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Pharmaceutical  Meetings. 
I  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I    February,  1906.  iA 
JANUARY. 
The  regular  monthly  pharmaceutical  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  January  16th, 
with  Freeman  P.  Stroup,  president  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  Alumni  Association,  in  the  chair. 
The  first  speaker  was  Edwin  Leigh  Newcomb,  P.D.,  Instructor  in 
Botany  and  Pharmacognosy  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
who  gave  an  interesting  talk  on  "  A  Trip  to  California,  and  Some 
,  Observations  on  Pharmacy  by  the  Way,"  which  was  illustrated  by 
a  large  number  of  specimens  of  vegetable  products,  which  he  pre- 
sented to  the  College.  This  trip  included  a  visit  to  the  Yellowstone 
National  Park  and  the  Lewis  and  Clarke  Exposition.  Of  the 
specimens  which  were  exhibited,  the  following  are  of  pharmaceuti- 
cal interest :  The  leaves  and  fruits  of  several  species  of  Eucalyp- 
tus including  E.  globulus,  E.  robusta,  etc.,  the  flowers  and  fruit  of 
Olea  europcea,  the  galls  of  Quercus  lobata,  roots  and  leaves  and  parts 
of  the  trunk  of  the  Washingtonian  palm  {Washingtonia  filamentosa), 
the  flower  stalk  of  Agave  americana,  the  flowers  and  fruit  of  pome- 
granate. The  exhibit  also  included  a  number  of  fruits  which  were 
shipped  by  freight  in  tin  fruit-cans  and  preserved  by  means  of  satu- 
rated solution  of  sodium  chloride,  of  which  the  following  may  be 
mentioned  :  almonds,  prunes,  plums,  lemons,  English  walnuts.  Re. 
ferring  to  the  condition  of  pharmacy  in  the  West,  the  speaker  said 
that  he  visited  a  number  of  drug  stores,  and  that  they  gave  evidence 
of  prosperity,  and  that  the  proprietors  seemed  to  be  alert  to  the 
needs  of  the  profession  and  to  favor  progressive  measures. 
"  Compound  Solution  of  Cresol "  was  the  subject  of  a  paper  pre- 
sented by  Charles  H.  La  Wall,  Ph.M.,  and  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  P.D., 
of  the  Pharmaceutical  Department  of  the  College.  The  authors 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  formula  for  this  solution  as 
given  in  the  new  Pharmacopoeia  will  not  give  a  satisfactory  product 
unless  the  solution  be  allowed  to  stand  for  about  three  weeks  in 
order  that  complete  saponification  may  take  place.  To  overcome 
this  objection  they  suggested  first  making  a  soap  and  then  adding  it 
to  the  cresol. 
E.  M.  Boring  exhibited  a  sample  of  compound  solution  of  cresol, 
in  which  saponification  had  been  effected  by  allowing  the  mixture  to 
stand  five  weeks,  and  keeping  it  at  a  temperature  in  excess  of  room 
