be  done  without  the  weighing  of  liquids.  Professor  Redwood  contended 
*See  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1872,  p.  172. 
