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The  leaves  of  Pelargonium  ramosissium  are  used  in  amenorrhoea  and 
dysmenorrhea. 
The  leaves  and  flowers  of  Pteronia  spec,  are  used  in  the  Cape  Colony  as  a 
febrifuge  and  also  as  a  purgative. 
The  juice  of  the  leaves  and  stems  of  Ranunculus  pinnatus  is  used  by  the 
Kaffirs  for  wounds  and  sores  of  all  kinds. 
The  leaves  of  Anchusa  riparia  (?)  pounded  are  also  used  as  a  salve  for  sores 
and  wounds. 
The  leaves  of  Solatium  niveum  are  smooth  on  the  upper  and  woolly  on  the 
lower  surface.  The  application  of  the  latter  to  foul  ulcers  cleanses  them,  and 
a  cure  is  afterwards  effected  by  applying  the  upper  surface. 
Like  those  of  the  common  sage  the  leaves  of  the  Hottentot  sage  {Salvia 
africana),  are  fragrant,  astringent  and  bitter.  They  possess  nearly  the  same 
medical  properties  as  the  European  sage,  and  are  used  in  the  same  way,  and 
under  similar  circumstances. 
Teucrium  africanum  is  the  chief  plant  relied  on  by  the  Kaffirs  as  an  antidote 
to  snake  bites.  An  infusion  of  the  leaves  is  employed,  if  they  can  be  had 
fresh,  otherwise  a  tincture. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Arkansas  Association  of  Pharmacists  met  at  its  eighth  annual  meeting 
at  Pine  Bluff,  June  24.  An  address  of  welcome  by  Gen.  H.  K.  White,  the 
annual  address  by  President  Kerr,  reports  by  the  Secretary,  Treasurer  and 
several  committees,  and  the  consideration  of  a  revision  of  the  by-laws  occupied 
most  of  the  time  of  the  Association.  A  paper  on  Chinese  Medicine  and 
Pharmacy  was  read  by  E.  T.  Mitchell.  The  executive  officers  of  the  present 
year  are  W.  W.  Kerr,  Batesville,  President ;  J.  W.  Beidelman,  Little  Rock, 
Secretary,  and  D.  W.  Holman,  Little  Rock,  Treasurer. 
The  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  its  eleventh  annual  meet- 
ing at  Kankakee,  August  12,  President  H.  Schroeder  in  the  Chair,  who  in  his 
annual  address  made  a  number  of  suggestions  looking  towards  greater  efficiency 
in  the  work  done  by  the  Association.  The  Treasurer  reported  a  balance  of 
$314  on  hand.  Reports  were  received  from  the  Secretary  and  the  several  stand- 
ing and  special  committees,  and  were  duly  acted  on.  An  invitation  for  the 
appointment  of  delegates  to  a  convention  of  Western  pharmacists,  was  com- 
plied with,  and  ten  delegates  were  ordered  to  be  appointed.  The  meeting  is  to 
be  held  next  year  at  Excelsior  Springs,  Mo.,  and  is  intended  for  the  considera- 
tion of  pharmaceutical  interests,  and  to  accomplish,  if  possible,  uniformity  of 
the  pharmacy  laws  in  the  states  contiguous  to  the  lower  Missouri  River. 
A  paper  on  jo  per  cent.  Tinctures,  by  A.  A.  Culver,  elicited  much  discussion 
leading  to  the  adoption  of  a  recommendation,  that  such  tinctures  be  introduced 
into  the  Pharmacopoeia  in  all  cases  where  new  liquid  preparations  of  drugs  are 
required. 
Papers  were  also  read  on  Synthetic  Phenol,  by  C.  L.  Feldkamp  ;  on  Pepsin, 
by  Prof.  Oldberg  ;  on  the  Use  of  the  Microscope  in  Pharmacy,  by  A.  E.  Hiss, 
on  Stock  and  Fixtures,  by  C.  S.  Hallberg,  etc. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Hallberg  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  was 
invited  to  hold  the  next  meeting  in  Chicago  in  1893. 
