224 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
J  Am.  Jour,  Phaem. 
I    May  1, 1873. 
Leaves 
Leaves 
"Chloroform  containing  milligrams 
Chloroform  containing 
milligrams 
0  per  ct.  alcohol  21 
5  per  ct.  alcohol 
u 
2          "  111 
7 
290 
3          "  152 
8 
318 
4          "  190 
9 
343 
10 
366 
The  following  table  shows  the  amount  of  cinchonia  soluble  in  100 
parts  of  chloroform  containing  the 
percentage  of  alcohol  stated  : 
"Containing  0  per  ct.  alcohol.  0-28  cinch. 
Containing   5  per  ct.  alcohol,  2-96  cinch. 
"           1      "           "       0-90  » 
"          6      »  " 
3-39  £t 
"           2      "           "       1-46  " 
7     u  .  « 
3-79  " 
u          3      «           u       j.gg  u 
"          8      "  " 
4-15  " 
u           4       (;            a        2-49  " 
u           9      ci  u 
4-48  " 
"         10      "  " 
4-76  " 
The  cinchonia  is  best  prepared  for  the  above  purpose  by  precipi- 
tating with  ammonia  a  solution  of 
a  pure  cinchonia  salt  in 
weak  alco- 
hoi ;  the  alkaloid  is  then  obtained 
in  microscopic  crystals,  which  are 
readily  soluble.—  Ibid.,  409,  410. 
3protts  at    IfeilaMjp  tfolUjt  of  Ifearntatg. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  at  the 
College  buildiDg  March  31st,  1873.  35  members  present.  Dillwyn  Parrish, 
President,  in  the  chair.  In  the  absence  of  the  Secretary,  Charles  Bullock,  Jo- 
seph P.  Remington  read  the  minntes  of  the  last  meeting,  which  were  adopted. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  read  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Board,  Wm.  C.  Bakes,  and  approved.  The  minutes  inform  that  at  the  52d  an- 
nual Commencement  of  the  College,  held  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  on  the  18th 
inst.,  the  diploma  of  the  College  was  conferred  upon  94  graduates,  the  valedic- 
tory address  being  delivered  by  Prof.  Robert  Bridges. 
Wm.  C.  Bakes,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Honorary  Membership,  re- 
ported that  acknowledgments  of  receipt  of  certificates  had  been  received  from 
several  honorary  and  corresponding  members. 
The  Committee  on  Sinking  Fund  reported  a  balance  in  favor  of  the  College, 
deposited  in  the  Western  Saving  Fund,  of  $2677  96. 
After  some  discussion,  the  following  resolution,  presented  by  Robert  Shoe- 
maker, was  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Chairman  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  the  Treasurer  of  the 
College,  be  directed  to  pay  off  scrip  of  the  College  to  the  amount  of  twenty- 
five  hundred  dollars. 
The  report  of  the  Publication  Committee  was  read  by  Professor  Procter.  It 
is  as  follows : 
