A"seJPH;  wi?"" }        Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  439 
resin  of  jalap,  which  he  says  are  of  good  appearance,  and  have  an  agreeable 
taste : 
Pure  Jalap  Resin  56  grams. 
Powdered  Sugar  and  Flour  .  •  .  .  1000  " 
Tincture  of  Vanilla    .       .       .       .       .       ]0  " 
White  of  Egg  No.  20 
Yolk  of  Egg  No.  40 
Emulsify  the  resin  with  the  egg  yolks,  add  successively  the  sugar,  tincture,  and 
flour,  and  make  a  homogeneous  paste,  into  which  thoroughly  incorporate  the 
egg-whites  previously  beaten  up.  Divide  the  mass  into  144  biscuits. — Pharm, 
Journ.  and  Trans.,  June  20,  1874. 
Bleaching  Bones  and  Ivory.  —Bleaching  is  effected  by  exposure  to  the  sun 
for  three  or  four  days  in  tanks  filled  with  oil  of  turpentine.  The  objects  must 
be  supported  on  zinc  stages  at  the  height  of  a  few  millimetres  above  the  bottom 
of  the  tanks. —  Chem.  News,  July  17,  1874,  from  Les  Mondes. 
Davy's  Artificial  Ivory. — This  substance,  being  made  by  the  action  of  a 
mixture  of  sulphuric  and  nitric  acids  upon  cotton  and  linen  rags,  must  consist 
in  part  of  nitro-cellulose,  better  known  as  gun  cotton.  Articles  made  of  it 
may,  therefore,  prove  dangerous  under  a  variety  of  possible  circumstances. — 
Chem.  News,  July  3,  1874. 
ffearmrattal  Colleges  aitir  ^mtwtim. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  Board  of  Trustees,  at  a  recent 
meeting,  has  resolved  to  make  the  abbreviation  for  graduate  in  pharmacy 
Ph.  G.,  and  Ph.  M.  for  master  in  pharmacy. 
In  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  chairs  of  Materia  Medica 
and  Botany,  and  of  Chemistry,  became  vacant  by  the  resignation  of  Professors 
Tracy  and  Babcock.  W.  P.  Bolles,  M.  D.,  and  J.  M.  Merrick  have  been 
elected  in  their  places. 
Rhode  Island  Pharmaceutical  Association. — 'The  registered  pharmacists 
of  Rhode  Island,  after  several  preliminary  meetings,  finally  organized,  in 
Providence,  on  Saturday,  July  25th,  by  the  adoption  of  a  Constitution  and  By. 
laws,  and  the  election  of  the  following  officers:  President,  A.  L.  Calder^ 
Providence;  Yice-President,  James  H.  Taylor,  Newport;  Secretary,  Norman 
N.Mason,  Providence;  Treasurer,  W.  E.  Anthony,  Providence  ;  Executive 
Committee,  A.  H.  Field,  F.  J.  Phillips  and  W.  B.  Blanding,  of  Providence. 
The  President  was  authorized  to  appoint  delegates  to  the  next  meeting  of 
