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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1903. 
Mr.  Benger's  attainments  not  only  brought  him  honors  in  his 
own  country,  but  gained  for  him  a  reputation  abroad  as  well,  and 
in  1893  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  elected  him  a  corre- 
sponding member.  F.  Y. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  last  of  the  series  of  pharmaceutical  meetings  of  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy  for  the  session  of  1 902-03  was  held  on 
Tuesday  afternoon,  May  19th,  Dr.  C.  A.  Weidemann,  Secretary  of 
the  College,  acting  as  chairman. 
The  papers  presented  during  the  series  of  meetings  just  ended 
have  been  of  special  interest,  and  the  discussions  likewise  have  been 
profitable. 
The  attendance  has  been  quite  good  throughout  the  year,  and  at 
the  meeting  on  Tuesday  the  following  members  were  present :  Jacob 
M.  Baer,  Henry  C.  Blair,  E.  M.  Boring,  W.  L.  Giiffe,  Jos.  W.  Eng- 
land, Wm.  J.  Jenks,  Henry  Kraemer,  Chas.  H.  La  Wall,  Clement  B. 
Lowe,  Wm.  Mclntyre,  Adolph  W.  Miller,  Frank  X.  Moerk,  O.  W. 
Osterlund,  Freeman  P.  Stroup,  Herbert  J.  Watson,  C.  A.  Weide- 
mann, Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  M.  I.  WTilbert  and  Florence  Yaple.  A 
number  of  visitors  were  also  present. 
Prof.  F.  X.  Moerk  presented  the  first  paper  on  the  programme, 
which  was  entitled  "  Simple  Forms  of  Laboratory  Apparatus."  (See 
page  257.)  The  author  described  and  exhibited  some  new  devices 
for  chemical  analysis,  including  a  hydrogen  sulphide  generator  and 
another  for  the  estimation  of  carbon  dioxide  in  carbonates.  These 
pieces  of  apparatus  can  be  easily  constructed  by  the  student  and 
are  inexpensive.  Among  those  taking  part  in  the  discussion  of  the 
paper  were  E.  M.  Boring,  Wm.  J.  Jenks,  Prof.  C.  B.  Lowe  and  Pro- 
fessor Kraemer.  The  latter  said  that  the  hydrogen  sulphide  gene, 
rator  was  an  improvement  in  that  it  did  away  with  the  uncertainty 
of  obtaining  the  gas,  which  was  so  frequently  the  case  with  the  old 
form  of  generator ;  that  the  old  form  of  apparatus  for  determining 
carbon  dioxide  was  expensive  and  the  results  were  unsatisfactory. 
Professor  Kraemer  also  said  that  he  thought  that  the  readers  of  this 
Journal  would  be  glad  to  know  of  these  devices  which  were  of  such 
simple  construction.  Professor  Moerk  stated  that  in  the  use  of  the 
hydrogen  sulphide  generator  in  his  laboratory  there  was  a  saving  of 
about  200  per  cent,  in  material. 
