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Minutes  of  the  College. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(       May,  1884. 
Con v all aria  M  a  jams  is  not  as  perfectly  safe  as  some  have  believed. 
Dr.  George  Herschell  relates  in  the  "Lancet"  the  case  of  a  man,  appar- 
ently healthy,  who  had  an  irregular  pulse  following  worry  and  overwork 
two  years  ago.  The  patient  had  been  taking  digitalis,  but  this  was  discon- 
tinued, and,  after  an  interval  of  a  month  or  two,  tincture  of  convallaria 
was  ordered  in  five  minim  doses  three  times  a  day.  After  a  few  doses  he 
was  obliged  to  stop  its  use  on  account  of  its  remarkable  effects.  Almost 
immediately  after  taking  a  dose  the  pulse  became  nearly  imperceptible  at 
the  wrist,  and  there  was  a  sense  of  oppression  over  the  sternum,  nausea, 
cold  feet,  vertigo,  flatulence,  and  a  feeling  of  utter  prostration.  These 
symptoms  lasted  two  hours,  but  came  on  again  at  each  repetition  of  the 
dose. —  Weekly  Med.  Review,  Dec.  1,  1883. 
Rapidly  Drying  Varnish. — W.  Dauner  recommends  the  following : 
Mix  intimately  colophony  with  thick  milk  of  lime  ;  after  24  hours  dry  by 
heat  and  powder.  This  powder  is  used  for  preparing  varnishes  from  soft 
resins  as  follows  :  Melt  100  parts  of  pine  resin,  add  with  constant  stirring 
10  to  15  parts  of  the  above  powder,  continue  to  heat  for  30  minutes,  remove 
from  the  fire  and  add  linseed  oil  25  to  50  parts  and  oil  of  turpentine  35  to  90 
parts,  according  to  the  thickness  desired. — Hojfm.  Papier  zeitung . 
MIXUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  March  31,  1884. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held 
this  day  at  the  College  Hall,  No.  145  North  Tenth  street.    The  President 
called  the  meeting  to  order  at  3.30  P.  M.    The  registry  showed  20  members 
in  attendance. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read,  and,  on  motion,  adopted. 
Wm.  C.  Bakes,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  read  the  minutes  of 
the  Board  for  January,  February  and  March,  which  were,  on  motion, 
approved. 
From  these  minutes  and  others  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  during  Novem- 
ber, 1883,  the  College  is  informed  that  in  accordance  with  its  request  the 
Board  has  elected  a  number  of  gentlemen  Honorary  and  Corresponding 
Members,  and  that  replies  have  been  received  from  many  of  them  acknowl- 
edging the  receipt  of  the  certificate  of  membership. 
The  names  of  the  gentlemen  elected  are  as  follows,  viz.  : 
Honorary  Members. — Prof.  John  Attfield,  London,  England  ;  Prof.  G. 
Planchon,  Paris,  France ;  Prof.  G.  Dragendorff,  Dorpat,  Russia ;  Thomas 
Greenish,  London,  England  ;  E.  M.  Holmes,  London,  England;  Prof.  H. 
Baillon,  Paris,  France ;  Dr.  Hermann  Hager,  Pulverniuhle,  Fiirstenberg, 
Germany ;  Dr.  Oswald  Hesse,  Feuerbach,  near  Stuttgart,  Germany  ;  Prof. 
Edward  Schaer,  Zurich,  Switzerland  ;  Prof.  Robert  Bentley,  London,  Eng- 
land ;  Prof.  A.  Ladenburg,  Kiel,  Germany. 
Corresponding  Members.—^.  P.  Madsen,  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  Prof. 
E.  Reichardt,  Jena,  Germany ;  Bruno  Hirsch,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 
Germany ;  Edmund  Van  Melckebeke,  Antwerp,  Belgium  ;  Ch.  Tanret, 
