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FJiarmaceiitical  Meeting. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May.  1889. 
any  of  the  acid,  or  very  little,  and  hence  a  syrup  made  from  such  a  fluid  ex- 
tract does  not  possess  the  value  that  it  otherwise  would. 
Mr.  Beringer,  while  holding  in  part  the  same  view,  said  that  the  practice  of 
making  other  preparations  from  fluid  extracts  was  very  extensive.  He  said 
that  syrup  of  tolu  was  made  almost  universally  from  the  liquid  tolu.  To 
illustrate  further,  he  said  that  a  few  years  ago  he  started  putting  upon  the  mar- 
ket a  line  of  fluid  extracts  without  giving  formulas  for  making  syrups,  etc. 
The  demand  for  the  formulas  was  so  great,  that  in  the  end  he  was  obliged  to 
attach  new  labels,  giving  the  desired  formulas. 
A  note  on  Tinctura  Opii  Deodorata  cum  Camphorse,"  by  Thos.  S.  Wiegand, 
was  as  follows:  "The  tonic  effect  of  opium  upon  some  individuals  is  as  well 
known  as  its  remedial  effect  upon  the  ordinary  sufferer.  And  it  is  also  true,  in 
many  instances,  that  paregoric  is  not  injurious  or  annoying  to  persons  who 
cannot  take  opium  in  any  other  form.  In  view  of  this  fact,  the  following 
formula  for  an  improved  paregoric  is  presented: 
Opii  pulvis  gi 
^Btheris  f^iv 
"  Macerate  the  opium  two  days  in  an  ounce  of  the  ether  in  a  close  vessel  and 
then  percolate  with  ether  until  the  percolate  is  nearly  colorless,  and  a  few 
drops  evaporated  leave  no  opium  odor ;  evaporate  the  percolate  to  y2 
fluid  ounce,  add  to  1  pint  of  water  and  expose  it  to  a  gentle  heat  until  all 
ethereal  odor  is  removed;  then  dissolve  in  an  ounce  of  alcohol  :  1  drachm  of 
benzoic  acid  and  1  drachm  of  oil  of  anise  and  40  grains  of  camphor,  to  this 
add  12  fluid  ounces  of  alcohol,  mix  with  the  aqueous  solution  of  opium  and 
then  add  alcohol  sufficient  to  make  2  pints — permit  it  to  stand  twenty-four 
hours,  with  frequent  shaking  and  filter." 
A  number  of  interesting  specimens  were  exhibited,  as  follows  :  A  sample  of 
a  new  coca  base  termed  by  Dr.  Schaefer,  chemist  of  the  New  York  Quinine  and 
Chemical  Works, "  cocainidine."  Mr.  P.  Samuel  Stout,  a  student  of  the  College, 
directed  attention  to  quite  a  novelty  in  the  way  of  a  clothes-brush.  The  wood 
from  which  the  brush  was  made  was  sawed  from  the  trunk  of  a  tree  which  is  said 
to  have  stood  in  an  ancient  forest  adjacent  to  what  is  now  the  northern  limit  of 
Chicago.  This  ancient  forest  is  supposed  to  have  been  swept  into  an  inland  lake, 
which  formerly  occupied  the  present  site  of  Chicago,  by  a  powerful  wind  storm, 
and  the  lake  having  been  filled  by  driftwood,  sand,  silt,  etc.,  during  the  suc- 
ceeding ages,  the  remains  of  the  aforesaid  forest  were  completely  buried  or 
hermetically  sealed.  There  is  evidence  that  this  forest  belonged  to  the  vegeta- 
tion which  appeared  soon  after  the  glacial  period,  and  so  it  is  estimated  that 
the  wood  from  which  the  brush  was  made  is  7,000  years  old.  The  brush  is  the 
property  of  the  Hon.  Joseph  M.  Gazzam,  of  this  city,  and  the  wood  from  which  it 
was  made  was  collected  by  Mr.  Ossian  Guthrie,  the  eminent  Chicago  geologist. 
Among  the  other  specimens  presented  were  several  cocoanuts  still  in  the 
partly  green  condition  and  attached  to  the  branch  on  which  they  grew,  which 
were  grown  in  Jamaica,  and  were  received  from  the  India  Refining  Company, 
of  this  city.  Mr.  H.  N.  Rittenhouse  presented  some  licorice  root,  grown  in 
California,  which  was  said  to  be  quite  rich  in  glycyrrhizin.  Attention  was 
directed  to  the  flower  of  a  calla,  which  showed  a  rather  unusual  development 
in  that  it  possessed  a  double  spathe.    On  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
Florence  Yaple,  Secretary  pro  tern. 
