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Granulated  Salt. 
R 
Salicylic  Acid,  
Carbonate  of  Sodium  pure,  
Make  Salicylate  of  Sodium. 
Emplastrum  Belladonna. 
Make  Belladonna  plaster  by  the  following  formula 
B 
Ext.  Belladonna,  
Resinse,  
Cerae  Flavse,  
Fmp.  Plumbi,  
Spread  Plaster. 
Spread  a  Belladonna  breast  plaster  about  five  inches  in  diameter. 
ANALYTICAL,  CHEMISTRY. 
Officinal  salts,  inorganic  bases,  inorganic  and  organic  acids,  either  in  the 
state  of  powder  or  in  solution,  were  given  for  qualitative  examination. 
Seventeen  candidates,  having  attained  the  grade  very  satisfactory  in  the 
examination  of  crude  drugs  and  in  descriptive  materia  medica,  were  entitled  to 
compete  for  the  J.  M.  Maisch  prize,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker.  At  the  exami- 
nation which  was  held  April  10,  mounted  specimens  of  the  following  drugs  or  sec- 
tions of  drugs  were  submitted  :  Arnicse  radix,  Aurantii  cortex,  Caryophyllus,  Cin- 
chona rubra,  Lupulinum,  Nux  vomica,  and  Taraxacum  ;  also  pollen  of  species 
of  Pinus  (possible  adulteration  of  lycopodium),  section  of  stem  of  Polygonatum 
(for  determining  class  and  part  of  plant)  and  section  of  cremocarp  of  Chaero- 
phyllum  procumbens  (for  determining  order  and  section,  and  part  of  plant). 
Fifteen  candidates  were  present,  all  of  whom  recognized  pine  pollen  ;  14  nux 
vomica  ;  13  the  umbelliferous  fruit ;  12  taraxacum  root  ;  10  each  cinchona  and 
orange  peel ;  9  lupulin  ;  7  clove  ;  5  arnica  root,  and  4  the  monocotyledonous 
stem.  Ten  and  eight  specimens  were  the  two  highest  numbers  recognized  ; 
and  eleven  of  the  candidates  named  correctly  six  or  seven  of  the  microscopical 
specimens. 
The  names  of  the  successful  candidates  for  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Phar- 
macy (Ph.G.)  are  given  in  the  following  list,  which  includes  also  those  of 
several  holding  over  from  the  preceding  year  ;  likewise  the  titles  of  the  theses 
presented  by  the  candidates. 
Franklin  Irving  Adams,  New  York,  Liquor  Plumbi  subacetatis  dilutus. 
John  Maskell  Allen,  New  Jersey,  Solvents  of  Opium. 
William  Cummings  Amsden,  Iowa,  Absent-minded  Pharmacists. 
Ferdinand  Geisler  Angeny,  Pennsylvania,  Saccharin. 
Franklin  Muhlenberg  Apple,  Pennsylvania,  Glycerita. 
William  Appmann,  Texas,  Syrups  by  cold  percolation. 
William  Dwight  Barnard,  Michigan,  An  investigation  of  ground  Cloves. 
105  gr. 
100  gr. 
•  gr.  lx 
gr.  cxx 
