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Professor  Eemington  introduced  Mr.  Michaels,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  to  the 
meeting,  and  he  exhibited  an  apparatus  for  the  accurate  division  of  powders  for 
prescription  work.  It  consists  of  a  hollow  brass  cone  pierced  at  its  apex, 
through  which  a  solid  rod  passes,  and  has  a  bayonet  joint  by  which  it  may  be 
tightly  fastened  to  the  rod.  A  tube,  accurately  fitting  into  the  cone,  and  pro- 
vided with  projecting  blades  corresponding  to  the  number  of  powders  to  be  made, 
is  used  for  dividing.  The  base  of  the  cone  has  a  cover  which  fits  tightly  to  it 
and  on  it  a  movable  triangular  plate  is  secured.  When  the  apparatus  is  in 
use  the  powder  is  filled  into  the  inverted  cone;  the  tube  armed  with  the 
blades  is  pushed  into  place  on  the  central  axis ;  the  lid  is  put  on  the  base  of  the 
cone  and  the  whole  apparatus  is  then  inverted,  thus  throwing  the  divided 
powders  upon  the  lid,  each  powder  remaining  in  a  partition  formed  by  the 
projecting  blades.  The  little  movable  triangu]ar  plate  is  turned  to  one  side 
over  the  cover  when  the  contents  of  one  division  is  thrown  out  on  the  paper. 
This  is  repeated  by  partially  rotating  the  cover  till  all  the  spaces  have  been 
emptied;  by  emptying  the  contents  of  two  or  more  partitions  upon  one  paper, 
it  will  be  seen  that  a  machine  capable  of  giving  twelve  powders  may  be 
utilized  for  six,  four  or  three  powders  as  may  be  desired. 
The  exhibition  of  this  apparatus  gave  rise  to  considerable  discussion  relative 
to  the  rapidity  with  which  powders  can  be  accurately  dispensed  in  prescrip- 
tions. 
There  being  no  further  business  a  motion  to  adjourn  was  carried. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Actuary. 
EEYIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGKAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Twenty-second  Annual  Report  of  the  Alumni  Association  ;  with  the  exercises  of  the 
sixty-fifth  commencement  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  for  the 
year  1885-6.    8vo,  pp.  204. 
As  usual,  this  report  gives  the  proceedings  at  the  various  social  meetings  and 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni  Association,  together  with  the  addresses 
and  lectures  delivered  on  these  occasions,  and  at  the  beginning  of  the  annual 
course,  and  at  the  commencement  of  the  College ;  with  much  other  information 
of  particular  interest  to  the  graduates  and  students  of  this  institution.  The 
volume  may  be  obtained  from  the  secretary,  Wm.  E.  Krewson,  Ph.G. 
The  Proceedings  of  the  following  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  have 
been  received : 
Georgia.   8vo,  pp.  40.    See  June  number,  p.  317. 
Louisiana.   8vo,  pp.  54.    See  June  number,  p.  318. 
Pennsylvania.  8vo,  pp.  250.  Appended  and  paged  separately  is  the  report  of 
the  Committee  on  Unofncinal  Formulas,  pp.  54.  A  report  of  the  meeting  was 
published  in  our  July  number,  p.  361. 
