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PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETINGS. 
January  meeting. — The  fourth  of  the  series  of  pharmaceutical 
meetings  was  held  on  Tuesday,  January  18,  191 1,  with  Prof.  C.  B. 
Lowe  in  the  chair. 
Dr.  Horatio  C.  Wood,  Jr.,  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Keeping  QuaH- 
tites  of  Ergot  and  its  Fluidextract,"  which  is  published  in  the  April 
issue  of  this  Journal  (see  page  172).  The  paper  was  discussed 
by  Mr.  W.  L.  CHffe,  Mr.  E.  M.  Boring,  Dr.  C.  A.  Weideman,  Mr. 
John  K.  Thum,  and  Prof.  Kraemer.  Mr.  Clifife  called  attention  to 
the  fact  that  the  fixed  oil  of  ergot  is  used  to  some  extent  in  the 
preparation  of  certain  "  Hair  Oils."  Dr.  Weideman  referred  to 
the  value  of  ergot  as  a  haemastatic  in  hemorrhages  of  the  lungs. 
February  meeting. — The  fifth  of  the  pharmaceutical  meetings 
was  held  on  February  15,  191 1,  with  Mr.  Wm.  M.  Mclntyre  in  the 
chair. 
Mr.  Geo.  M.  Beringer,  Jr.,  presented  a  paper  on  "  The  Extem- 
poraneous Preparation  of  Medicated  Gauzes,"  which  was  illustrated 
with  a  large  number  of  samples,  and  also  gave  a  demonstration  of 
the  preparation  of  medicated  gauzes.  The  paper  is  published  in 
full  in  the  April  issue  of  this  Journal  (see  page  178)  and  ought  to 
be  of  very  great  interest  to  Pharmacists,  as  well  as  physicians  and 
shows  what  can  be  done  by  the  retail  pharmacist.  These  formulae 
might  well  be  included  in  the  National  Formulary,  or  even  be  made 
official,  as  we  find  in  very  many  of  the  foreign  pharmacopoeias 
formulae  for  the  preparation  of  medicated  gauzes.  The  paper  was 
discussed  by  Mr.  O.  W.  Osterlund,  Mr.  E.  M.  Boring,  and  the 
chairman  of  the  meeting. 
In  the  course  of  the  discussion,  one  of  the  important  points 
brought  out  was  the  superiority  of  the  gauzes  made  by  Mr.  Beringer 
as  compared  with  the  general  appearance  of  those  found  on  the 
market. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
Baseball  in  Colleges  of  Pharmacy. — When  we  consider  the 
place  that  departments  of  physical  instruction  hold  in  our  leading 
educational  institutions,  it  is  but  natural  to  suppose  that  the  future 
historian  will  consider  the  peculiar  conditions  under  which  this  de- 
partment was  introduced  into  colleges  of  pharmacy.   There  have  been 
