156  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  McetingJf 
m.  Jour.  Pharin. 
March,  1890. 
Syrupus  Caixii  Hypophosphitis— Syrup  of  Hypophosphite  of  Calcium. 
Take  of— 
Hypophosphite  of  calcium,   160  grains. 
Distilled  water,  9  fluid  oz. 
Dissolve  and  filter.    To  the  filtered  solution  add — 
Refined  sugar,  1  pound. 
Dissolve  with  the  aid  of  a  little  heat,  strain,  and  add  after  cooling, 
H3  pophosphorous  acid,  20  minims. 
Distilled  water,  sufficient  to  produce  1  pint. 
Mix.     Each  fluid  drachm  contains  1  grain  of  hypophosphite  of  calcium. 
Dose.  —  1  to  4  fluid  drachms. 
Syrupus  Sodii  Hypophosphitis— Syrup  of  Hypophosphite  op  Sodium. 
■  Take  of— 
Hypophosphite  of  sodium,  160  grains. 
Distilled  water,   .  3  fluid  drms. 
Dissolve,  filter,  and  wash  the  filter  with  distilled  water,  1  fluid  drachm.  To 
the  filtered  solution  add — 
•   Syrup,  sufficient  to  produce   .  1  pint. 
Mix.    Each  fluid  drachm  contains  1  grain  of  hypophosphite  of  sodium. 
Dose. — 1  to  4  fluid  drachms. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  February  18,  1S90. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  asking  Mr.  Alonzo  Robbins  to  preside. 
In  the  absence  of  the  Actuary,  Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe  was  appointed  Secretary  pro 
tern.    The  minutes  were  approved  as  read. 
The  attention  of  the  meeting  was  called  to  the  shampoo  liquid  in  Lassar's 
treatment  for  baldness,  as  published  in  the  Scientific  American,  of  February 
15,  1890,  viz.,  Hydrarg.  bichlor.  corr.,  gr.  x;  Glycerini,  Spir.  rectif.  aa,  ^ii; 
Aquas  destill.,  ^v. 
Mr.  Beringer  thought  the  amount  of  corrosive  sublimate  in  this  recipe  was 
too  large,  and  that  an  error  had  been  made  in  translating  from  the  French. 1 
The  recipe  for  the  embrocation  in  this  treatment  for  baldness  calls  for  acid 
salicyl.,  gr.  xxx  ;  Tinct.  benzoini,  £i ;  Olei  ped.  taur.  ad  ^iii.  It  was  thought 
that  neatsfoot  oil  would  not  prove  to  be  a  very  agreeable  emollient  to  a  bald 
head. 
Prof.  Trimble  read  a  paper,  prepared  by  Mr.  S.  J.  Hinsdale,  of  Fayetteville, 
N.  C,  on  the  Estimation  of  Tannin;  at  the  same  time  his  assistant,  Mr. 
Peacock,  carried  out  the  experiments  according  to  Mr.  Hinsdale's  method. 
Prof.  Trimble  said  that  there  had  been  many  methods  proposed  for  estimat- 
ing tannin,  the  great  majority  of  which  were  failures,  the  best  being  its  precipi- 
tation by  gelatin  in  the  presence  of  a  little  alum  ;  he  seemed  to  think  that  Mr. 
1  The  same  formulas  have  been  published  in  Provincial  Medical  fournal 
Dec.  2,  1889,  and  more  recently  in  other  medical  journals. — Editor  Amer.  Jour^ 
Phar. 
