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extractive  matter  had  absolutely  no  medicinal  effect  whatever  ;  and  he  argued 
that  if  such  be  reallytthe  case,  a  tincture  of  uniform  strength,  representing 
nux  vomica,  should  be  made  from  the  alkaloids  strychnine  and  brucine,  by 
dissolving  them  in  some  fixed  proportion  in  alcohol. 
Mr.  Beringer  said  that  he  had  just  finished  200  ounces  of  tincture  of  nux 
vomica,  which  yielded  2*58  per  cent,  of  extract,  and  would  have  to  be  consider- 
ably reduced  to  make  it  2'  per  cent,  as  directed  by  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
Professor  Maisch  alluded  to  an  experiment  made  a  number  of  years  ago 
when  for  a  special  purpose  he  prepared  extract  of  nux  vomica  with  strong 
alcohol,  and  on  evaporating  a  portion  of  the  tincture  in  a  sand-bath,  which 
was  not  kept  at  a  uniform  temperature,  found  a  portion  of  the  alkaloids  had 
crystallized  on  the  sides  of  the  dish. 
Mr.  Stevenson,  of  Pittsburg,  was  introduced  by  Professor  Remington,  and 
•  exhibited  an  improved  apparatus  for  emptying  carboys,  consisting  of  a  pair  of 
steel  rockers  joined  at  one  end ;  he  read  a  paper  on  this  carboy  rocker,  and 
illustrated  its  utility  by  applying  it  to  a  carboy,  moving  this  about  and  tilting 
it  so  as  to  empty  its  contents. 
Mr.  Beringer  exhibited  an  improved  method  of  attaching  the  glass  tube  to 
the  outer  case  of  the  Liebig  condenser.  It  cannot  well  be  described  without  a 
drawing. 
The  following  query  was  submitted  :  How  can  this  prescription  be  best 
compounded— 
Iyiq.  plumbi  subacetatis,   f3ss 
One  member  suggested  that  the  liquid  be  concentrated  by  evaporation,  and 
then  the  extracts  added,  and  this  mixture  incorporated  with  the  cacao  butter. 
Another  suggestion  was  that  a  small  quantity  of  some  absorbent  power  be 
added,  and  that  probably  for  each  suppository  one  grain  of  powdered  althea 
root  would  be  sufficient. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned.  T.  S.  WIBGAND, 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  time  is  fast  approaching  when 
this  Association  will  assemble  in  its  thirty-ninth  annual  meeting  in  the  city  of 
New  Orleans,  the  day  announced  being  Monday,  April  27,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M. 
This  will  be  the  second  meeting  of  the  Association  since  its  organization,  which 
is  held  south  of  Virginia  and  Kentucky,  the  previous  one  having  been  at 
Atlanta,  in  November,  1878.  Those  who  were  present  on  the  latter  occasion 
well  remember  the  attractiveness  of  Southern  fields  and  forests  at  a  time  just 
prior  to  the  beginning  of  winter,  which  induced  a  number  of  the  visitors  to 
continue  their  journey  still  farther  south  to  Florida.  This  year  the  members 
attending  the  meeting  will  have  the  opportunity  of  seeing  Southern  fields  and 
forests  clad  in  beauties  of  spring.  It  will  be  the  earliest  date  at  which  an  annual 
meeting  has  yet  been  held,  just  two  months  earlier  than  the  meeting  of  1889, 
aa  gr.  uss 
Ol.  theobromse, 
gr.  xl 
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