Am.  Jour.  Pharm.l 
March,  ^96.  / 
PJiarmacentical  Meeting. 
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Hemogallol,  Hemol,  Hypnoacetine,  Lysidine,  Nosophene,  Pain  d'aleurone, 
Periodure  de  thalline,  Phosphergot,  Pixol,  Resorbine,  Salantol,  Salithymol, 
Sublimophenol,  Tannigene. 
It  is  not  only  the  very  new  remedies  that  have  received  attention,  but  some 
older  ones;  for  example,  there  are  four  formulas  given  for  paregoric.  The 
volume  for  1896  is  fully  up  to  its  predecessors. 
Notes  on  a  Few  Pyridine  Alkyl  Iodides.  By  Albert  B.  Prescott. 
Reprint  from  the  Journal  of  the  American  Chemical  Society,  January,  1896. 
Dipyridine  Trimethylene  Dibromide,  and  A  Study  of  Certain  Addi- 
tive Reactions  of  Organic  Bases.  By  R.  F.  Flintermaun  and  A.  B.  Pres- 
cott. Reprint  from  the  Journal  of  the  American  Chemical  Society,  January,  1896. 
Constants  of  the  Elements,  and  Table  of  Chemical  Classifica- 
tion.   Two  charts  prepared  by  Wm.  H.  Seaman,  M.D.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  February  18,  1896. 
The  regular  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  was  held  in  the  Museum  of  the  College 
at  3  o'clock.  Mr.  Joseph  W.  England  was  chosen  chairman,  and  the  minutes 
of  the  previous  meeting  were  ordered  to  stand  as  published. 
The  presentation  to  the  College  Library  of  about  2,500  volumes  by  Mr. 
Howard  B.  French  was  announced  by  the  Registrar.  This  valuable  addition  to 
the  library  comprises  works  on  medicine,  pharmacy  and  allied  subjects,  and 
increases  the  total  number  to  about  10,000  volumes. 
The  chairman  presented  to  the  Museum,  on  behalf  of  Messrs.  John  Wyeth 
&  Bro.,  a  specimen  of  "red  gum,"  which  is  a  product  of  Eucalyptus  rostrata. 
It  is  soluble  in  both  alcohol  and  water.  The  tincture  does  not  gelatinize,  and 
its  peculiar  adhesive  property,  when  applied  to  the  mucous  membrane,  renders 
it  efficacious  as  a  local  astringent.  It  has  also  been  recommended  for  sea- 
sickness (Am.  Jour.  Pharm.,  1890,  p.  347). 
The  first  paper,  entitled  "The  Shaddock,  or  Grape  Fruit,  and  Some  of  Its 
Applications  in  Pharmacy,"  was  read  by  Mr.  Lyman  F.  Kebler,  on  behalf  of 
Mr.  Charles  H.  LaWall,  the  author.  (See  page  121.)  This  paper  is  an  inter- 
esting one,  and  it  is  a  valuable  contribution  to  botanical  literature,  as  the  his- 
tory of  this  member  of  the  Citrus  genus  is  extensively  reviewed,  and  many 
conflicting  statements  contained  therein  brought  to  notice.  The  botanical 
characteristics  of  the  members  of  the  group  are  also  fully  considered,  in  order 
to  establish,  as  far  as  possible,  the  identity  and  relationship  of  the  different 
varieties.  It  was  accompanied  by  samples  of  the  fruits,  including  both  those 
having  a  white  pulp  and  those  having  a  red  pulp,  and  known  by  the  vernacular 
names  of  Adam's  apple,  grape  fruit  and  forbidden  fruit;  and,  also,  by  photo- 
graphs from  Sandford,  Fla.,  illustrating  the  appearance  of  the  trees  during  the 
fruit-bearing  season,  and  a  specimen  of  grape  fruit  wine  from  the  same  locality, 
both  of  which  were  presented  by  Miss  Bertha  L.  De  Graffe. 
The  chairman  remarked  upon  the  merits  of  the  paper,  and  said  he  was  sure 
that  he  voiced  the  sentiments  of  the  meeting  in  expressing  his  regret  for  the 
absence  of  Mr.  LaWall. 
Professor  Trimble  spoke  of  the  possibilities  of  this  fruit  in  pharmacy,  and 
