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Editorials. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1884. 
been  more  fully  investigated ;  since  that  time  he  had  not  experimented 
with  the  alkaloids. 
It  was  queried  whether  the  use  of  chloral  hydrate  was  incompatible  with 
calomel.  Dr.  Wolff  thought  that  there  was  no  apparent  reason  for  consider- 
ing the  two  chemicals  as  being  incompatible.  Professor  Maisch  concurred 
in  this,  but  suggested  that  as  chloral  hydrate  was  so  readily  decomposed 
under  various  circumstances,  the  chlorinated  decomposition  products  might 
determine  the  formation  of  some  soluble  compound  of  mercury,  possibly 
corrosive  sublimate;  the  subject  was  deserving  of  investigation. 
There  being  no  further  business,  a  motion  to  adjourn  was  carried. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION,  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF 
PHARMACY. 
The  first  social  meeting,  held  October  14,  was  well  attended,  L.  E.  Sayre, 
Ph.G.,  occupying  the  chair.  Dr.  Carl  Seilergave  an  interesting  and  instruc- 
tive lecture  on  "Hay  Fever  and  its  Treatment,"  illustrating  his  remarks 
by  diagrams,  models  and  apparatus,  among  the  latter  being  one  used  for 
the  destruction  of  what  the  lecturer  termed  the  "hay  fever  spots  "  by  means 
of  a  platinum  wire  heated  with  a  galvanic  battery.  The  palliative  effect  of 
the  Turkish  bath  was  likewise  explained. 
Dr.  Miller  stated  that  a  nostrum  sold  as  a  catairh  cure  consisted  almost 
wholly  of  sodium  bicarbonate. 
The  remaining  time  was  occupied  with  recitations  by  Miss  F.  L.  Pierce, 
principal  of  the  Mount  Vernon  Institute  of  Elocution,  and  Miss  L.  Lorenz, 
with  the  reading  of  reports,  examination  of  specimens  and  discussions. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Homes  for  Colleges  of  Pharmacy.— We  are  pleased  to  note  the  fact 
that  to  those  colleges  which  have  heretofore  secured  buildings  for  their  sole 
use,  two  have  been  added  during  the  past  month,  those  of  St.  Louis  and 
Chicago.  The  new  buildings,  we  understand,  are  well  supplied  with  lec- 
ture rooms,  laboratories  and  other  conveniences.  The  faculty  of  the  St. 
Louis  College  remains  unchanged ;  the  Chicago  College  has  secured  the 
efficient  services  of  Professor  Oscar  Oldberg,  who  in  addition  to  his  lectures, 
has  also  the  laboratory  work  in  charge. 
While  it  is  gratifying  to  observe  the  steady  progress  made  in  pharmaceu- 
tical education  in  this  country,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  in  the  near  future  also 
those  institutions  may  secure  permanent  homes  of  their  own,  who  as  yet 
have  not  procured  them. 
