Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1884. 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
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some  quinine  will  remain  undissolved,  as  sulphate  of  quinine.  But  if 
diluted  sulphuric  acid  be  used  to  dissolve  the  sulphate  of  quinine,  the  mix- 
ture is  at  first  clear ;  but,  on  standing,  it  deposits  a  reddish-brown  powder. 
Theoretically,  this  is  due  to  the  sulphuric  acid  reacting  on  the  iodide  of 
potassium,  setting  free  hydriodic  acid,  which  is  colorless,  but  readily  decom- 
poses, liberating  iodine ;  and  this  element,  under  certain  conditions,  has  a 
great  affinity  for  sulphate  of  quinine,  forming  sulphate  of  iodo-quinine. 
The  reddish-brown  powder  which  he  has  mentioned  as  depositing  in  the 
above  mixture  is  not  pure  sulphate  iodo-quinine.  It  has  been  analyzed  by 
Righini  (Watt's  Dictionary,  vol.  v,  p.  20),  and  shown  to  be  a  mixture  of 
hydriodate  of  quinine  and  iodo-quinine. — Med.  and  Surg.  Rep.,  Aug.  2. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  September  29,  1884. 
The  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was 
held  this  day  at  the  hall  of  the  College,  No.  145  North  Tenth  street. 
Dillwyn  Parrish,  President,  occupied  the  chair,  and  fifteen  members 
were  in  attendance. 
The  minutes  of  the  quarterly  meeting  held  in  June  last  were  read,  and, 
on  motion  adopted. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  since  that  time  were  read  by  Wm. 
C.  Bakes,  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and,  on  motion,  approved. 
Alonzo  Robbins,  Chairman  of  the  Delegation  appointed  to  attend  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  made  the 
following  report,  which  was  accepted,  and  ordered  to  be  embodied  in  the 
minutes  : 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
The  undersigned,  Chairman  of  the  Delegation  elected  to  attend  the  meet- 
ing of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
respectfully  reports  as  follows  : 
Due,  no  doubt,  to  the  fact  that  the  place  selected  was  so  far  from  the 
locality  in  which  the  Association  has  its  greatest  membership,  the  meeting 
was  not  as  largely  attended  as  usual. 
The  sessions  were  held  in  Turner  Hall,  which  was  well  adapted  for  the 
purpose,  except  that  some  annoyance  was  unavoidably  caused  by  the  exhi- 
bition being  in  a  room  immediately  over  the  meeting  room- 
Over  twenty  original  papers  were  read,  most  of  them  being  quite  interest- 
ing, and,  perhaps,  a  larger  proportion  than  usual  showing  evidence  of 
careful  investigation,  and  giving  promise  of  much  practical  and  scientific 
value.  In  this  connection  it  may  be  well  to  state  that,  owing  to  the  increas- 
ing difficulty  of  getting  members  to  accept  queries,  it  is  very  desirable  that 
the  various  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  should,  in  some  way,  become 
contributors  to  this  important  work  of  the  National  Association. 
It  is  a  source  of  regret  that  in  the  matter  of  an  increase  of  membership 
this  meeting  was  not  a  success,  there  being  only  about  forty  new  members 
