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had been informed that the latter substance was exported 
from here to France, and then used as a means of adulterat- 
ing olive oil, which its character renders it very capable of. 
The object of the statement was to ascertain if any chemical 
means were known by which its presence could readily be 
detected. The subject not having engaged the attention of 
any members present, was deferred. 
Charles Ellis stated that lard oil could be used with olive 
oil in making lead plaster, but that the product, after some 
time, acquired a disagreeable odor. 
On motion, adjourned. 
September 4th, 1S43. 
Dr. Carson in the Chair. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 
adopted. 
Dr. Bridges, the American Editor of Graham's Chemis- 
try, presented to the College a copy of that work. 
William Procter, Jr., on behalf of the commission charged 
with the remarks of Augustine Duhamel on " Camphorated 
Tincture of Soap," reported in favor of its publication. 
Dr. Carson called the attention of the meeting to a speci- 
men of the fruit of the Mansonia digitata, or monkey- 
bread-tree. It consists of an outer rind, covered with short 
yellowish hairs, which inclosed a quantity of seeds, em- 
bedded in a yellowish pulpy matter. 
Also, to a production from the West Indies, called there 
" Antidote Cocoon;" which is a large flat seed, consisting 
of a hard shell, inclosing an oily, extremely bitter kernel. 
This seed is obtained from a large gourd-like fruit, and, 
when steeped in brandy, the tincture thus formed is used in 
the West Indies in cases of choiic, cholera, etc. It is the 
product of the Feuillia cordifolia. 
William Procter, Jr., presented, for the examination of 
the members, the fruit of the Bombyx heptaphylla, the 
