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Mr.  Buignet  exhibited  crystallized  protiodide  of  mercury,  prepared  by  Mr; 
P.  Yvon,  and  read  a  paper  detailing  his  process,  which  consists  in  heating 
mercury  and  iodine,  in  equivalent  proportions,  to  not  over  250°  C. ;  the  hot 
crystals  are  red,  but  become  yellow,  with  a  tint  of  orange,  on  cooling.  Heated 
to  70°  C,  they  become  reddish,  the  color  deepening  with  an  increase  of  the 
temperature ;  at  220°  they  are  of  a  beautiful  garnet  red,  but  become  yellow 
again  on  cooling.  They  commence  to  sublime  at  190°,  fuse  at  290°  to  a  black 
liquid,  which  boils  at  310°  C.  When  rapidly  heated  a  decomposition  takes 
place,  metallic  mercury  is  given  off,  and  a  yellow  sublimate  of  oxyiodide  of 
mercury  is  obtained. 
Various  drugs  were  presented,  after  which  Mr.  Boudet  gave  a  summary  of 
the  deliberations  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine  on  the  queries  submitted  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  in  relation  to  the  military  pharmacists ;  the  discussions  had 
resulted  in  the  adoption  of  the  following : 
(1)  .  The  proposed  fusion  of  medicine  and  pharmacy  should  be  rejected  as 
prejudicial  to  the  interests  of  the  army. 
(2)  .  The  actual  organization  of  the  military  health  service  is  not  in  accord- 
ance with  the  wants  and  interests  of  the  army ;  the  service  should  be  placed 
under  the  direction  of  a  competent  chief,  taken  from  its  members. 
The  following  proposition  was  rejected  by  the  Academy  of  Medicine,  by  a 
large  majority 
(3)  .  The  autonomy  of  the  health  service  requires,  »3  a  logical  consequence, 
the  subordination  of  pharmacy  to  medicine  in  the  army. 
A  well-deserved  vote  of  thanks  was  passed  to  Mr.  Poggiale  for  his  well- 
directed  efforts  in  defending  the  cause  of  military  pharmacy.  Mr.  Poggiale, 
who  was  present  at  the  meeting,  in  thanking  for  the  compliment,  said  that  this 
vote  should  have  included  all  who  defended  pharmacy,  so  unjustly  attacked  on 
this  occasion,  and  particularly  Messrs.  Bussy,  Dumas,  Boudet  and  Gobley. 
The  pharmaceutical  service  in  the  French  army,  we  believe,  is  the  only  one 
in  which  the  just  claims  of  pharmacy  are  recognized ;  and  the  Paris  Pharma- 
ceutical  Society  as  well  as  the  Academy  of  Medicine  deserve  the  thanks  of  the 
pharmacists  of  all  countries  for  resisting  an  attempt  to  make  undone  what  the 
history  of  the  French  service  since  the  beginning  of  this  century  has  proved  to 
be  a  wise  arrangement,  in  which  other  nations  would  do  well  to  follow  such  a 
proud  example. 
The  German  Apothecaries'  Society  held  its  second  annual  meeting,  Sept. 
2d,  in  the  City  of  Cologne,  Dr.  Schacht,  President ;  Messrs.  Endenthum  and 
Nienhaus,  Recording  Secretaries.  The  annual  report  of  the  President  gave 
an  account  of  the  activity  of  the  directory  during  the  past  year,  and  stated  that 
the  membership  had  increased  from  1472  to  2600  during  the  last  year.  After 
disposing  of  the  financial  reports,  a  resolution  by  Prof.  Reichardt  was  passed, 
declaring  the  chemical  examinations  of  waters  in  their  sanitary  relations  to  be. 
an  important  object  of  the  apothecaries  of  Germany,  and  requesting  them  to 
take  part  and  further  these  measures  as  much  as  possible.  Resolutions  were 
likewise  passed  favoring  the  establishment  of  one  scientific  organ  of  the  Ger 
