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Minutes  of  the  College. 
{  Am.  J  our.  Piiarm. 
\      Nov.,  1885. 
•concentrated  solutions  are  caustic.  Diluted  solutions  produce  a  hypersecre- 
tion of  saliva,  and  destroy  entirely  the  power  of  the  saliva  of  converting 
starch  into  sugar  and  arrest  the  digestive  action  of  pepsin  ;  in  concentrated 
solutions  it  precipitates  i3epsin  and  peptones.  The  author  has  employed 
this  substance  as  an  antiseptic  remedy  in  various  affections.  Putrid  and 
indolent  wounds  under  the  application  of  dressings  soaked  in  weak  solu- 
tions (which  are  entirely  unirritatim^),  are  soon  covered  with  healthy 
granulations  and  rapidly  heal.  It  is  also  an  excellent  remedy  in  erysipelas 
and  in  the  treatment  of  the  fissures  of  the  skin  which  often  occur  in 
cedematous  parts,  while  in  the  treatment  of  venereal  sores  it  is  not  inferior 
to  iodoform.  Internally,  trichloracetic  acid  has  been  used  by  the  author 
in  cases  of  gastric  catarrh,  where  its  employment  produced  amelioration 
of  the  symptoms  ;  in  the  sunmier  complaint  of  children,  where  it  produced 
a  cure  ;  and  in  carcinoma  of  the  stomach,  with  subsequent  diminution  of 
vomiting.  For  external  use  this  remedy  may  be  employed  in  1  or  2  per 
cent,  solutions  ;  internally  to  adults  2  to  5  grains  of  the  acid  in  very  dilute 
solution  may  be  given  three  times  a  day,  w^hile  to  children  |  to  1  grain 
may  be  given  four  times  daily.  He  also  recommends  this  remedy  as  a 
preventive  of  cholera  in  doses  of  from  2  to  3  grains,  three  or  four  times 
daily.— (rot^.  Mfd.  de  Paris  ;  Quart.  Therap.  Rev.^  April,  1885. 
The  Combined  Administration  of  Belladonna  and  Iodide  of 
Potassium. — ^Aubert,  ("  Lj'on  med.")  affirms  that  the  headache  and  coryza 
experienced  after  taking  large  doses  of  iodide  of  potassium  may  be  entirely 
prevented  by  the  judicious  use  of  belladonna.  In  the  case  reported,  eighty 
grains  of  the  iodide  were  given  daily,  one  grain  of  the  extract  of  bella- 
donna being  administered  in  the  evening.  After  a  few  days,  the  writer 
states,  it  is  possible  to  suspend  the  use  of  the  latter  drug  without  any  danger 
of  a  recurrence  of  the  iodism. — N.  Y.  Med.  Jour. 
Calendulated  Boric  Acid  is  recommended  by  Dr.  Charles  H.  Bur- 
nett, by  insufflation  for  the  middle  ear,  in  cases  of  chronic  suppuration  ; 
it  is  made  as  follows :  Triturate  together  equal  parts  by  weight  of  boric 
acid  and  tincture  of  calendula.  Evaporate  the  calendula  down  in  a  water- 
bath,  at  a  temperature  of  about  150°  F.,  to  a  pasty  consistence,  and  then 
mix  with  one-half  the  boric  acid  ;  evaporate  to  dryness,  add  the  other  half 
and  triturate.  This  is  mixed  with  twice  its  weight  of  pure  boric  acid,  and 
futher  triturated  when  it  is  ready  for  use.— Car.  Med.  Jour.,  April,  1885. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  September  28,  1885. 
The  Semi-Annual  Meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  was  held  in  the  Hall  of  the  College,  this  day,  at  ^  o'clock 
P.M.,  Charles  Bullock  presiding.  Twenty  members  present.  Minutes  of 
previous  meeting,  as  well  as  minutes  of  Board  of  Trustees  for  July  and 
^September,  were  read,  and  on  motion  adopted  and  approved. 
