42  Minutes  of  Pharmaceutical  Meetings.  {^j/nXmsf** 
meeting  were  read  and  approved.  The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were 
read  by  Wm.  C.  Bakes,  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  approved. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  inform  that  the  Alumni  Association  had  transfer- 
red to  the  College  the  fixtures  and  apparatus  of  the  School  of  Practical  Chem- 
istry and  Pharmacy. 
The  Committee  on  Deceased  Members  reported  progress  with  the  memoir  of 
Prof.  Parrish. 
W.  C.  Bakes  reported  further  acknowledgments  of  the  reception  of  the  cer- 
tificates of  honorary  and  corresponding  membership.  The  letter  of  Carl  Fre~ 
derkiug,  of  Riga,  was  referred  to  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  to  be  answered. 
On  motion,  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  directed  to  effect  an  insurance  on  the 
fixtures  and  apparatus  of  the  School  of  Practical  Chemistry. 
On  motion,  then  adjourned.  Charles  Bullock,  Secretary. 
fptnwtes  of  %  f  Iiarmnceutkal  SIfctinp. 
A  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  was  held  December  17th,  1872,  Prof.  Procter  in 
the  chair  ;  William  Mclntyre,an  the  absence  of  the  Registrar,  acting  as  Regis- 
trar pro  tern  : 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved,  after  correcting  the 
price  of  ceresin  to  46  cents  gold  per  ft>. 
Mr.  Shinn  introduced  Prof.  Markoe  of  Boston,  and  presented,  in  behalf  of 
Thos.  H.  McAllister,  to  the  College  various  volumes  of  the  American  Journal 
of  Pharmacy. 
Prof.  Maisch  read  a  paper  on  impurities  in  ladies'  slipper  root*  and  exhib- 
ited preserved  specimens  of  roots  and  flowering  plants  of  Cypripedium  pubes- 
cens,  C.  parviflorum  and  C.  acaule  ;  also  commercial  samples  of  pure  cypri- 
pedium,  and  some  admixed  with  hydrastis,  senega  and  other  dicotyledonous 
roots. 
In  answer  to  a  question  by  Mr.  Shinn,  Prof.  Procter  stated  that  there  was 
considerable  demand  for  cypripedium  by  eclectic  physicians,  who  use  it  in  such 
cases  in  which  valerian  is  indicated. 
Mr.  Remington  read  a  paper  on  ceresinf  and  exhibited  a  sample  of  simple 
cerate  prepared  from  it.  Nothing  can  be  said  as  yet  about  its  keeping  qualities, 
the  time  being  too  short.  It  was  remarked  that  cerate  prepared  from  paraffin 
quickly  spoils,  while  yellow  wax  and  benzoinated  lard  preserve  it  for  a  long 
time. 
Mr.  Shinn  remarked  that  emulsions  of  codliver  oil  containing  phosphate  of 
lime  were  being  prescribed  by  physicians,  and  asked  the  experience  of  those 
present  in  making  emulsions  containing  large  quantities  of  fixed  oils.  He  had 
samples  from  two  makers,  both  of  which  separate  and  became  rancid  after  some 
time;  the  quantity  of  lime  salt  in  both  is  stated  in  ambiguous  terms.  The 
fair  method  would  be  to  state  the  quantity  of  phosphate  of  lime,  lactic  acid 
and  codliver  oil  in  a  certain  measure. 
♦See  page  9  of  the  present  number, 
f  Published  on  page  11  of  this  number. 
