266  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {AmMay^' ilSarm' 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AJND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  twentieth  annual  commencement 
on  the  evening  of  March  16th,  the  degree  of  Ph.  G.  being  conferred  upon  thirty- 
three  candidates.  Prof.  Wall  delivered  the  valedictory  address.  The  Alumni 
prizes  were  awarded  to  R.  Kring,  of  the  senior  class,  and  to  E  E.  Hunter,  of 
the  junior  class.  A  reunion  of  the  graduating  class  took  place  on  the  preceding 
evening,  at  a  supper  provided  for  by  the  faculty. 
Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  fourteenth  annual  commencement  oc- 
curre  I  on  the  evening  of  March  18th,  when  addresses  were  delivered  by  the 
President,  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Voss,  by  Hon.  W.  A.  Davidson,  and  by  Prof.  Judge. 
The  prizes  offered  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  consisting  of  a  silver  medal  for  the 
best  junior  examina'ion,  and  a  gold  medal  for  best  senior  examination,  were 
awarded,  the  former  to  Jos.  W.  Hall,  and  the  latter  to  E.  A.  W.  Stahlhuth. 
The  professors'  prizes,  offered  for  the  best  examinations  in  the  respective 
branches,  and  consisting  of  gold  medals,  except  the  materia  medica  prize,  a 
micr  >sjope,  were  distributed,  in  theoretical  and  analytical  chemi-try,  to  C  S. 
Ashbrook;  in  theoretical  pharmacy,  to  E.  A.  W.  Stahlhuth;  in  practical  phar- 
macy, to  F.  A.  Miiller;  in  materia  medica,  to  E.  A.  W.  Stahlhuth,  and  in  botany, 
to  Mrs.  C.  D.  Piatt.  The  following  gentlemen  received  the  degree  of  Ph.  G. : 
C.  S.  Ashbrook,  Ada,  0.;  Frank  H.  Coblentz,  Springfield,  O.;  Edward  Doerr, 
Cincinnati,  0.;  Chas.  A.  Fieber,  Cincinnati,  O.;  Warren  W.  Ford,  Cincinnati, 
O.;  John  Krause,  Cleveland,  O. ;  O.  E.  Moeglich,  Columbus,  0.;  Ferd.  A. 
Mueller,  Indian  ipolis,  Ind.;  Joseph  W.  Plaster,  Lafayette,  Ind. ;  Ot'o  E.  Plath, 
Sleepy  Eye,  Minn.;  A.  W.  Schneider,  Cincinnati,  0.;  E.  A.  W.  Stahlhuth, 
Columbus, Ind.;  Fred.  H.  Swifr,0b3rlin,  O. ;  William  Valentine,  Cincinnati,  O.  °> 
,  E.  T.  Warnock,  Greenup,  Ky. ;  Charles  L.  Zimmermann,  M  dison,  Ind.  After 
the  close  of  the  exercises  the  graduates  were  entertained  at  a  banquet,  provided 
by  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  College. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  fifty-sixth  annual  commencement  took 
place  at  Steinway  Hall,  on  the  evening  of  March  30th,  the  degree  of  Ph.G.  being 
conferred  by  the  President,  E.  Mclntyre,  upon  eighty-four  candidates.  An 
address  to  the  graduating  class  was  delivered  by  Hon.  Judge  J  R.  Brady.  G. 
A.  Palmer,  J.  L.  Peck  and  0.  C.  B  Grom  received  the  Alumni  prizes,  consisting 
of  a  goH,  a  silver,  and  a  bronze  medal. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  eighteenth  annual  commencement 
takes  place  at  Meionaon  Hall,  on  the  evening  of  March  15th. 
A  ]Vew  Heart-Tonic. — Prof.  Wagner  recently  employed  the  new  heart- 
tonic,  the  nitro-salicylate  of  caffeine,  in  his  clinic  in  Buda-Pesth,  on  twelve  patients 
(Oroosi  Hetilap.,  No.  32, 1885).  The  daily  do«e  varied  from  3  to  18  grains.  The 
rpsults  were  the  same  as  tho«e  observed  by  Riegel.  The  remedy  is  a  rival  of 
digitalis,  but  has  the  great  advantage  of  being  more  rapid,  and  never  accumu- 
lative in  its  effect.  The  only  drawback  seems  to  be,  that  with  the  discontinu- 
ance of  the  remedy  its  effect  also  quickly  ceases.  At  the  beginning,  but  small 
doses  should  be  administered,  as  many  patients  evince  a  peculiar  idiosyncrasy 
against  the  drug. — Med.  and  Surg.  Rep.,  Jan.  30,  1886. 
