Am.  Jour.  Pharn?. 
Nov.,  1886. 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
573 
The  chairman  made  allusion  to  the  inauguration  and  operation  of  the  work 
of  the  Committee  on  Apprentice  Examination,  and  requested  Mr.  Wallace 
Procter  to  give  a  verbal  resume  of  the  result  as  far  as  attained.  In  response 
Mr.  Procter  gave  a  brief  statement  of  the  purpose  and  scope  of  this  examina- 
tion, and  stated  that  the  idea  appeared  to  meet  with  pronounced  approbation 
and  encouragement,  the  committee  believing  that  as  the  object  becomes 
better  understood  it  will  grow  into  favor,  not  only  with  proprietors  and 
preceptors,  but  with  students  and  novitiates  as  well.  The  examination  as 
instituted  amounts  practically  to  individual  self- inquiry  into  that  condition  of 
educational  attainment  which  especially  fits  the  pharmacist  for  future  study 
and  practice.  There  were  four  successful  candidates  at  the  first  examination, 
each  of  whom  received  the  attest  of  the  committee  in  a  certificate. 
The  chairman  informed  the  members  of  the  sanction  given  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  to  Dr.  John  J.  Reese  to  institute,  under  certain  conditions,  an  auxiliary 
course  of  lectures  on  Toxicology. 
On  motion  to  go  into  an  election  of  candidates  for  membership  in  the 
college,  the  name  of  Thos.  H.  Franklin,  whose  application  had  been  favorably 
reported,  was  presented.  To  conduct  the  balloting,  Mr.  Gustavus  Pile  was 
appointed.  Mr.  Pile  subsequently  reported  the  unanimous  election  of  Mr. 
Franklin. 
The  terms  of  four  trustees  (one  terminating  by  death),  as  well  as  the  term 
of  the  Committee  on  Deceased  Members,  expiring  with  this  date,  an  election 
was  ordered.  Messrs.  Ferguson  and  Ross  were  appointed  to  act  as  tellers,  and 
nominations  were  called  for.  The  tellers  formally  reported  the  election  of  the 
following  gentlemen  :  As  Trustees  for  three  years,  Alonzo  Robbins,  E.  M.  Bor- 
ing, Howard  B.  French ;  as  Trustee  for  the  unexpired  term  of  W.  C.  Bakes 
deceased,  Dr.  Charles  A.  Weidemann;  as  Committee  on  Deceased  Members,. 
Chas.  Bullock,  Gustavus  Pile,  Wallace  Procter. 
Prof  Maisch  announced  the  death  of  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Col- 
lege, Niccola  Cavour  Sinimberghi,  a  distinguished  pharmacist  of  Rome,  Italy. 
Announcement  was  also  made  of  the  inauguration  of  the  lecture  courses  of 
1886-1887,  with  introductory  by  Professor  Sadtler. 
No  other  business  being  presented,  a  motion  to  adjourn  prevailed. 
William  B.  Thompson,  Secretary. 
Thalline.— Mr.  Mayrhofer,  during  an  epidemic  of  enteric  fever  occurring  in 
a  Bavarian  regiment,  employed  thalline  in  three  different  forms,  namely,  the 
sulphate,  the  tannate  and  the  tartrate,  and  obtained  highly  satisfactory  results 
from  them  all.  He  gave  the  drug  according  to  Ehrlich's  continuous  system 
the  doses  being  generally  0  2  gram,  repeated  when  the  temperature  rose.  From 
1-0  to  2*0  grams  were  given  per  diem.  The  total  quantity  required  varied  from 
8  grams  in  mild  cases  to  26  grams  in  severe  cases  with  relapses.  After  taking 
the  medicine,  a  profuse  perspiration  occurred,  which  invariably  appeared  to 
improve  the  patient's  condition.  No  unpleasant  effects  were  ever  observed. 
There  were  altogether  eighty-eight  cases,  of  which  three  (that  is,  3'4  per  cent.) 
died.  It  was  not  possible  to  say  that  one  of  the  three  preparations  presented 
any  marked  differences  in  its  action  from  the  other  two. — Med.  and  Surg.  Re- 
porter, Aug.  7, 1886. 
