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It  was  then,  on  motion  of  Professor  Shuttleworth,  sccowded  by  Mr.  Saunders, 
resolved  "  that  the  certificates  of  proficiency  or  the  diplomas  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Society  of  Great  Britain,  the  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Quebec, 
and  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  be  recognized  by  this  College,  pro- 
vided that  the  holder  of  such  diploma  has  been  four  years  in  business,  and  the 
production  of  such  diploma  shall  be  considered  by  the  Board  of  Examiners  as 
sufficient  evidence  of  the  qualifications  of  the  holder  thereof,  provided  such 
resolution  is  in  harmony  with  the  Pharmacy  Act.'' 
The  reports  of  the  Registrar,  the  Examining  Board  and  the  Treasurer  were 
?ead.  arrangements  were  made  for  the  election  of  Councillors  in  June  next,  and 
votes  of  thanks  passed  to  the  retiring  officers  and  to  the  Business  Editor  of  the 
Canadian  Pharmaceutical  Journal,  Mr.  Henry  J.  Rose. 
The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  honorary  members  of  this  College  : 
Prof.  Redwood,  Prof.  Attfield  and  Mr.  11.  B.  Brady,  of  Great  Britain  ;  Dr.  K. 
l\.  Squibb,  of  Brooklyn,  and  Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch,  of  Philadelphia. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. — At  the  pharmaceutical  meet- 
ing held  March  5th,  Professor  Attfield  read  a  paper  by  Chas  Symes,  Ph.  D., 
entitled  "  Legal  Pharmaceutical  Preparations."  Mr.  Umney  exhibited  several 
fluid  extracts,  illustrative  of  American  Pharmacy,  and  explained  the  processes 
of  the  new  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 
He  said,  as  far  as  one  could  judge,  the  aim  of  our  American  friends  had  been 
to  economize  alcohol,  labor  and  fuel,  of  course  not  losing  sight  of  the  most 
essential  points — reliability  and  stability  of  the  extracts  themselves.  As  to 
the  elegance  of  these  preparations,  he  would  ask  the  meeting  to  judge.  He 
was  personally  of  opinion  that  they  far  surpassed  the  fluid  extracts  of  British 
pharmacy,  as  prepared  by  several  aqueous  infusions  of  the  drug,  and  concen- 
tration by  evaporation.  He  might  add  the  preparation  of  taraxacum  was  much 
stronger  than  any  officinal  preparation  we  have  of  the  same  root  in  our  Phar 
maeopceia;  it  is,  at  least,  ten  times  the  strength,  as  far  as  the  weight  of  dry 
taraxacum  root  it  represents,  as  the  succus  taraxaci  of  the  British  Pharmaco- 
poeia, and  has  therefore  a  more  decided  bitter  flavor. 
Mr.  Sandford  said  that  he  had  examined  with  interest  the  specimen  of  fluid 
extract  of  pareira  brava,  as  it  was  a  preparation  to  which  he  had  given  con- 
siderable attention,  and  he  w-s  of  opinion  that  it  by  no  means  excelled,  if  even 
it  were  equal  to,  the  preparation  made  according  to  the  British  Pharmacopoeia. 
During  a  discussion  between  Messrs.  Gerrard  and  Mackay  several  mixtures 
were  mentioned  as  having  been  experimented  with  as  bases  for  suppositories 
and  pessaries.  A  mixture  of  gelatin  and  glycerin  is  still  used  in  Edinburgh. 
A  combination  of  80  glycerin  and  20  soap  is  solid  on  cooling  and  easily  moulded, 
but  in  a  few  hours  is  covered  with  an  exudation  of  glycerin.  Equal  parts  of 
theobroma  oil  and  paraffin  fused  together  yield  a  combination  which  seems  to 
offer  the  advantage  of  being  sufficiently  hard,  and  yet  to  soften  readily  at  the 
temperature  of  the  body. 
Professor  Redwood  then  spoke  at  length  on  the  proposed  additions  to  the 
British  Pharmacopoeia,  discussing  the  processes  of  different  pharmacopoeias 
and  the  results  of  his  own  experiments. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Parts. — Mr.  Regnauld  presided  at  the  meeting 
held  January  8,  at  which  the  following  members  were  added  to  the  Committee 
