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'large  enough  to  admit  large  masses  of  drugs,  although  he  had  found  it  to 
-answer  very  well  for  general  work  and  considered  it  an  improvement  on  Swift's. 
Andrew  Blair  spoke  at  length  in  favor  of  the  mill,  and  believed  it  to  be  the 
best  that  had  yet  been  contrived  for  the  purpose  of  griuding  drugs.  He 
exhibited  five  specimens — sassafras,  gentian,  senna,  coriander,  and  liquorice 
root — which  were  ground  with  just  ordinary  care  and  not  sifted.  The  results 
spoke  practically  and  favorably  for  the  work  of  the  new  comer,  and  it  looks  as 
if  the  time  was  approaching  when  the  retail  druggist  could  be  independent  of 
the  drug  miller  and  furnish  many  of  his  own  powders  without  going  out  of  his 
own  store. 
Professor  Maisch  considered  the  mill  the  best  that  had  yet  been  devised, 
and  thought  that  one  of  the  prominent  advantages  was  the  facility  with  which 
the  internal  working  parts  could  be  viewed  by  simply  turning  one  screw. 
Joseph  P.  Remington  exhibited  a  combined  retort  and  condenser,  which  had 
proved  useful  ;  it  consisted  of  a  glass  cylinder  fitted  in  both  ends  with  rubber 
corks,  which  were  bored  with  holes  in  the  centre,  through  which  the  neck  of  the 
retort  passed,  fitting  tightly  ;  two  smaller  holes,  to  accommodate  two  small  tubes, 
were  also  made,  which  permitted  the  ingress  and  egress  of  the  water  for  re- 
frigeration, as  is  usually  seen  in  Liebig's  condensers.  He  also  read  an  article 
on  Fluid  Extract  of  Rhus  Glabrum,  which  will  be  found  in  another  place  in  this 
Journal. 
Andrew  Blair  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  meeting  the  improved  graduates 
that  are  being  made  at  the  present  time  and  introduced.  The  improvement 
consists  in  having  the  plunger  graduated,  which  of  course  renders  the  graduate 
more  accurate  if  the  plunger  itself  is  correct. 
Dr.  Pile  said  that  he  had  used  the  graduates,  but  found  an  objection  when 
dark  liquids  had  to  be  measured,  on  account  of  the  trouble  of  reading  the  marks 
on  the  inside  from  the  absence  of  reflection.  Some  of  the  graduates  are  sold, 
however,  marked  on  the  outside  in  addition  by  scratching  with  a  file,  which 
remedies  this  difficulty. 
Professor  Maisch  exhibited  a  monstrosity  in  the  shape  of  an  orange,  which 
had  been  sent  to  him  from  Mobile,  Alabama,  from  Charles  Scott  Brown.  When 
the  cortex  was  carefully  dissected  from  the  distal  end,  a  small  orange  was 
revealed  inside  of  the  larger  one  and  connected  with  it  by  an  internal  roll  of 
,peel ;  both  were  devoid  of  seeds.  The  tree  which  produces  these  fruits  is  near 
Pascagoula,  Miss.,  on  the  Gulf  shore,  and  has  been  bearing  fruit  114  years. 
No  further  business  coming  before  the  meeting,  a  motion  was  carried  to 
adjourn. 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  Registrar, 
flarmamttol  Colleges  Qmtktim. 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy. —  At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  held 
December  1  Ith.  the  Committee  on  Stamp  Law  reported  the  collection  of  me- 
morials distributed  through  the  city  containing  a  large  number  of  signatures, 
also  liberal  contributions  to  defray  expenses  incident  to  its  presentation  to 
