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to  heat  it  in  a  Wiesnegg  stove.  If  the  latter  apparatus  is  not  at 
hand,  it  is  su^cient  to  use  a  large,  wide-mouthed  jar,  into  which  the 
gut  and  cotton  wadding  are  introduced,  the  jar  being  then  closed 
tightly  with  a  cork.  Three  openings  should  be  made  in  this  "bottle 
stove,"  one  for  the  introduction  of  a  thermometer,  one  for  a  tube  to 
conduct  the  vapor  from  the  interior,  and  a  third  to  hold  Roux's  tem- 
perature regulator.  Moderate  heat  must  be  used  at  first,  the  tem- 
perature being  gradually  carried  to  1400  C,  when  -  the  catgut 
becomes  asceptic.  The  gut  is  removed  with  forceps  previously  steri- 
lized, and  should  be  immediately  placed  in  olive  oil,  which  has  been 
previously  boiled,  and  to  which  has  been  added  10  to  100  of  its 
weight  of  phenic  acid.  It  is  not  thought  necessary  to  begin  by 
removing  the  fat  from  the  catgut,  as  it  is  not  the  presence  of  fat, 
but  of  humidity  which  alters  the  cord  during  the  operation  of  heat- 
ing.— R'epert.  de  Phar.,  July  10. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  and  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Indiana  Pharmaceutical  Association  assembled  at  Lake  Maxinkuckee, 
July  8,  at  its  ninth  annual  meeting  ;  Vice-President  Bryant  in  the  Chair.  Re- 
ports of  committees  and  of  the  executive  officers  were  received  and  discussed, 
the  most  important  one  being  on  legislation  and  the  draft  of  a  pharmacy  law, 
which  will  be  presented  to  the  next  Legislature,  and  it  was  stated  with  better 
prospects  for  its  passage  than  in  former  years.  A  paper  by  B.  G.  Kberhardt  on 
spirit  of  nitrous  ether  recommends  a  process  for  its  preparation  in  which  saw- 
dust is  used.  For  the  preparation  of  pure  mercurous  iodide,  J.  Iv.  Lilly 
recommended  precipitation  from  dilute  solutions  of  mercurous  nitrate  and 
potassium  iodide.  Professor  Hurty  was  elected  President  for  the  current  }Tear, 
and  the  Association  finally  adjourned  to  meet  again  in  Indianapolis  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  May,  1891. 
The  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  thirteenth  annual  meet- 
ing in  Richmond,  May  21,  and  listened  to  the  address  by  the  President,  the 
reports  of  committees,  and  to  the  reading  of  several  papers.  President  for  the 
current  year  is  J.  J.  Brooks,  Richmond.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Frankfort. 
The  Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  at  its  ninth 
annual  meeting  in  Brittain  Hall  in  Haverhill,  June  iS  to  20  ;  President  Snow 
in  the  Chair.  Mayor  Burnham  welcomed  the  visitors  to  the  city.  The  Presi- 
dent's address,  reports  by  the  Secretary,  the  Treasurer  and  the  several  com- 
mittees, also  a  number  of  valuable  papers  prepared  by  members  occupied  the 
attention  of  the  meeting.  Percolation  and  maceration,  and  the  advantages  of 
•each  in  special  cases  formed  the  subject  of  one  of  the  papers  read  by  Professor 
Patch,  while  in  another  one  simple  tests  were  given  for  detecting  adulterations 
in  a  number  of  pharmacopceial  drugs.    Advance  in  pharmacy  was  the  subject 
