-6o8  Pharm.  Colls,  and  Assoc. —Editorial.  {Am'ilZ'imarm' 
Bullock.  About  20  per  cent,  of  the  commercial  product  distilled  below  the 
boiling  point,  showing  that  it  was  far  from  pure.  The  purified  article  was  a 
heavy  colorless  liquid,  sp.  gr.  2*166,  having  a  pleasant,  almost  chloroformic 
odor  boiling  at  1270  C.  (2600  F.)  and  leaving  a  greasy  stain  on  paper  persisting 
-for  some  little  time.  It  was  soluble  in  alcohol,  but  insoluble  in  water.  In 
large  doses  it  is  said  to  be  poisonous. 
It  was  suggested  that  as  the  meetings  were  growing  in  interest,  that  it  would 
be^better  to  commence  at  three  o'clock,  and  it  was  so  determined. 
T.  S.  Wiegand. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  and  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Pennsylvania  Pharmacy  Board. — The  State  Pharmaceutical  Examining 
Board  of  Pennsylvania  held  an  examination  in  the  Central  High  School  at 
Philadelphia,  on  Saturday,  October  14,  and  in  the  City  Council  Chambers  at 
Pittsburg  on  Monday,  October  16,  1893. 
Two  hundred  and  seventy-three  candidates  appeared  for  examination,  one 
hundred  and  forty-seven  applying  for  Registered  Pharmacists  Certificates,  and 
one  hundred  and  twenty-six  for  Qualified  Assistants  Certificates.  Forty-five  of 
the  former  and  fifty-two  of  the  latter  class  were  successful. 
The  next  examination  will  be  held  at  Philadelphia  in  January.  Applicants 
for  examination  should  apply  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  Charles  T.  George, 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  after  the  middle  of  December,  for  the  necessary  blank  form 
of  application,  and  the  exact  time  and  place  of  the  examination.  Applicants 
should  always  state,  when  applying  for  blanks,  for  which  certificate  they  wish 
to  be  examined. 
EDITORIAL. 
Prof.  Edson  S.  Bastin,  A.M.,  successor  to  the  late  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch, 
took  charge  of  his  department  at  the  beginning  of  November  and  was  tendered 
a  reception  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  on  Saturday  evening,  November  18,  at 
8  o'clock.  Following  the  reception,  Dr.  Charles  L-  Mitchell,  Class  of  1872, 
exhibited  stereopticon  views  illustrating  a  summer  tour  in  Europe.  Quite  a 
large  number  of  members  and  graduates  of  the  College  were  present  to  welcome 
Professor  Bastin  to  the  faculty. 
Professor  Bastin  came  to  our  Alma  Mater  from  Chicago,  where  he  had  been 
successfully  imparting  his  knowledge  both  at  the  Chicago  and  then  at  the 
Illinois  College  of  Pharmacy  and  will  continue  his  successful  teaching  here  in 
Philadelphia.  The  Board  of  Trustees  can  be  congratulated  in  selecting  Pro- 
fessor Bastin  to  be  successor  to  the  late  Professor  Maisch,  as  he  is  an  able  and 
conscientious  teacher  and  will  also  be  well  thought  of  by  the  students.  As  the 
writer  gained  from  several  conversations  with  the  late  Professor  Maisch,  he 
had  a  high  regard  for  Professor  Bastin,  both  for  his  teaching  and  his  knowl- 
edge. 
