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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
<  Am.  Jour.  Phariii 
\       April,  18T6. 
(see  page  169).  The  economical  uses  of  the  plant  were  considered,  it  being 
grown  in  the  South  for  hedges,  and  also  used  for  feeding  cattle.  The  juice  of 
the  fruit,  which  is  a  beautiful  purplish-red  color,  is  used  for  coloring  wine. 
Accompanying  the  paper  were  specimens  of  the  plant  and  fruit,  and  photo- 
graphs of  the  same,  and  also  a  sample  of  an  aqueous  extract  of  the  coloring 
substance.  It  was  stated  that  ammonia  changes  the  color  and  «:ould  possibly 
be  used  for  detecting  this  substance  in  wine. 
Mr.  Boring  wished  to  know  what  is  understood  by  a  neutral  Basham's  mix- 
ture. Mr.  F.  W.  Haussmann  said  that  this  was  a  prescription  of  a  certain  phy- 
sician who  wishes  the  acetic  acid  omitted  from  the  preparation,  and  also  that 
he  desires  four  times  the  iron  strength  of  the  official  preparation. 
Prof.  Trimble  called  attention  to  the  following-named  specimens  :  Licorice 
seeds,  which  were  purchased  in  New  York  City  for  20  cents  per  ounce,  and  were 
intended  for  planting  ;  two  samples  of  kino,  which  were  presented  by  Baron 
Ferd.  von  Mueller,  of  Melbourne,  Australia,  and  were  from  Eucalyptus  reg- 
nans  and  Eucalyptus  globulus  respectively;  two  samples  of  tungsten  ore,  known 
as  Scheelite  and  Wolframite  (presented  by  Mr.  Bullock),  a  sample  of  an  Egyp- 
tian sugar  from  vacuum  pan  and  centrifugal,  polarizing  99  per  cent.;  one  of  a 
Mexican  sugar  made  by  evaporating  cane  juice  to  dryness,  and  about  like 
maple  sugar,  and  one  which  came  from  Guadaloupe. 
Prof.  Remington  presented,  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Chas.  Bullock,  a  filter  folder 
which  was  of  French  manufacture,  and  was  introduced  into  this  country  about 
thirty-five  years  ago.  It  seems  to  have  no  other  value  than  that  of  a  museum 
specimen. 
Prof.  Trimble  read  a  "  Note  on  Distilled  Water,"  by  Prof.  J.  U.  Lloyd  (see 
page  1S7),  referring  to  some  statements  made  in  a  former  paper  on  this 
subject. 
Prof.  Ryan  considered  it  important  to  direct  the  attention  of  druggists  to  a 
kind  of  advertising  which  might  cause  a  reflection  on  themselves.  Some 
wholesale  firms  put  up  packages  of  compressed  herbs,  and  enclose  with  the 
packages  pamphlets  which  are  extremely  objectionable. 
Mr.  Boring  desired  information  in  regard  to  the  legal  status  of  Canadian  and 
English  chemists,  which  would  enable  them  to  sell  phenacetine  in  this  country 
for  65  cents  per  ounce.  He  said  that  an  agent  from  Montreal,  Canada,  had 
made  him  such  an  offer,  and  welcomed  any  legal  action  which  might  be  taken 
against  him  (the  agent).  No  definite  statements  could  be  made  in  regard  to 
this  matter,  for  it  seems  that  no  test  cases  have  come  up. 
On  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
T.  S.  WlEGAND, 
Registrar. 
According  to  G.  W.  A.  Kahlbaum  {Berichte,  29,  69)  the  condenser  bearing 
Liebig's  name  was  invented  by  Christian  Ehrenfried  Weigel,  and  described  by 
him  in  his  dissertation  of  March  25,  1771  (Liebig  was  born  in  1803).  Weigel's 
condenser  was  described  in  Goettling's  "  Manual  of  Chemistry,"  1794,  and 
Liebig,  when  he  first  described  the  use  of  this  condenser,  mentioned  the  source 
from  which  he  had  obtained  the  description  of  the  apparatus.  — O.  Hehner,  in 
The  Analyst. 
