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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
Am.  Jour.  Phariu. 
May,  1896. 
Facts  and  Figures  Regarding  Our  Forest  Resources  Briefly  Stated. 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Division  of  Forestry.    B.  B.  Fernow,  Chief. 
Seventeenth  Semi-Annuae  Dividend  Meeting  of  the  Employees  of 
the  Procter  &  Gamble  Company,  Ivorydaee,  O.,  containing  an  address 
on  "The  Relation  of  Capital  and  Labor,"  by  Washington  Gladden,  D.D.,  and 
one  on  "Higher  Citizenship,"  by  Hon.  Benjamin  Butterworth. 
Ueber  Reindarsteeeung  der  Gahrungsmiechsaure,  mit  Einleitenden 
Versuchen  iiber  Destillationen  in  Vakuum  der  Quecksilberluftpumpe.  Disser- 
tation von  Wilhelm  A.  Dijes,  Dr.  Phil.  Hildesheim,  1895.    Pp.  44. 
How  To  Make  Tabeets.  By  Frank  Edel.  Spatula  Publishing  Company, 
8  Oliver  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 
The  Jack  Rabbits  of  the  United  States.  By  T.  S.  Palmer^  M.D., 
Assistant  Chief  of  Division  of  Ornithology  and  Mammalogy,  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture.  1896. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Phieadeephia,  April  21,  1896. 
The  seventh  regular  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  was  held  in  the  Chemical  Lec- 
ture Room  of  the  College  at  3  o'clock. 
Mr.  F.  W.  E.  Stedem  was  chosen  chairman,  and  the  reading  of  the  minutes 
of  the  previous  meeting  was  dispensed  with. 
The  first  paper,  on  "Opium  Assaying,"  was  read  by  Mr.  Chas.  H.  LaWall, 
in  the  absence  of  the  author,  Mr.  Lyman  F.  Kebler.  (See  page  257.)  After 
numerous  experiments,  Mr.  Kebler  is  convinced  of  the  necessity  of  making 
corrections  for  the  impurities  in  the  crude  morphine  obtained  by  assay,  and  for 
this  purpose  he  employed  the  ash,  titration  and  lime-water  processes,  obtaining 
results  which  would  hardly  warrant  a  comparison  of  these  methods. 
Mr.  J.  Henry  Schroeder,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  contributed  a  paper  entitled 
"A  Menstruum  for  the  Extraction  of  Kola,"  which  was  read  by  Professor 
Trimble.  (See  page  254.)  At  a  recent  Pharmaceutical  Meeting,  samples  of 
fresh  kola  nuts  were  presented  by  Mr.  Fred.  B.  Kilmer  (Am.  Jour.  Pharm., 
1896,  p.  118),  and  in  response  to  inquiries  from  druggists  for  a  menstruum  for 
this  drug,  Prof.  F.  G.  Ryan  made  several  extractions  of  these  samples  in  their 
fresh  state.  These  were  assayed  by  Mr.  Schroeder,  and  in  comparing  his 
results,  diluted  alcohol  acidified  with  acetic  acid  was  shown  to  be  the  best 
solvent  for  the  extraction  of  the  alkaloids.  Samples  of  the  extracts  made  by 
Professor  Ryan  accompanied  the  paper. 
Professor  Trimble  stated  that  the  yield  of  alkaloid  after  treatment  of  one  of 
the  samples  with  acid,  to  effect  hydrolysis  of  the  glucoside,  was  no  greater 
than  that  yielded  previous  to  this  operation. 
The  next  paper  was  on  "Solution  of  Citro-Phosphate  of  Sodium,"  by  Mr. 
W.  C.  Wescott.  (See  page  256.)  This  preparation  is  similar  to  the  commer- 
cial article  known  as  "melachol,"  and  answers  the  demand  by  physicians  for  a 
solution  of  sodium  phosphate  containing  60  grains  of  the  salt  in  1  fluid  drachm. 
Accompanying  the  paper  were  samples  of  solutions  containing  the  constitu- 
ents in  varying  proportions,  so  as  to  liquefy;  but  the  one  which  seems  to  be 
