Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1884. 
Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  231 
The  following  specimens  were  examined  by  the  candidates 
Materia  Medica. 
Bryonia, 
Arn  cae  radix, 
Cinchona  rubra, 
Xanthoxvlum, 
Buchu  (long), 
Pilocarpus, 
Juniperus, 
Coriandrum, 
Linum, 
Aloe. 
Phakmacv. 
Ferri  sulphas  exsicc, 
Amylum  lodaum, 
Pulv.  Ghcyrrhizse  comp., 
Petrolatum. 
Extracfum  Gentianag, 
Aqua  Camphorai, 
Liquor  S<>dai  chloratae, 
Tinct.  Lavandula?  comp.. 
Syrupns  Hypophosphitum, 
Extract.  Spigelian  fluidum 
Chemistry. 
Potassii  bitartras, 
Sodii  bicarbonas, 
Animonii  chloridum, 
Magnesii  sulphas, 
Zinci  sulphas, 
Plnmbi  a  eras, 
AcMum  aceticum, 
AcuJum  gallicum, 
Aniylum, 
Alcohol. 
Committee. 
Aqua  Mentha?  piperita;, 
Acetum  Scillge 
Syrupns  Pruui  Virgin., 
Podophyllum, 
Scilla, 
Buchu  (short), 
AniHum, 
Potassii  nitras, 
Sodii  boras, 
Zinci  sulphas. 
In  the  examination  on  Operative  Pharmacy  the  candidates  were  required 
to  prepare — 
1.  Suppositories  composed  of  butter  of  cacao,  and  containing  extract  of 
stramonium  and  tannin  : 
2.  Lozenges,  containing  extract  of  glycyrrhiza,  gum  arabic,  sugar,  oil  of 
sassafras,  oleoresin  of  cubeb  and  syrup  of  tolu  ; 
3.  Emulsion,  4  fluidounces,  containing  1  fluidounce  of  oil  of  turpentine; 
4.  Compound  pills  of  iron,  and 
5.  To  spread  a  soap  plaster  6x4  inches. 
The  examination  in  Analytical  Chemistry  was  for  the  first  time  required 
and  showed  in  its  results  that  most  of  the  students  were  practically  familiar 
with  the  principles  of  analytical  chemistry.  Each  candidate  was  furnished 
with  a  solution  containing  three  or  four  salts,  and  was  required  to  search 
for  both  bases  and  acids  within  two  hours.  The  following  is  one  of  a  num- 
ber that  were  given  :  Aluminium  sulphate,  Potassium  acetate,  Ferric  chlo- 
ride, Cupric  nitrate. 
The  following  150  students  passed  the  examination,  and  were  recom- 
mended to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy 
(Ph.  G.) : 
Frederick  William  Alexander,  New  York,  Linimentum  Ammonice. 
Charles  Spencer  Allen,  New  Jersey,  Pharmacy  Laws  and  Ethics. 
Harry  Warren  Anderson.  Maine,  Medicine  Chest. 
Grace  Lee  Babb,  Maine,  Microscopy  of  Malt. 
Thomas  David  Baker,  Pennsylvania,  Piscidia  Erythrina. 
Harry  Lee  Barber,  Pennsylvania,  Menispermum  Cauadense. 
Abraham  Lincoln  Ballinger,  New  .Jersey,  Impurities  in  Myrrh. 
William  Hart  Betts,  Pennsylvania,  Caffea. 
Edwin  K.  Beans,  Jr  ,  Pennsylvania,  Tobacco. 
Charles  Wesley  Bollinger,  Pennsylvania,,  Preparation  of  Medicines. 
Jacob  Curtis  Bollman,  Pennsylvania,  Clerk  and  Student. 
Edgar  Ellsworth  Booze,  New  Jersey,  Lead  and  Lead  Salts. 
William  Carlton  Boynton,  Maine,  Spigelia. 
Walter  S.  Bray,  Maine,  Tests  for  Albumen. 
Frank  Frederick  Bridgeman,  Wisconsin,  Sodii  Brornidum. 
Matt.  Ashley  Briggs,  Georgia,  Enodictyon  Californicum. 
Buchanan  Carter,  North  Carolina,  Sodii  Chloridum. 
William  E.  Cassell,  Pennsylvania,  Convallaria  Mojo  lis. 
Isaac  Eugene  Chandler,  Pennsylvania,  Opium. 
Abraham  Theophilus  Clayton,  Pennsylvania,  Castanea. 
William  Lincoln  Cliffe,  Pennsylvania,  Iris  Versicolor. 
La  Rue  Robert  Colegrove,  New  York,  Adulterations. 
John  Joseph  Coleman,  West  Virginia,  Cephaelis  Ipecacuanha. 
L.  D.  Paul  Collins,  Ohio,  Rhus. 
