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higher  than  the  quantity  of  phenol  which  can  be  present.  All  samples 
which  he  examined  yielded  but  a  very  small  proportion  of  products 
volatile  between  150°  and  200°,  phenol  distilling  between  those  temper- 
atures. Between  200°  and  250°  the  largest  fractions  are  obtained, 
practically  devoid  of  phenol,  and  yet  giving  copious  bromine  precipi- 
tates. Even  at  temperatures  higher  than  250°  distillates  are  obtained, 
which  give  the  bromine  reaction,  but  do  not  show  the  well-known 
phenol  indications  with  ferric  chloride,  hypochlorite,  or  fir- wood  and 
hydrochloric  acid.  Kleinert  therefore  concludes  that  Koppeschaar's 
method  is  not  applicable  for  the  valuation  of  commercial  carbolic  acid. 
THE  FIRST  PHARMACOPCEIA, 
PUBLISHED  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 
The  Editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  on  a  recent  visit 
to  Lancaster,  Pa.,  was  shown  by  Mr.  Chas.  A.  Heinitsh,  a  little  work,  of 
whose  existence  he  was  not  aware.  Diligent  inquiry  among  pharmacists 
and  physicians  in.  Philadelphia  seems  to  show  that  this  "  Pharmacopoeia  " 
is  now  entirely  unknown  in  Philadelphia,  and  is  not  to  be  found  here  in 
libraries.  On  applying  to  the  librarian  of  the  Surgeon  General's  office,  Dr. 
Robert  Fletcher,  Assistant  Surgeon  U.  S.  A.,  kindly  gave  the  information, 
that  since  the  publication  of  the  first  volume  of  the  Index  Catalogue,  a  copy 
of  the  first  edition  of  this  Pharmacopoeia,  published  in  1778,  has  come  into 
the  possession  of  the  library,  and  that  the  title  page  is  exactly  like  the  one 
given  further  on,  excepting  that  the  name  of  Dr.  William  Brown  does  not 
appear,  and  that  the  publishers  are  Styner  and  Cyst. 
From  Mr.  Heinitsh  it  is  learned  that  the  hospital  of  the  United  States 
Army,  located  in  Lititz,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  was  in  the  building  at  present 
occupied  by  the  Lititz  Academy,  formerly  the  Brothers  House,  and  that  a 
number  of  soldiers  died  there  and  were  buried  near  the  village. 
The  "Pharmacopoeia"  is  printed  entirely  in  Latin  upon  32  pages,  the 
printed  text  occupying  upon  each  page  41,  inches  in  length  and  2.}  inches  in 
width.  In  the  following  the  English  translation  of  the  title  and  preface, 
made  by  Professor  Nevin,  of  Franklin  and  Marshall  College,  is  added  ;  with 
this  exception,  no  alteration  or  addition  has  been  made. 
July,  1884. 
