248  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  A ssociatiens.  { Am-<\iyi\^&Tm- 
troyounces  ;  citric  acid,  40  grains;  glycerin,  4  fl.  ozs.;  oil  of  gaultheria,  120 
minims,  and  solution  of  ammonium  citrate  (B.  P.),  a  sufficient  quantity  to 
make  one  pint. 
In  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmac}7  for  18S6,  page  534,  is  republished  a 
formula,  taken  from  Braithwaite's  retrospect,  an  English  journal,  based  upon 
the  same  reaction,  but  results  in  a  much  weaker  preparation.  A  proprietary 
article  has  also  been  placed  upon  the  market  under  the  same  name. 
On  motion  adjourned. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  and  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  Junior  course  closed  with  the 
written  examinations  of  the  students,  held  on  Thursday.  March  9.  The  fol- 
lowing questions  were  given  out  during  the  term  : 
MATERIA  MEDICA  AND  BOTANY. 
(1)  Describe  a  living  cell  with  its  contents.  Explain  the  formation  of  new 
cells  by  division. 
(2)  What  is  meant  by  parenchyma  tissue  ?  Describe  and  illustrate  by 
sketches  some  varieties  of  parenchyma.  Also  describe  and  illustrate  different 
outgrowths  of  epidermal  cells. 
(3)  What  is  a  bud  ?  At  what  point  of  the  axis  are  buds  produced  ?  Explain 
the  origin  and  development  in  length  of  the  different  parts  of  a  bud. 
(4)  Explain  by  sketches  and  brief  descriptions  the  arrangement  of  tissues 
as  seen  upon  transverse  sections  of  the  following  organs  :  (1)  Stem  of  a  mono- 
cotyledon ;  (2)  stem  of  a  dicotyledon  ;  (3s)  root  of  a  monocotyledon. 
(5)  Give  the  botanical  names  of  the  plants  yielding  peppermint  and  spear- 
mint. State  where  each  species  is  indigenous.  By  what  characteristics  would 
you  distinguish  the  two  drugs  ?    Which  yields  menthol  ? 
(6)  Explain  the  characteristic  structure  of  the  corolla  and  of  the  ovary  of 
the  following  orders  :  (1)  Aurantiaceae,  (2)  myrtaceae,  (3)  labiatae.  Name  of 
each  of  these  orders  a  plant  3-ielding  an  officinal  flower  or  flower  bud. 
THEORY  AND  PRACTICE  OF  PHARMACY. 
(1)  Describe  the  method  of  taking  the  specific  gravity  of  a  solid  body  with 
a  specific  gravity  bottle.  Give  a  definition  of  specific  gravity.  State  how  you 
would  make  a  fluidounce  of  a  one  per  cent,  solution  of  cocaine  hydrochlorate  in 
water. 
(2)  What  influence  has  an  atmosphere  saturated  with  moisture  upon  the 
rapidity  with  which  evaporation  takes  place,  from  a  liquid  placed  in  a  dish  in  a 
confined  space  ?  Why  are  flat  vessels  chosen  for  pharmaceutical  evaporating 
dishes  ?  Does  the  degree  of  heat  used  in  evaporation  have  any  effect  in  decid- 
ing the  proper  shape  of  the  vessels  used  in  the  laboratory  for  evaporation  % 
Give  the  reason. 
(3)  Define  the  processes  of  filtration,  clarification  and  decoloration.  Write 
your  name,  examination  number  and  your  idea  of  the  metric  measure  of  the 
