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Castoe  Oil  for  Removing  Waets  is  recommended  by  Dr.  S.  C.  Dumm 
(Therap.  Gaz.,  December,  1885) ;  the  application  is  made  once  a  day,  and  must 
be  continued  for  from  two  to  four  or  six  weeks. 
Ointment  of  Mercuric  Subsulphate,  as  a  local  application  in  certain  syphi- 
litic affections,  is  directed  by  Mauriac  to  be  prepared  of  Turpeth  mineral  2  to  3 
parts  and  lard  30  parts. — Med.  News,  Jan.  2, 1886. 
Poisoning  from  Caffeine.— Dr.  E.  N.  Liel,  reports  a  case  of  poisoning  from 
eighteen  grains  of  citrate  of  caffeine,  which  was  relieved  by  hypodermic  injec- 
tions of  atropine  and  drachm  doses  of  whisky. — N.  Y.  Med.  Jour. 
Silica  in  a  urinary  sediment  has  been  observed  by  Abonnel.  The  sediment 
was  granular,  the  surface  smooth,  the  angles  rounded,  and  was  hard  enough  to 
scratch  porcelain  ;  it  consisted  chiefly  of  silica,  with  small  quantities  of  calcium 
oxalate  and  uric  acid. — Lyon  Med.,  June  21, 1885. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  January  19th,  1886. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  actuary,  and  Mr.  Robert  England 
was  elected  chairman. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read,  and,  there  being  no  corrections  to 
make,  they  stand  approved. 
The  actuary  presented  the  following  books  for  the  library,  viz. :  The  Eeport  of 
the  Tennessee  State  Board  of  Health  for  1880-84 ;  The  Report  of  the  Illinois  Board 
of  Pharmacy  for  1885 ;  Weights,  Measures,  and  Specific  Gravity,  by  Oscar  Old- 
berg;  and  Volume  III  of  the  Publications  of  the  Bureau  of  Ethnology,  by  J.  W. 
Powell,  director,  issued  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution.  These  were  all  accepted 
and  directed  to  be  placed  in  the  library,  and  the  thanks  of  the  College  were 
returned  for  them. 
Mr.  J.  W.  England  read  a  paper  upon  the  manufacture  of  whiting  (see  page  77) 
which  was  referred  to  the  publication  committee. 
A  paper  describing  Heeren's  milk  tester,  an  instrument  designed  to  determine 
the  richness  of  milk ;  and  a  paper  upon  Maury's  ointment,  the  formula  not  being 
generally  accessible,  were  read  and  referred  to  the  publication  committee. 
Messrs.  Mellor  &  Rittenhouse  presented  to  the  cabinet,  through  Prof.  Maisch, 
a  specimen  of  Turkey  Licorice  Root,  consisting  of  the  upper  portion  of  a  very  large 
main  root  of  Glycyrrhiza  glandulifera,  which  is  now  generally  regarded  as  a 
variety  of  Glyc.  glabra.  Specimens  of  the  fruit  of  the  same  plant  were  also  pre- 
sented. This  variety  is  extensively  cultivated  in  Asia  Minor  and  Syria,  and  is 
the  source  of  the  Russian  licorice-root  of  commerce,  which  was  formerly  sup- 
posed to  be  procured  from  Glyc.  echinata. 
Mr.  G.  W.  Kennedy  of  Pottsville  sent  to  the  cabinet  a  specimen  of  coal 
which  shows  the  colors  of  the  rainbow  so  strongly  that  it  may  well  be  termed 
beautiful. 
Mr.  Lehr,  of  the  present  junior  class,  presented  some  specimens  of  petrifacts, 
from  the  Lykins  Valley  coal  mines,  bearing  very  distinct  impressions  of  leaves, 
ferns,  &c. 
