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The  California  Pharmaceutical  Society  has  elected,  on  May  8th  last,  five 
pharmacists  to  serve  for  the  next  three  years  as  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  in  com- 
pliance with  an  Act  to  Regulate  the  Practice  of  Pharmacy  in  the  City  and 
€ounty  of  San  Francisco,  approved  March  28,  1872.  The  Board  has  organized 
and  consists  of  John  Calvert,  President ;  James  G.  Steele,  Secretary ;  Wm- 
T.  Wenzell,  Wm.  Simpson  and  J.  W.  Forbes.  The  registration  commenced 
June  1st,  at  521  Montgomery  street,  while  the  examinations  are  held  at  the 
rooms  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Antwerp. — The  session  held  April  23d  was 
mainly  occupied  by  the  report  of  Mr.  F.  Yan  Pelt  on  a  memoir  by  Dr.  Donato 
Tommasi,  in  which  the  author  proposes  to  employ  a  solution  of  acetate  of 
sodium  as  a  solvent  for  iodide  of  lead;  5  c.c.  of  a  concentrated  solution  of  the 
former  salt  will  dissolve  in  the  cold  1  grm.,  and  when  hot  2  grm.  of  the  iodide. 
This  solubility  may  be  taken  advantage  of  in  detecting  insolube  adulterations 
in  the  iodide  of  lead.  For  external  application  the  following  formula  is  pro- 
posed : 
R.    Concentrated  Solution  of  Sodium  Acetate,  .    15  c.c. 
Glycerin,  ......        23  c.c. 
Iodide  of  Lead,        .....     0-40  grm. 
Rose  Water,       .....        a  few  drops. 
Mix. 
The  General  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Belgium  met,  April  28th,  at 
the  free  University  at  Brussels,  Mr.  De  Bauque  presiding,  and  Mr.  Vauden 
Heuvel  acting  as  Secretary.    The  transactions  were  mainly  of  local  interest. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Paris. — At  the  meeting  of  May  1st,  Mr.  Lefort 
read  a  paper  on  belladonna,  to  demonstrate  the  practicability  of  preparing 
atropia  from  the  leaves.  (An  abstract  of  the  paper  will  be  published  in  our 
oext  number.)  In  the  following  discussion  attention  was  drawn  to  the  danger- 
ous results  which  may  follow  the  administration  of  crystallized  atropia,  aconitia 
or  digitalin,  since  they  are  much  more  powerful  than  the  preparations  hereto- 
fore employed  in  medicine.  After  hearing  a  report  on  the  transactions  of  the 
Academie  des  Sciences,  and  on  Duquesnel's  observations  on  the  sulphate  of 
•eserina  (physostigmia),  the  meeting  adjourned. 
<£intorial  Department* 
The  Twentieth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutial  Asso- 
ciation.— Elsewhere  will  be  found  the  public  announcement,  by  President 
Enno  Sander,  of  the  next  meeting  of  this  Association,  which  will  be  held  in  the 
•city  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  on  the  third  of  September  next,  at  3  o'clock  P.M.  The 
