328  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc. 
(  Am  Jocb.  Pharm  . 
I     July  1,1873. 
European)  are  the  ancestors  of  those  with  divided  leaves. — but  this  is  a  specu- 
lation of  a  different  character,  upon  which  little  or  no  evidence  can  be  brought 
to  bear.    a.  g. — Am.  Jour.  Set.  and  Arts,  June,  1873. 
Liquor  Picis  Alkalinus — Dr.  L.  D.  Buckley,  of  New  York,  gives  the  follow- 
ing formula  for  this  preparation,  which  was  originally  devised  by  his  father: 
R.  Liquid  pitch,  ^ij  ;  caustic  potash,  ;  water,  f.^v.  Mix  and  dissolve  for 
external  use.  This  mixes  with  water  in  all  proportions,  and  only  moderately 
discolors  the  skin.  It  dries  rapidly  and  leaves  very  little  stickiness.  He  has 
used  it  in  all  degrees  of  strength,  and  regards  it  as  the  best  preparation  of  tar. 
— Med.  Nevis  and  Library,  June,  1873,  from  Archives  of  Sci.  and  Prart.  Med., 
Feb.,  1873. 
§  jjarmacctttical  Colleges  ani  Inflations. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  a  special  meeting  of  this  College 
nominations  were  made  to  fill  the  vacancies  in  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The 
vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resignation  of  Dr.  W.  M.  Smith  was  filled  by  the 
appointment  of  Dr.  B.  R.  Hays,  while  Dr.  Wm.  Neergaard.  we  are  pleased  to 
learn,  has  withdrawn  his  resignation,  and  this  withdrawal  has  been  approved. 
At  the  College  meeting  held  June  19th  letters  of  acknowledgment  were  re- 
ceived from  Prof.  Dr.  F.  A.  Fliickiger,  Dr.  G.  C.  Wittstein,  Dr.  H  Hager  and 
Mr.  H.  B.  Brady,  who  had  been  elected  honorary  members.  Resolutions  were 
passed  authorizing  that  arrangements  for  the  lectures  be  hereafter  made  in  the 
month  of  January,  and  directing  the  Lecture  Committee  to  arrange  monthly 
conversational  meetings  from  October  to  April  inclusive. 
Thf  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  is  now  engaged  in  making  prepa- 
rations for  a  considerable  enlargement  of  its  cabinet  and  the  e>  < »  blishment  of 
u  pharmaceutical  museum.  The  library  is  being  re-catalogued,  and  the  exten- 
sive herbarium  re  arranged  and  cutalogized. 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  stated  meeting  held  June  12th 
the  Committee  on  Botanical  Garden  reported  that  the  project  was  in  a  fair 
way  of  being  accomplished,  and  that  by  the  mutual  agreement  between  the  va- 
rious committees  and  the  Park  Commissioners,  the  scientific  direction  and  con- 
trol of  the  gardeu  would  be  vested  in  the  Academy  of  Sciences.  The  Committee 
on  Conference,  with  the  medical  societies  (see  page  88  of  our  February  number) 
made  a  report,  after  which  Mr.  J.  F.  Hancock  proposed  the  following  preamble 
and  resolutions,  which  were  discussed  and  adopted  : 
Whereas,  The  Medical  and  Surgical  Society  of  Baltimore  made  charges  against 
the  pharmacists  of  this  city  for  certain  alleged  irregular  practices,  for  which  and 
to  correct  their  interference  with  the  duties  of  physicians,  said  Medical  and 
Surgical  Society  appointed  a  committee  to  confer  with  other  committees  which 
they  invited  from  the  medical  societies  of  the  city  and  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy;  and 
Whereas,  This  College,  pleased  with  an  opportunity  by  which  to  establish 
more  harmonious  and  honorable  relations  between  the  two  professions  of  medi- 
cine and  pharmacy,  appointed  a  committee  in  accordance  with  the  communica- 
tion received  from  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Society,  which  committee  did  meet 
