246      Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  and  Associations,  ^Va^'mtf*' 
rected  an  excess  of  acid  to  be  used,  and  that  a  deficiency  thereof  could  only 
occur  by  overheating.  Mr.  Boring  remarked  that  he  saw  it  stated  in  Attfield's 
Chemistry,  that  the  alcohol  in  the  tincture  is  unnecessary,  useless  and  delete- 
rious, and  causes  the  gradual  precipitation  of  a  basic  iron  salt.  Prof.  Maisch 
said  that  the  preparation,  in  its  usual  doses,  could  not  be  considered  deleterious  ; 
unpleasant  effects  arising  therefrom  may  most  likely  be  refered  to  the  presence 
of  excessive  proportions  of  amylic  alcohol  and  the  subsequent  formation  of 
compound  amylic  ethers  ;  the  compound  formed  from  muriatic  acid  and  alcohol 
are  used  in  medicine  and  officinal  in  some  pharmacopoeias.  Dr.  Bridges  then 
remarked  that  the  diuretic  properties  of  the  tincture  are  due  to  the  chlorinated 
ether  which  is  slowly  formed  in  the  officinal  preparation. 
Mr.  Hazard  exhibited  a  suppository  mould  invented  by  L.  R.  Blackman,  of 
Newport,  Rhode  Island.  It  is  made  of  bell  metal,  nickel  plated,  and  consists 
of  two  plates  of  about  equal  thickness,  the  upper  one  perforated  and  the  lower 
containing  depressions  equal  in  number  to  the  perforations  in  the  upper  plate  ; 
the  two  plates  are  separable  and  adjustable  by  means  of  set-pins  and  grooves, 
so  that  the  openings  in  the  upper  plate  register  with  the  depressions  in  the 
lower  plate,  forming  when  taken  together  a  conical  mould.  Mr.  Hazard  also 
stated  that  there  are  two  sizes  made,  one  making  twenty-four  suppositories  of 
thirty  grains  each  and  one  making  thirty  of  fifteen  grains  each. 
The  meeting  theu  adjoarned. 
J.  K.  Hecker,  Secretary  pro  tern. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  vacancy  in  this  college,  occa- 
sioned by  the  sudden  death  of  Professor  Procter,  has  been  filled  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees  by  the  election  of  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Professor  of  Pharmacy. 
Mr.  Remington,  already  favorably  known  by  his  contributions  to  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy,  and  his  labors  for  the  American  Pharmaceautical  Asso- 
ciation, has  had  unusual  advantages  in  fitting  himself  for  this  position,  having 
for  the  last  three  or  four  years  acted  as  assistant  at  the  lectures  of  the 
late  Professors  Parrish  and  Procter,  and  being,  therefore,  thoroughly  familiar 
with  the  lecture  plans  and  system  of  instruction  of  both  these  teachers  of 
pharmacy.  Another  important  advantage  of  his  is  his  former  connection  with 
the  well-known  laboratories  of  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and 
Messrs.  Powers  &  Weightman,  of  this  city.  He  brings  to  his  new  position, 
therefore,  a  large  practical  experience,  and  we  doubt  not  he  will  use  his  best 
efforts  for  sustaining  the  reputation  of  the  chair  in  which  he  follows  two  such 
eminent  men. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  commencement  took  place 
in  Horticultural  Hall,  April  22,  Professor  Markoe  delivering  the  valedictory. 
President  Concord  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  upon  the 
