Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
May,  1898.  / 
Minutes. 
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The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  Curator's  report : 
Your  Curator  would  respectfully  report  that  the  Museum  is  in  good  condition, 
and  has  received  a  number  of  valuable  additions  during  the  year.  Among 
those  who  contributed  were :  Charles  Bullock,  Richard  M.  Shoemaker,  F.  B. 
Kilmer,  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  John  Wyeth  &  Bro.,  Frederick  Stearns  & 
Co.,  Mcllvaine  Bros,  and  Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  who  presented  a  collection  of 
various  metals,  such  as  zinc,  antimony,  copper,  manganese,  etc. 
The  most  valuable  accession  to  the  Museum,  however,  has  been  two  collec- 
tions of  rare  and  costly  chemical  compounds,  by  Merck  &  Co.,  of  New  York. 
Yours  respectfully, 
J.  W.  England,  Curator. 
The  several  reports  were,  on  motion,  received,  and  offered  to  be  placed  on 
the  minutes. 
Nominations  having  been  made  for  officers  of  the  College  and  for  three 
trustees  (the  latter  to  be  elected  for  the  term  of  three  years  next  ensuing),  the 
following-named  persons  were  unanimously  chosen  : 
President,  Charles  Bullock  ;  First  Vice-President,  William  J.  Jenks  ;  Second 
Vice-President,  Howard  B.  French  ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  A.  W.  Miller  ; 
Recording  Secretary,  William  B.  Thompson  ;  Treasurer,  James  T.  Shinn ; 
Librarian,  Thos.  S.  Wiegand  ;  Curator,  Jos.  W.  England  ;  Trustees  for  three 
years  :  Jos.  L.  Lemberger,  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  William  L.  Cliffe  ;  Publication 
Committee :  Henry  N.  Rittenhouse,  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  Jos.  W.  England, 
Wallace  Procter  ;  Editor,  Henry  Trimble. 
On  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
William  B.  Thompson,  Secretary. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  April  19,  1898. 
The  regular  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  was  held  in  the  Museum  of  the  College 
at  3  p.m.  Joseph  W.  England  presided.  The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting 
were  allowed  to  stand  as  published. 
The  presentations  of  specimens  being  next  in  order,  attention  was  directed  to 
a  specimen  of  the  fruit  of  the  double  cocoanut  palm,  which  was  received  from  Dr. 
J.  J.  Lemon,  of  Biloxi,  Miss.,  through  the  kindness  of  F.W.  Morgan.  The  original 
habitat  of  the  plant  is  given  as  the  Seychelle  Islands,  and  it  is  distinguished 
botanically  as  Lodoicea  seychellarum.  Owing  to  the  firmness  of  the  shell  cov- 
ering of  the  fruits,  they  are  carried  uninjured  many  hundreds  of  miles  by  ocean 
currents,  and  in  this  way  the  plant  has  been  propagated  in  many  of  the  islands 
of  the  Indian  and  Pacific  Oceans. 
On  motion  it  was  ordered  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  extended  to  Dr.  Lemon 
for  the  interesting  specimen  sent  by  him. 
Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe  was  the  first  speaker  on  the  programme,  and  read  an*inter- 
esting  paper  on  ' '  Larrea  Mexicana. "  (See  page  235.)  The  paper  contains 
some  suggestions  which,  it  is  hoped,  will  lead  to  a  further  investigation  as  to 
the  therapeutic  properties  of  the  plant. 
A  valuable  paper  on  "  The  Detection  of  Mucilage  in  Plants  "  was  presented 
by  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer.    This  was  a  report  of  a  micro-chemical  examination 
