82  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting,  {AHFeK  m™" 
to  distribute  the  serous  discharges  through  the  breadth  of  the  resin- 
cloth  thus  covered.  I  have  never  found  it  to  irritate  the  skin  in  any 
degree  beyond  what  the  oiled  silk  (protective),  liberally  used,  could 
control ;  except  once,  when,  in  the  hurry  of  preparing  the  resin-cloth, 
I  had  neglected  to  dry  it  thoroughly,  and  it  was  applied,  still  moist 
with  the  methylated  spirit,  the  naphtha  in  it  seeming  to  be  the  chief 
cause  of  the  skin  irritation.  But  if  this  precaution  be  observed,  I 
believe  this  resin-cloth  will  be  found  a  very  useful  addendum  to  our 
means  of  treating  wounds  and  abscesses  on  antiseptic  principles." — 
Pharm.  Journ.,  Pec.  20,  1873. 
The  regular  monthly  meeting  was  held  January  20th,  1874.  On  motion, 
Peter  Williamson  was  elected  President,  and  the  minutes  of  last  meeting 
were  read  and  approved.  Among  the  members  from  a  distance  present  was 
Mr.  Chas.  A.  Heinitsh,  of  Lancaster,  Pa. 
Mr.  C.  A.  Weidemann,  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Geo.  R.  Mariner,  presented  for  the 
College  Library  a  volume,  entitled  "  The  Modern  Practice  of  the  London  Hos- 
pitals, Dublin,  1772." 
The  reading  of  papers  being  next  in  order,  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller  had  the  speci- 
fication read  which  forms  part  of  letters  patentTNo.  127,568,  dated  June  4, 
1872,  and  issued  to  Robert  A.  Chesebrough,  of  New  York,  and  then  read  an 
article  on  Vaseline,  which  will  be  found  in  another  place  in  the  Journal. 
Richard  Y.  Mattison  read  a  paper  on  Saccharated  Pancreatin  and  the  Emul- 
sion produced  by  the  use  of  it  and  Cod  Liver  Oil,  which  will  be  found  elsewhere 
in  this  number. 
A.  P.  Brown,  of  Camden,  stated  that  he  had  used  saccharated  pancreatin, 
and  that  physicians  whom  he  had  supplied  with  it  had  used  it  successfully.  At 
the  suggestion  of  one  of  his  medical  friends,  he  had  treated  the  Parotid  gland 
by  a  process  similar  to  that  used  for  extracting  pancreatin,  and  obtained  a 
product  which  possessed  in  a  degree  the  properties  of  pancreatin. 
Prof.  Maisch  presented  specimens  and  read  some  pharmacognostical  notes 
on  Cort.  Granati,  Chiretta,  Trompatilla  (a  new  remedy  from  Mexico,  and  said 
to  be  successfully  used  in  the  treatment  of  hydrophobia),  a  new  false  Angustura, 
Bouvardia  triphylla,  and  a  report  of  an  examination  of  a  substance  presented 
to  him,  which  proved  to  be  carbazotic  acid. 
Dr.  W.  H.  Pile  stated  that  he  had  made  some  phosphoretted  resin  accord- 
ing to  the  formula  published  by  A.  W.  Gerrard,  in  Pharmaceutical  Journal, 
December  6th,  1873,  and  republished  in  Am.  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  January, 
1874.  He  confirmed  the  statements  made  by  the  author,  recommended  the 
preparation,  and  laid  particular  stress  on  the  directions  to  conform  to  the  tem- 
peratures given  in  the  process. 
