3 1 4  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  { Am wfif rm" 
complete  at  —  8o°.  Potassium  hydroxide  in  alcoholic  solution  and 
phenolphthalei'n  were  mixed  at  — 135°  without  any  change  occur- 
ring; a  faint  red  tinge  appeared  at  —  100°,  and  the  color  was  pro- 
nounced at  —  8o°.  Litmus  in  contact  with  sulphuric  and  hydro- 
chloric acids  remains  blue  at  —  1 20°,  a  sudden  change  to  red  taking 
place  in  the  one  case  at  —  105 °,  and  in  the  other  at  —  1 10°. 
As  general  results  of  these  observations,  the  author  concludes 
that  no  action  whatever  takes  place  between  the  temperatures 
—  1250  and  —  1 5 5 °,  no  matter  what  the  nature  of  the  reacting 
substances. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
May  16,  1893. 
On  motion,  Mr.  Wm.  Mclntyre  was  called  to  the  chair.  The  minutes  of 
the  last  meeting  were  read,  and  no  corrections  being  called  for,  they  were 
approved. 
The  following  report  was  read  : 
The  committee  on  Pharmaceutical  Meetings  would  respectfully  submit  the 
following  report : 
The  meetings  have  been  held  each  month  from  October,  1892,  to  May,  1893, 
inclusive,  and  the  increased  attendance  and  interest  manifested  have  been 
marked.  A  feature  introduced  during  this  series  has  been  an  occasional  short 
address  upon  subjects  interesting  to  pharmacists  ;  the  most  notable  being  those 
of  Prof.  Remington  on  acetic  acid  as  a  menstruum  ;  Prof.  Sadtler  on  sodium 
peroxide,  and  Dr.  J.  D.  McFerran  on  compressed  tablets.  One  of  the  most 
interesting  was  the  address  of  Mr.  Jos.  R.  Wilson  when  exhibiting  the  "  Shaw 
Gas  Tester  and  Inspector  machine."  While  not  applicable  to  pharmacy  this 
application  of  the  principles  of  chemical  phenomena  and  the  mechanical 
ingenuity  of  the  machine  and  its  accurate  working  proved  a  subject  of  great 
interest  to  the  audience. 
Manufacturers  are  recognizing  the  value  of  the  meetings  as  a  means  of  intro- 
ducing to  the  members  of  the  drug  trade  new  products,  apparatus  and  machin- 
ery, and  no  doubt  this  will  prove  a  valuable  feature  of  our  meetings  in  the 
future. 
Under  the  title  of  verbal  communications  numerous  observations,  formulas, 
suggestions,  queries  and  prescription  difficulties  have  been  reported.  While  in 
the  published  report  of  the  proceedings  these  make  but  little  showing,  their 
practical  importance  to  the  pharmacist  is  incalculable  and  they  have  done 
much  to  increase  the  popularity  of  these  meetings. 
Twelve  papers  read  before  these  meetings  have  been  published  in  the  Ameri- 
can Journal  of  Pharmacy,  and  in  addition  they  have  elicited  several  editorial 
comments  and  articles. 
While  the  number  of  papers  read  has  not  been  as  large  as  in  several  years 
past,  this  is  but  in  sympathy  with  the  present  prevailing  ebb  in  the  tide 
of  pharmaceutical  literature  to  which  attention  has  already  been  directed  by 
