PHARMACEUTICAL MEETINGS. 
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Wm. Procter, Jr., presented specimens of the fruits of 
Mimosa scandens and Pimm cordatum, from the West 
Indies. 
November 6th, 1843. 
Professor Carson in the Chair. 
The last minutes were read and adopted. 
The Journal de Pharmacie et de Chimie and Journal de 
Chimie Medicale, to September; the London Pharmaceuti- 
cal Journal to August, and Silliman's Journal for October, 
were received. 
The Committee appointed at last meeting presented their 
report, which was read. 
Professor Carson read a paper on an article purporting to 
be " Texas Sarsaparilla," but which he believed to be the 
stem and branches of a vine-like climbing plant. It was 
referred to Thomas P. James and Prof. Bridges. 
A paper on the " Ergotine " of M. Bonjean, by Augustine 
Duhamel, was read by the Secretary, and was committed to 
Ambrose Smith and H. W. Worthington, as reporters. 
A paper on the Gunjah or Indian Hemp of the East Indies, 
compiled by Augustine Duhamel, was read, and given in 
charge to William Procter, Jr. and John H. Ecky, for exami- 
nation. 
A specimen of Citrate of Iron and Quinine, prepared by 
Lawrence Turnbull, was presented to the ^meeting. It 
was in the form of brilliant scales of a reddish brown 
color, very like Citrate of Iron. Its taste is slightly 
chalybeate and bitter after remaining in the mouth for some 
time, but it is not very soluble. The following is an out- 
line of the process for preparing it: — Make an acid citrate 
of quinine, by adding quinia to a hot solution of citric acid, 
and afterwards an equivalent quantity of citrate of iron. 
When the solution is complete, evaporate it to a syrupy con- 
sistence, and spread on glass to dry. 
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