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to  cure  a  long  catalogue  of  bone  and  kindred  diseases  might  be  continued 
indefinitely  ;  but  as  "  A  word  to  the  wise  is  sufficient,"  it  seems  only  neces- 
sary to  add  that  a  long  and  continued  experiment  has  been  made  upon  a 
family  with  most  satisfactory  results.  The  bones  used  were  selected  from 
perfectly  healthy  animals,  none  being  accepted  that  bore  the  slightest 
blemish,  carefully  cured  without  being  allowed  to  pass  through  any  per- 
ceptible chemical  changes,  finely  granulated  and  incorporated  into  soups, 
gravies,  bread,  etc.,  in  the  proportion  of  from  one  to  three  spoonfuls  to  each 
pint  of  gravy,  soup,  or  flour.  The  relative  proportion  of  nutritive  elements 
in  one  hundred  parts  of  different  kinds  of  animal  food  have  been  found  as 
follows  :  beef  26,  mutton  29,  pork  24,  chicken  27,  milk  7,  bone  51. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  May  22,  1884. 
In  absence  of  the  president,  Mr.  Alonzo  Bobbins  was  called  to  the  chair, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  last  pharmaceutical  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 
Professor  Trimble  exhibited  a  specimen  of  Chinese  galls,  their  peculiar 
appearance  attracted  attention.  They  are  produced  by  the  puncture  of  an 
insect  named  provisionally  aphis  chinensis,  upon  the  leaf  or  leaf  stalks  of 
the  rhus  semialata,  as  stated  in  the  National  Dispensatory,  and  are  stated  to 
contain  between  70  and  80  per  cent,  of  tannin.  Prof.  Trimble  also  exhibited 
specimens  of  extract  of  quebracho,  both  solid  and  liquid,  the  former  con- 
taining about  74  per  cent,  and  the  latter  55  per  cent,  of  tannin.  This  ex- 
tract is  not  that  obtained  from  the  aspidosperma  bark  used  for  medicinal 
purposes,  but  by  a  different  plant,  Loxopterygium  Lorentzii,  and  is  used  in 
the  arts  for  tanning  and  as  a  coloring  agent. 
A  very  elegantly  crystallized  specimen  of  milk  sugar  was  exhibited  by 
Prof.  Trimble.  It  was  obtained  from  Messrs.  Boericke  &  Tafel,  homoeo- 
paths, of  this  city.  Whether  it  was  made  in  this  country,  or  only  recrys- 
tallized  was  not  stated.  The  purity  of  the  article  is  determined  by  the 
quantity  of  ash ;  in  this  case,  the  result  of  a  number  of  determinations 
showed  there  was  only  Tf ¥  of  one  per  cent. 
Dr.  F.  V.  Greene,  U.  S.  N.,  presented  a  very  white  and  beautiful  speci- 
men of  grape  sugar  (solid  glucose),  prepared  by  the  Glen  cove  Manu- 
facturing Co.  (Duryea's)  of  Long  Island. 
One  of  the  members  thought  that  a  return  to  the  method  of  notifying  the 
members  of  the  college  by  means  of  postal  cards  would  be  likely  to  secure 
a  better  attendance. 
There  being  no  further  business  a  motion  to  adjourn  was  carried. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
Hair  Tonic. — Prof.  Gross  suggests  the  following  :  R .  Tinct.  caiitharidis, 
Hiss;  tinct.  capsici.  gtt.  xx. ;  glycerini,  ^ss  ;  aquse  coloniensis,  q.  s.  ad  |vj. 
M.    Sig.  "Hair  Tonic."— Coll.  and  Clin.  Record. 
