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PHARMACEUTICAL MEETINGS. 
A specimen of the volatile oil of Juniperus virginiana, 
and the fruits of the Bignonia echinata, Annona glabra, 
and Jlnnona squamosa, were presented by William Proc- 
ter, Jr. 
December 4th, 1843. 
Professor Carson in the Chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 
adopted. 
The Committee having in charge the paper of Dr. Carson 
on Texas Sarsaparilla, reported in favor of its publication. 
The paper of Augustine Duhamel on the Ergotine of M. 
Bonjean, was recommended for publication by the Com- 
mittee. 
The commission to whom the essay on "Indian Hemp" 
was submitted, approved of its insertion in the Journal. 
A paper containing observations on cold cream, by 
Lawrence Turnbull, was read by the Secretary and referred 
for consideration to W. Procter, Jr. and Thomas P. James, 
A paper, being extracts from the observations of M. 
Deschamps on Pommades, translated by Augustine Duhamel, 
was read and referred to the publishing committee. 
A note from Augustine Duhamel was read, on Canchal- 
agua, a South American remedy, brought from Monteroy 
by Dr. N. C. Barrabino, of the United States Navy. It is 
the Erythrsea Chiliensis, a detailed account of which is given 
in the 6th volume of the American Journal of Pharmacy, 
by Dr. Joseph Carson. According to Dr. B. it occurs 
abundantly in Chili and California. It is much employed 
by the natives in fevers, particularly intermittent, and as a 
pleasant bitter tonic and diuretic. It is administered in the 
form of infusion. 
Dr. Carson observed that several barrels of the Erythrsea 
were brought to this city from South America, some years 
a g°> by Dr. Ruschenberger, U. S. N., and employed at the 
navy yard of this city. 
