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ceding-  paper,  in  fact  the  results  obtained  by  Mr.  Beringer  and  his 
son  were  confirmed  by  Mr.  Raubenheimer  (see  p.  223). 
April  Meeting. — The  seventh  of  the  pharmaceutical  meetings 
was  held  on  Tuesday,  April  i8th,  with  Dr.  C.  A.  Weidemann  in  the 
chair.  Professor  C.  B.  Lowe  gave  an  interesting  talk  upon  Phar- 
maceutical Economics."  He  exhibited  a  number  of  pieces  of  appar- 
atus illustrating  the  making  of  emulsions,  tablet  triturates,  fiUing  of 
capsules,  gelatin  coating  of  pills,  etc.  He  also  called  attention  to  a 
method  which  is  sometimes  useful  in  preventing  the  directions  upon 
prescription  bottles  from  becoming  indistinguishable  by  reason  of  the 
liquid  flowing  on  the  outside  when  used  by  the  patient.  The  directions 
are  pasted  next  to  the  bottle  and  can  readily  be  seen  looking  through 
the  bottle  from  the  opposite  side.  This  is  particularly  useful  in  pre- 
serving the  number  of  the  prescription  and  the  copy  of  the  same. 
The  number  being  helpful  to  the  pharmacist  and  the  copy  useful  to 
the  physician. 
Professor  Kraemer  exhibited  the  collection  of  drugs  of  the 
Japanese  Pharmacopoeia  which  he  had  received  from  one  of  the 
Honorary  members  of  the  College,  Dr.  W.  N.  Nagai  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Tokyo.  The  specimens  were  in  large  glass  stoppered  bottles, 
made  a  splendid  exhibit  and  included  the  following:  Amylum 
Erythroni  (Katakuri),  obtained  from  Erythronium  dens-canis  L. ; 
Amylum  Puerarise  (Kazu)  obtained  from  Pueraria  Thunbergiana 
Benth. ;  Radix  Coptidis  (Orea)  Tamba,  obtained  from  Coptis  anemo- 
nccfolia  S  .et  Z. ;  Radix  Coptidis  (Oren)  Kaga,  obtained  from  Coptis 
Art;  Radix  Gentianse  Scabrse  (Riutan),  obtained  from  Gentiana  sca- 
bra  Bge.  uar.  Buergeri  Maxim.;  Radix  Phytolaccse  (Shoriku)  ob- 
tained from  Phytolacca  acinosa  Roxb.  var.  esciilenta  Maxim. ;  Semen 
Pruni  Armeniacse  (Kiyonim)  obtained  from  Prumis  Armeniaca  L. ; 
Folia  Pruni  Macrophyllse  (Bakuchi  yo)  obtained  from  Primus 
macrophylla  S.  et  Z. ;  and  Radix  Taraxaci  cum  Herba  (Hokoye)  ob- 
tained from  Taraxacum  officinale  Wigg.  var  glaucescens  Kock. 
May  Meeting.- — The  last  of  the  series  of  meetings  for  1910  and 
1911  was  held  on  May  i6th,  Mr.  Henry  C.  Blair  presiding.  The 
meeting  was  given  over  to  the  members  of  the  graduating  class  for 
the  presentation  and  discussion  of  their  theses.  The  following  gave 
abstracts  of  the  same :  Morris  Haimowitz,  Samuel  Millrood,  Julius 
G.  Rappaport,  W.  W.  Rose  and  Frank  X.  Hedges.  Abstracts  of 
some  of  these  theses  will  be  published  in  later  issues  of  this  Journal. 
